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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridge region.

 Perl
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank133146
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Up+15
Matching contract IT job ads2485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge9.524 %2.540 %0.824 %
As % of the Programming Languages category13.64 %4.545 %1.497 %
Daily rates quoted121
Average daily rate£280£288£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.600 %-28.12 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£313£350
% change year-on-year
+4.000 %-10.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1000
Average hourly rate£34.50--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£36.50£34.00
% change year-on-year
-8.210 %+7.350 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
176176334
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge69.84 %55.87 %55.02 %
Daily rates quoted594659
Average daily rate£275£290£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£110£225£249
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£396£377£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted493673
Average hourly rate£34.50£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.150 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£20.00£25.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.00£45.00£42.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-8.060 %-11.42 %
Perl CambridgeshirePerl
Cambridgeshire

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly 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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

116 (50.00 %)Python
215 (46.88 %)C++
312 (37.50 %)C
312 (37.50 %)Education
312 (37.50 %)Computer Science
410 (31.25 %)Wireless
410 (31.25 %)XML
59 (28.13 %)UNIX
59 (28.13 %)Electronics
59 (28.13 %)Degree
68 (25.00 %)Java
77 (21.88 %)SQL
77 (21.88 %)Software Engineering
77 (21.88 %)Subversion
77 (21.88 %)Tcl
86 (18.75 %)Validation
86 (18.75 %)Software Testing
86 (18.75 %)Linux
86 (18.75 %)Bluetooth
86 (18.75 %)GWT
95 (15.63 %)Test Scripting
95 (15.63 %)Bash shell
104 (12.50 %)Telecoms
113 (9.375 %)Assembly Language
113 (9.375 %)Firmware
113 (9.375 %)Windows
113 (9.375 %)SQLite
113 (9.375 %)Qt
113 (9.375 %)Mathematics
113 (9.375 %)wxWidgets

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (31.25 %)XML
26 (18.75 %)GWT
33 (9.375 %)Qt
33 (9.375 %)wxWidgets
42 (6.250 %)HTML
51 (3.125 %)Tapestry
51 (3.125 %).NET
51 (3.125 %)CSS
51 (3.125 %)JSP
51 (3.125 %)Struts
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.125 %)Doxygen
11 (3.125 %)MATLAB
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (31.25 %)Wireless
26 (18.75 %)Bluetooth
32 (6.250 %)3GPP
41 (3.125 %)SSH
41 (3.125 %)Wi-Fi
41 (3.125 %)UMTS
41 (3.125 %)WCDMA
41 (3.125 %)Kerberos
41 (3.125 %)DNS
41 (3.125 %)LDAP
41 (3.125 %)GPRS
41 (3.125 %)GSM
41 (3.125 %)3G
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (9.375 %)SQLite
21 (3.125 %)MySQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (21.88 %)Subversion
21 (3.125 %)ClearCase
21 (3.125 %)Git (software)
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (37.50 %)Education
29 (28.13 %)Electronics
34 (12.50 %)Telecoms
41 (3.125 %)Government
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (28.13 %)Software Engineer
28 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
35 (15.63 %)Embedded Software Engineer
35 (15.63 %)Software Test Engineer
43 (9.375 %)Firmware Engineer
52 (6.250 %)Developer
52 (6.250 %)Systems Administrator
52 (6.250 %)Programmer
52 (6.250 %)Administrator
52 (6.250 %)Linux Systems Administrator
52 (6.250 %)Linux Administrator
61 (3.125 %)C Programmer
61 (3.125 %)3G Engineer
61 (3.125 %)Java Software Engineer
61 (3.125 %)Systems Test Engineer
61 (3.125 %)QA Engineer
61 (3.125 %)C++ Programmer
61 (3.125 %)Systems Engineer
61 (3.125 %)C++ Developer
61 (3.125 %)Verification Engineer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (37.50 %)Computer Science
23 (9.375 %)Firmware
23 (9.375 %)Mathematics
32 (6.250 %)Open Source
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (28.13 %)UNIX
26 (18.75 %)Linux
33 (9.375 %)Windows
41 (3.125 %)Ubuntu
41 (3.125 %)Solaris
41 (3.125 %)CentOS
41 (3.125 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (3.125 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (21.88 %)Software Engineering
26 (18.75 %)Validation
26 (18.75 %)Software Testing
35 (15.63 %)Test Scripting
41 (3.125 %)Regression Testing
41 (3.125 %)Data Modelling
41 (3.125 %)Project Management
41 (3.125 %)OO
41 (3.125 %)Test Automation
41 (3.125 %)System Testing
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (50.00 %)Python
215 (46.88 %)C++
312 (37.50 %)C
48 (25.00 %)Java
57 (21.88 %)SQL
57 (21.88 %)Tcl
65 (15.63 %)Bash shell
73 (9.375 %)Assembly Language
82 (6.250 %)Embedded C++
91 (3.125 %)Embedded C
91 (3.125 %)Shell Script
91 (3.125 %)C#
91 (3.125 %)JavaScript
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (28.13 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.125 %)QA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (3.125 %)NFS
11 (3.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (3.125 %)YUM
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (3.125 %)Red Hat
11 (3.125 %)VMware