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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 22 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 Hampshire region.

 Perl
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank506350
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Down-13
Matching contract IT job ads231270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire1.969 %0.866 %2.438 %
As % of the Programming Languages category6.389 %2.878 %7.650 %
Daily rates quoted720
Average daily rate£488£394-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£350
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-14.28 %
Hourly rates quoted4327
Average hourly rate£38.50£33.00£36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.30£33.00£27.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.60£37.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£35.00£34.00
% change year-on-year
-4.280 %+2.940 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
360417915
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire30.82 %30.11 %31.87 %
Daily rates quoted15088151
Average daily rate£300£310£334
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.220 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£238£243
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£460£400£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted56104232
Average hourly rate£37.50£35.00£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.30£23.50£23.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£42.75£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
Perl South EastPerl
South East

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeUp+54£376-16.38 %
FarnboroughDown-12--
FarehamNew entry-1--
SouthamptonNew entry-1--
WinchesterNew entry-1--
Perl South EastPerl
South East

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

118 (47.37 %)UNIX
217 (44.74 %)Linux
316 (42.11 %)Java
316 (42.11 %)Shell Script
415 (39.47 %)Windows
514 (36.84 %)AIX
514 (36.84 %)SQL
612 (31.58 %)Bash shell
612 (31.58 %)C++
612 (31.58 %)Solaris
711 (28.95 %)C
711 (28.95 %)SAN
711 (28.95 %)Korn
810 (26.32 %)Tivoli
99 (23.68 %)HPUX
99 (23.68 %)VMware
99 (23.68 %)Clustering
108 (21.05 %)VMware Infrastructure
108 (21.05 %)HP
108 (21.05 %)HACMP
108 (21.05 %)NetWare
108 (21.05 %)Veritas
117 (18.42 %)Hitachi
117 (18.42 %)Compaq
117 (18.42 %)EMC
117 (18.42 %)HTML
126 (15.79 %)JavaScript
126 (15.79 %)CSS
126 (15.79 %)XML
126 (15.79 %)IBM

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (18.42 %)HTML
26 (15.79 %)CSS
26 (15.79 %)XML
33 (7.895 %)J2EE
33 (7.895 %)jQuery
41 (2.632 %).NET
41 (2.632 %)XSLT
41 (2.632 %)Struts
41 (2.632 %)Middleware
41 (2.632 %)Spring
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (13.16 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
23 (7.895 %)Apache
23 (7.895 %)CMS
32 (5.263 %)TeamSite
41 (2.632 %)WebLogic
41 (2.632 %)Lotus Notes
41 (2.632 %)WebLogic Portal
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (7.895 %)MS Office
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (28.95 %)SAN
21 (2.632 %)Internet
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (7.895 %)SQL Server
21 (2.632 %)IDOL
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (2.632 %)ClearCase
11 (2.632 %)ClearQuest
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (10.53 %)Finance
22 (5.263 %)Pensions
22 (5.263 %)Government
22 (5.263 %)Health
31 (2.632 %)Retail Banking
31 (2.632 %)Banking
31 (2.632 %)Retail
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
113 (34.21 %)Developer
27 (18.42 %)Tester
27 (18.42 %)Software Tester
36 (15.79 %)Enterprise Consultant
36 (15.79 %)Management Consultant
36 (15.79 %)Consultant
45 (13.16 %)Analyst
45 (13.16 %)Test Engineer
54 (10.53 %)Perl Developer
54 (10.53 %)Web Developer
54 (10.53 %)Software Engineer
63 (7.895 %)Test Analyst
63 (7.895 %)Software Test Engineer
63 (7.895 %)CMS Developer
72 (5.263 %)Tivoli Specialist
72 (5.263 %)Technical Specialist
81 (2.632 %)Support Technician
81 (2.632 %)Programmer
81 (2.632 %)Junior
81 (2.632 %)Junior Analyst
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (23.68 %)Clustering
28 (21.05 %)HACMP
31 (2.632 %)Computer Science
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (47.37 %)UNIX
217 (44.74 %)Linux
315 (39.47 %)Windows
414 (36.84 %)AIX
512 (31.58 %)Solaris
69 (23.68 %)HPUX
78 (21.05 %)NetWare
81 (2.632 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (2.632 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (13.16 %)Workflow
24 (10.53 %)Software Testing
33 (7.895 %)Project Management
42 (5.263 %)Content Management
42 (5.263 %)Migration
42 (5.263 %)OO
42 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
51 (2.632 %)SOA
51 (2.632 %)Integration Testing
51 (2.632 %)Test Scripting
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (42.11 %)Java
116 (42.11 %)Shell Script
214 (36.84 %)SQL
312 (31.58 %)Bash shell
312 (31.58 %)C++
411 (28.95 %)C
411 (28.95 %)Korn
56 (15.79 %)JavaScript
62 (5.263 %)REXX
62 (5.263 %)PHP
62 (5.263 %)PL/SQL
71 (2.632 %)VBA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (7.895 %)Security Cleared
22 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
31 (2.632 %)Degree
31 (2.632 %)BC Cleared
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (21.05 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (2.632 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
21 (2.632 %)Oracle RAC
21 (2.632 %)VMware ESX
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (26.32 %)Tivoli
24 (10.53 %)BMC PATROL
32 (5.263 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (23.68 %)VMware
28 (21.05 %)HP
28 (21.05 %)Veritas
37 (18.42 %)Hitachi
37 (18.42 %)Compaq
37 (18.42 %)EMC
46 (15.79 %)IBM
54 (10.53 %)BMC
54 (10.53 %)Oracle
63 (7.895 %)Interwoven
63 (7.895 %)Remedy
71 (2.632 %)Lotus