 Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 56 | 50 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 875 | 1488 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.166 % | 1.505 % |
| As % of the category below | 7.200 % | 7.936 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 414 | 567 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £412 | £438 |
| Average daily rate | £439 | £464 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.45 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £466 | £491 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £373 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 13 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.38 | £28.39 |
| Average hourly rate | £42.04 | £30.89 |
| % change on same period last year | +36.09 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £43.69 | £33.39 |
| 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 | 12153 | 18750 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 16.20 % | 18.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5515 | 7526 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £405 | £442 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £474 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £467 | £505 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 382 | 653 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.70 | £32.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.66 | £35.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.62 | £37.46 |
| 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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
