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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Edinburgh 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4758
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads1014
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.014 %
As % of the category below4.785 %3.857 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£417£340
Average daily rate£433£365
% change on same period last year+18.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£343
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
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£35.71£32.64
% change on same period last year+9.41 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads209363
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.297 %0.367 %
Daily rates quoted4248
Average minimum daily rate£320£303
Average daily rate£343£314
% change on same period last year+9.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted29
Average minimum hourly rate£29.80£34.86
Average hourly rate£29.80£35.89
% change on same period last year-16.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.80£36.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£32.74
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Perl ScotlandPerl
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

17 (50.00 %)UNIX
17 (50.00 %)AIX
26 (42.86 %)HPUX
26 (42.86 %)Solaris
26 (42.86 %)VERITAS
35 (35.71 %)Shell Script
44 (28.57 %)J2EE
44 (28.57 %)Java
44 (28.57 %)JavaScript
44 (28.57 %)Finance
53 (21.43 %).NET
53 (21.43 %)C#
53 (21.43 %)Sun Certification
53 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
53 (21.43 %)Sun
62 (14.29 %)CSS
62 (14.29 %)JSP
62 (14.29 %)CORBA
62 (14.29 %)C++
62 (14.29 %)C
71 (7.143 %)Health
71 (7.143 %)Legal
71 (7.143 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (7.143 %)Games
71 (7.143 %)Web Design
71 (7.143 %)Telecoms
71 (7.143 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (7.143 %)Banking
71 (7.143 %)Marketing
71 (7.143 %)WebSphere

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (28.57 %)J2EE
23 (21.43 %).NET
23 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
32 (14.29 %)CSS
32 (14.29 %)JSP
32 (14.29 %)CORBA
41 (7.143 %)XHTML
41 (7.143 %)WebSphere
41 (7.143 %)HTML
41 (7.143 %)ASP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)WebSphere Application Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)HTTP
11 (7.143 %)Internet
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)MySQL
11 (7.143 %)DB2
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Finance
21 (7.143 %)Health
21 (7.143 %)Legal
21 (7.143 %)Games
21 (7.143 %)Banking
21 (7.143 %)Marketing
21 (7.143 %)Telecoms
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (42.86 %)Administrator
25 (35.71 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
25 (35.71 %)UNIX Administrator
25 (35.71 %)Systems Administrator
33 (21.43 %)Developer
33 (21.43 %)Solaris Administrator
42 (14.29 %)Java Developer
42 (14.29 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (14.29 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
42 (14.29 %)J2EE Developer
51 (7.143 %)Operations Manager
51 (7.143 %)WebSphere Consultant
51 (7.143 %)Operations Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Analyst
51 (7.143 %)Consultant
51 (7.143 %)Architect
51 (7.143 %)Software Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Solutions Architect
51 (7.143 %)Programmer
51 (7.143 %)Applications Consultant
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (50.00 %)UNIX
17 (50.00 %)AIX
26 (42.86 %)HPUX
26 (42.86 %)Solaris
31 (7.143 %)Linux
31 (7.143 %)Red Hat Linux
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
11 (7.143 %)Stakeholder Management
11 (7.143 %)Web Design
11 (7.143 %)Web Development
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (35.71 %)Shell Script
24 (28.57 %)Java
24 (28.57 %)JavaScript
33 (21.43 %)C#
42 (14.29 %)C++
42 (14.29 %)C
51 (7.143 %)DHTML
51 (7.143 %)PHP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (21.43 %)Sun Certification
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)VERITAS
23 (21.43 %)Sun
31 (7.143 %)HP
31 (7.143 %)StorageTek
31 (7.143 %)Oracle
31 (7.143 %)SAP
31 (7.143 %)Red Hat
31 (7.143 %)TIBCO