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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the North East 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4861
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.015 %0.350 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£373-
Average daily rate£412-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£340
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£44.00
Average hourly rate-£44.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.08£32.55
% change on same period last year+4.68 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North East
Matching contract IT job ads199286
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.281 %0.290 %
Daily rates quoted2961
Average minimum daily rate£310£339
Average daily rate£328£349
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted1425
Average minimum hourly rate£26.06£32.06
Average hourly rate£27.21£33.15
% change on same period last year-17.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.37£34.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.17£32.72
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
Perl EnglandPerl
England

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
TeessideNew entry-2--
Tyne and WearNew entry-2£400-
DurhamNew entry-1£435-
Perl EnglandPerl
England

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 %)UNIX
18 (80.00 %)Linux
26 (60.00 %)Solaris
33 (30.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)SNMP
33 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (30.00 %)SAN
42 (20.00 %)NetApp
42 (20.00 %)Shell Script
42 (20.00 %)WSDL
42 (20.00 %)HTTPS
42 (20.00 %)Apache
42 (20.00 %)Tomcat
42 (20.00 %).NET
42 (20.00 %)Oracle
42 (20.00 %)MS Project
42 (20.00 %)MS Office
42 (20.00 %)ASP
42 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (20.00 %)JSP
42 (20.00 %)SOAP
42 (20.00 %)WebServices
42 (20.00 %)XML
42 (20.00 %)PHP
42 (20.00 %)HTML
42 (20.00 %)HTTP
42 (20.00 %)VMware
42 (20.00 %)iSCSI
42 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (20.00 %)Multimedia

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)HTML
12 (20.00 %).NET
12 (20.00 %)ASP
12 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (20.00 %)JSP
12 (20.00 %)SOAP
12 (20.00 %)WebServices
12 (20.00 %)XML
12 (20.00 %)WSDL
21 (10.00 %)ODBC
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Apache
12 (20.00 %)Tomcat
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)MS Project
12 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (10.00 %)MS Excel
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)SNMP
13 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (30.00 %)SAN
22 (20.00 %)HTTPS
22 (20.00 %)HTTP
22 (20.00 %)iSCSI
31 (10.00 %)LDAP
31 (10.00 %)SMTP
31 (10.00 %)FTP
31 (10.00 %)TELNET
31 (10.00 %)X.400
31 (10.00 %)X.500
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Multimedia
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Developer
23 (30.00 %)Applications Developer
32 (20.00 %)Perl Developer
32 (20.00 %)Software Developer
32 (20.00 %)Storage Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Perl Programmer
41 (10.00 %)Programmer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)PKI
11 (10.00 %)Dutch Language
11 (10.00 %)French Language
11 (10.00 %)German Language
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Linux
18 (80.00 %)UNIX
26 (60.00 %)Solaris
31 (10.00 %)Windows
31 (10.00 %)HPUX
31 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2008
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
11 (10.00 %)OO
11 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (10.00 %)Time Management
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)Shell Script
22 (20.00 %)PHP
31 (10.00 %)Korn
31 (10.00 %)Java
31 (10.00 %)JavaScript
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (10.00 %)Active Directory
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)Legato
11 (10.00 %)EMC NetWorker
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Oracle
12 (20.00 %)NetApp
12 (20.00 %)VMware
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft