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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Cheshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4947
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads1222
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.022 %
As % of the category below4.444 %6.627 %
Daily rates quoted28
Average minimum daily rate£325£334
Average daily rate£350£344
% change on same period last year+1.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£342
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.11£32.83
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads270332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.380 %0.336 %
Daily rates quoted4967
Average minimum daily rate£306£355
Average daily rate£315£365
% change on same period last year-13.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted2222
Average minimum hourly rate£27.72£29.30
Average hourly rate£30.10£31.22
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.49£33.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Perl North WestPerl
North West

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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
MacclesfieldNew entry-2--
NorthwichNew entry-1--
Alderley EdgeNew entry-1--
Perl North WestPerl
North West

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

143 (82.69 %)UNIX
232 (61.54 %)Tivoli
232 (61.54 %)AIX
328 (53.85 %)TCP/IP
328 (53.85 %)SNA
427 (51.92 %)HPUX
427 (51.92 %)Solaris
427 (51.92 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
427 (51.92 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
427 (51.92 %)HACMP
427 (51.92 %)Middleware
427 (51.92 %)Korn
525 (48.08 %)VERITAS
611 (21.15 %)Java
79 (17.31 %)Linux
88 (15.38 %)IBM
88 (15.38 %)C
88 (15.38 %)Pharmaceutical
97 (13.46 %)Finance
97 (13.46 %)C++
106 (11.54 %).NET
106 (11.54 %)Apache
106 (11.54 %)Shell Script
115 (9.615 %)Tivoli Monitoring
115 (9.615 %)Windows
115 (9.615 %)OpenView
115 (9.615 %)Firewall
115 (9.615 %)SQL
115 (9.615 %)C#
124 (7.692 %)HTML

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (51.92 %)Middleware
26 (11.54 %).NET
34 (7.692 %)XML
34 (7.692 %)HTML
43 (5.769 %)XSLT
43 (5.769 %)ASP
43 (5.769 %)CSS
51 (1.923 %)JSP
51 (1.923 %)SOAP
51 (1.923 %)WebServices
51 (1.923 %).NET Framework
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (11.54 %)Apache
24 (7.692 %)Tomcat
33 (5.769 %)WebLogic
41 (1.923 %)SAS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (53.85 %)TCP/IP
128 (53.85 %)SNA
25 (9.615 %)Firewall
33 (5.769 %)FTP
41 (1.923 %)SMS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.769 %)SQL Server
22 (3.846 %)MySQL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (5.769 %)yacc
21 (1.923 %)Oracle APEX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (15.38 %)Pharmaceutical
27 (13.46 %)Finance
33 (5.769 %)Banking
42 (3.846 %)Retail
42 (3.846 %)Telecoms
51 (1.923 %)Retail Banking
51 (1.923 %)Marketing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (44.23 %)Administrator
220 (38.46 %)AIX Administrator
317 (32.69 %)Systems Administrator
47 (13.46 %)Developer
53 (5.769 %)Analyst
53 (5.769 %)Analyst Programmer
53 (5.769 %)Programmer
62 (3.846 %)MySQL Developer
62 (3.846 %)UNIX Specialist
62 (3.846 %)Consultant
71 (1.923 %)OpenView Consultant
71 (1.923 %)Senior Programmer
71 (1.923 %)Solaris Administrator
71 (1.923 %)Web Developer
71 (1.923 %)Senior Analyst
71 (1.923 %)Java Developer
71 (1.923 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
71 (1.923 %)Analyst Developer
71 (1.923 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
71 (1.923 %)UNIX Administrator
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (51.92 %)HACMP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
143 (82.69 %)UNIX
232 (61.54 %)AIX
327 (51.92 %)HPUX
327 (51.92 %)Solaris
49 (17.31 %)Linux
55 (9.615 %)Windows
61 (1.923 %)VMS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (5.769 %)Change Management
13 (5.769 %)Bioinformatics
22 (3.846 %)Performance Testing
22 (3.846 %)Security Cleared
22 (3.846 %)RAD
22 (3.846 %)Configuration Management
22 (3.846 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (3.846 %)Validation
22 (3.846 %)Migration
31 (1.923 %)Extreme Programming
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (51.92 %)Korn
211 (21.15 %)Java
38 (15.38 %)C
47 (13.46 %)C++
56 (11.54 %)Shell Script
65 (9.615 %)C#
65 (9.615 %)SQL
74 (7.692 %)JavaScript
83 (5.769 %)VB.NET
91 (1.923 %)Python
91 (1.923 %)PHP
91 (1.923 %)PL/SQL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.846 %)ISEB
12 (3.846 %)ISEB Practitioner
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
127 (51.92 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
132 (61.54 %)Tivoli
227 (51.92 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
35 (9.615 %)OpenView
35 (9.615 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (48.08 %)VERITAS
28 (15.38 %)IBM
34 (7.692 %)Oracle
34 (7.692 %)HP
43 (5.769 %)Sun
52 (3.846 %)Sybase
52 (3.846 %)FileNet
52 (3.846 %)Dell
61 (1.923 %)Google
61 (1.923 %)Spotfire