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This section looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Leicestershire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank30-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.817 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£355
% change on same period last year+3.08 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£21.66-
Average hourly rate£22.16-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£22.66-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.39£32.23
% change on same period last year+19.10 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads7186
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.086 %
Daily rates quoted1214
Average minimum daily rate£280£349
Average daily rate£294£356
% change on same period last year-17.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted129
Average minimum hourly rate£24.40£23.09
Average hourly rate£27.23£26.27
% change on same period last year+3.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.07£29.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Perl East MidlandsPerl
East Midlands

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Perl across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leicestershire Perl Hourly Rate Histogram

Perl
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
LeicesterNew entry-1--
Perl East MidlandsPerl
East Midlands

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

18 (80.00 %)Windows
27 (70.00 %)Oracle
36 (60.00 %)Solaris
36 (60.00 %)Linux
36 (60.00 %)UNIX
36 (60.00 %)Red Hat
36 (60.00 %)Clustering
36 (60.00 %)IRIX
36 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
45 (50.00 %)Beowulf
45 (50.00 %)SAN
45 (50.00 %)WebLogic
45 (50.00 %)Apache
52 (20.00 %)SQL
52 (20.00 %)VB
52 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
52 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
52 (20.00 %)XML
52 (20.00 %)XSLT
52 (20.00 %)BMC
52 (20.00 %)Lotus
52 (20.00 %)Active Directory
52 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (20.00 %)BMC PATROL
52 (20.00 %)Informatics
52 (20.00 %)Legal
61 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (10.00 %)Firewall
61 (10.00 %)Taxonomies
61 (10.00 %)Ontologies

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)XML
12 (20.00 %)XSLT
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (50.00 %)WebLogic
15 (50.00 %)Apache
22 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)SAN
21 (10.00 %)Firewall
21 (10.00 %)LAN
21 (10.00 %)WAN
21 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (10.00 %)DNS
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Legal
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)UNIX Specialist
21 (10.00 %)3rd Line Support
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (60.00 %)Clustering
25 (50.00 %)Beowulf
32 (20.00 %)Informatics
41 (10.00 %)Taxonomies
41 (10.00 %)Ontologies
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)Solaris
26 (60.00 %)Linux
26 (60.00 %)UNIX
26 (60.00 %)IRIX
26 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
32 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)SQL
12 (20.00 %)VB
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (20.00 %)BMC PATROL
21 (10.00 %)ARCserve
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (70.00 %)Oracle
26 (60.00 %)Red Hat
32 (20.00 %)BMC
32 (20.00 %)Lotus
41 (10.00 %)CheckPoint