The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Hounslow region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Perl 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 10.17% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £388 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £323
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +24.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £35.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-36.61% +2.89%
All Programming Languages
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
38 23 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 64.41% 28.75% 19.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 11 12
Average daily rate £450 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £330 £118
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Perl
London

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Hounslow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hounslow Perl Jobs Demand Trend

Perl
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Perl across the Hounslow region.

Hounslow Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) C++
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (42.86%) ISEB
4 2 (28.57%) DRM
4 2 (28.57%) IPTV
4 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Wireshark
4 2 (28.57%) Selenium
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) TDD
4 2 (28.57%) STB
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Ruby
4 2 (28.57%) Cocoa
4 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) Sybase
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Games
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
4 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Cocoa
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) Cocoa Touch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
1 2 (28.57%) Selenium
1 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (28.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) C++ Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Agile Tester
3 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) IPTV
1 2 (28.57%) STB
1 2 (28.57%) Video on Demand
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Scrum
1 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) DRM
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) TDD
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
2 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
2 2 (28.57%) BDD
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) User Stories
2 2 (28.57%) Automation Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) C++
3 3 (42.86%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) Ruby
4 2 (28.57%) Objective-C
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Bash shell
4 2 (28.57%) C
5 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) Sybase