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This section looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6250
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads2347
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.048 %
As % of the category below6.336 %7.321 %
Daily rates quoted1313
Average minimum daily rate£496£234
Average daily rate£503£242
% change on same period last year+108.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£511£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£334
% change on same period last year+11.72 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.57£34.72
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads363642
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.484 %0.650 %
Daily rates quoted123137
Average minimum daily rate£355£287
Average daily rate£366£302
% change on same period last year+21.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted3173
Average minimum hourly rate£34.18£31.83
Average hourly rate£35.73£33.19
% change on same period last year+7.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.28£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Perl South EastPerl
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Perl
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Buckinghamshire Perl Demand Trend

Perl
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Perl across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Perl across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Buckinghamshire Perl Daily Rate Histogram

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-97£310+107.75 %
MarlowNo change06£600+60.00 %
AylesburyDown-21--
High WycombeNew entry-1--
Perl South EastPerl
South East

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Perl also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Perl.

126 (74.29 %)Java
218 (51.43 %)Linux
313 (37.14 %)UNIX
411 (31.43 %)Informix
411 (31.43 %)PHP
59 (25.71 %)Windows
68 (22.86 %)C
77 (20.00 %)JavaScript
86 (17.14 %)Degree
95 (14.29 %)XML
104 (11.43 %)Python
104 (11.43 %)MQSeries
104 (11.43 %)Oracle
104 (11.43 %)SQL Server
104 (11.43 %)C++
104 (11.43 %)BizTalk Server
104 (11.43 %)TIBCO
104 (11.43 %)Mercator
104 (11.43 %)WebSphere
104 (11.43 %)XSLT
113 (8.571 %)Telecoms
113 (8.571 %)Ruby
113 (8.571 %)Security Cleared
113 (8.571 %)webMethods
113 (8.571 %)SMTP
113 (8.571 %)HTTP
113 (8.571 %)TCP/IP
113 (8.571 %)Validation
113 (8.571 %)PL/SQL
113 (8.571 %)SQL

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Perl also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Perl. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (14.29 %)XML
24 (11.43 %)XSLT
24 (11.43 %)WebSphere
33 (8.571 %)WebServices
33 (8.571 %)EDI
33 (8.571 %)CSS
42 (5.714 %)SOAP
42 (5.714 %)HTML
42 (5.714 %)MVC
42 (5.714 %)CodeIgniter
42 (5.714 %)jQuery
51 (2.857 %)Ruby on Rails
51 (2.857 %)XHTML
51 (2.857 %).NET
51 (2.857 %)ASP
51 (2.857 %)ASP.NET
51 (2.857 %)XSL
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.43 %)MQSeries
14 (11.43 %)BizTalk Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (8.571 %)SMTP
13 (8.571 %)HTTP
13 (8.571 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.857 %)DNS
21 (2.857 %)SS7
21 (2.857 %)Q.931
21 (2.857 %)ASN.1
21 (2.857 %)BSS
21 (2.857 %)SNMP
21 (2.857 %)DHCP
21 (2.857 %)ISDN
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (31.43 %)Informix
24 (11.43 %)SQL Server
32 (5.714 %)MySQL
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (8.571 %)Telecoms
22 (5.714 %)Manufacturing
31 (2.857 %)Education
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (60.00 %)Developer
26 (17.14 %)Senior Developer
26 (17.14 %)Applications Support
26 (17.14 %)Consultant
35 (14.29 %)Database Consultant
43 (8.571 %)Senior Consultant
52 (5.714 %)Tester
52 (5.714 %)Database Developer
52 (5.714 %)Senior Database Developer
52 (5.714 %)PHP Developer
61 (2.857 %)Perl Programmer
61 (2.857 %)Linux Systems Administrator
61 (2.857 %)Linux Administrator
61 (2.857 %)C++/Java Developer
61 (2.857 %)Systems Administrator
61 (2.857 %)Applications Specialist
61 (2.857 %)Hardware Engineer
61 (2.857 %)Perl Developer
61 (2.857 %)Applications Support Specialist
61 (2.857 %)Applications Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.714 %)Data Integration
21 (2.857 %)VHDL
21 (2.857 %)Verilog
21 (2.857 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (2.857 %)Computer Science
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (51.43 %)Linux
213 (37.14 %)UNIX
39 (25.71 %)Windows
42 (5.714 %)Solaris
42 (5.714 %)FreeBSD
51 (2.857 %)SUSE
51 (2.857 %)Debian
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (8.571 %)Validation
13 (8.571 %)Security Cleared
22 (5.714 %)OO
22 (5.714 %)Software Engineering
22 (5.714 %)Integration Testing
22 (5.714 %)Data Mapping
31 (2.857 %)Web Development
31 (2.857 %)E-Commerce
31 (2.857 %)Migration
31 (2.857 %)Information Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (74.29 %)Java
211 (31.43 %)PHP
38 (22.86 %)C
47 (20.00 %)JavaScript
54 (11.43 %)Python
54 (11.43 %)C++
63 (8.571 %)Ruby
63 (8.571 %)PL/SQL
63 (8.571 %)SQL
72 (5.714 %)C#
72 (5.714 %)PHP5
81 (2.857 %)Tcl
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (17.14 %)Degree
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.857 %)VMware ESX
11 (2.857 %)VMware Infrastructure
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.857 %)OpenView
11 (2.857 %)OVOU
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (11.43 %)Oracle
14 (11.43 %)TIBCO
14 (11.43 %)Mercator
23 (8.571 %)webMethods
31 (2.857 %)Red Hat
31 (2.857 %)VMware
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