| Perl |
| 3 months to
16 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 13 | 31 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +18 | +15 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 24 | 8 | 5 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 9.524 % | 2.540 % | 0.824 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 13.64 % | 4.545 % | 1.497 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £280 | £288 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £313 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.50 | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.50 | £36.50 | £34.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 176 | 176 | 334 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge | 69.84 % | 55.87 % | 55.02 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 59 | 46 | 59 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £290 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 49 | 36 | 73 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.50 | £32.50 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
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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.
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.
