 Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 74 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1384 | 2147 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.845 % | 2.172 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.899 % | 6.362 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 563 | 713 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £396 | £413 |
| Average daily rate | £421 | £437 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.67 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £446 | £461 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £373 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 31 | 98 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £36.64 | £31.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £38.37 | £33.92 |
| % change on same period last year | +13.12 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £40.10 | £36.65 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £36.57 | £34.72 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.31 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 23462 | 33746 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 31.27 % | 34.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8101 | 10656 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £376 | £407 |
| Average daily rate | £404 | £435 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £463 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1593 | 2397 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.78 | £31.42 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.89 | £33.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.01 | £35.72 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
