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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the North West 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank10471
Rank change on same period last yearDown-33
Matching contract IT job ads2382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.083 %
As % of the category below1.884 %5.964 %
Daily rates quoted424
Average minimum daily rate£338£291
Average daily rate£363£309
% change on same period last year+17.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£342
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
Hourly rates quoted016
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.22
Average hourly rate-£22.22
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.11£32.83
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching contract IT job ads12211375
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.719 %1.390 %
Daily rates quoted236226
Average minimum daily rate£287£314
Average daily rate£303£331
% change on same period last year-8.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted160157
Average minimum hourly rate£26.79£26.09
Average hourly rate£28.87£27.59
% change on same period last year+4.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.95£29.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 10 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
CheshireDown-212£350+1.81 %
ManchesterDown-108£375-11.76 %
MerseysideDown-51--
Perl EnglandPerl
England

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1106 (86.89 %)UNIX
284 (68.85 %)AIX
383 (68.03 %)Tivoli
475 (61.48 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
574 (60.66 %)HACMP
574 (60.66 %)TCP/IP
670 (57.38 %)Middleware
769 (56.56 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
867 (54.92 %)SNA
965 (53.28 %)Solaris
1063 (51.64 %)Korn
1159 (48.36 %)VERITAS
1258 (47.54 %)HPUX
1324 (19.67 %)Finance
1420 (16.39 %)Linux
1517 (13.93 %)Shell Script
1615 (12.30 %)Java
1712 (9.836 %)C
1712 (9.836 %)Oracle
1712 (9.836 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1811 (9.016 %)IBM
1910 (8.197 %)Apache
208 (6.557 %)Tomcat
208 (6.557 %)C++
208 (6.557 %)OO
208 (6.557 %)Pharmaceutical
208 (6.557 %)Migration
208 (6.557 %)Ruby
208 (6.557 %)Degree
208 (6.557 %)Computer Science

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
170 (57.38 %)Middleware
27 (5.738 %).NET
35 (4.098 %)HTML
35 (4.098 %)XML
44 (3.279 %)ASP
44 (3.279 %)CSS
53 (2.459 %)WebServices
53 (2.459 %)J2EE
53 (2.459 %)XSLT
61 (0.820 %)Hibernate
61 (0.820 %)Spring
61 (0.820 %)AJAX
61 (0.820 %)WebSphere
61 (0.820 %).NET Framework
61 (0.820 %)JSP
61 (0.820 %)SOAP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (8.197 %)Apache
28 (6.557 %)Tomcat
33 (2.459 %)WebLogic
41 (0.820 %)IIS
41 (0.820 %)JBoss
41 (0.820 %)SAS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
174 (60.66 %)TCP/IP
267 (54.92 %)SNA
37 (5.738 %)Firewall
46 (4.918 %)SAN
46 (4.918 %)LDAP
55 (4.098 %)Kerberos
55 (4.098 %)SSH
64 (3.279 %)FTP
71 (0.820 %)HTTP
71 (0.820 %)SMS
71 (0.820 %)SMTP
71 (0.820 %)DNS
71 (0.820 %)SSL
71 (0.820 %)IMAP
71 (0.820 %)SNMP
71 (0.820 %)Internet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (4.918 %)Oracle 10g
25 (4.098 %)MySQL
34 (3.279 %)SQL Server
41 (0.820 %)DB2
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.459 %)yacc
21 (0.820 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.820 %)Eclipse
21 (0.820 %)Oracle APEX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (19.67 %)Finance
28 (6.557 %)Pharmaceutical
35 (4.098 %)Banking
44 (3.279 %)Retail
53 (2.459 %)Telecoms
62 (1.639 %)Government
62 (1.639 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.820 %)Marketing
71 (0.820 %)Manufacturing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
147 (38.52 %)Administrator
235 (28.69 %)AIX Administrator
327 (22.13 %)Systems Administrator
416 (13.11 %)Technical Specialist
512 (9.836 %)UNIX Specialist
611 (9.016 %)Developer
78 (6.557 %)UNIX Administrator
86 (4.918 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
95 (4.098 %)UNIX Technical Specialist
104 (3.279 %)Java Developer
104 (3.279 %)Consultant
113 (2.459 %)Analyst
113 (2.459 %)Analyst Programmer
113 (2.459 %)Programmer
122 (1.639 %)Solaris Administrator
122 (1.639 %)MySQL Developer
131 (0.820 %)UNIX Consultant
131 (0.820 %)Senior Programmer
131 (0.820 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
131 (0.820 %)Tivoli Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
174 (60.66 %)HACMP
28 (6.557 %)Computer Science
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1106 (86.89 %)UNIX
284 (68.85 %)AIX
365 (53.28 %)Solaris
458 (47.54 %)HPUX
520 (16.39 %)Linux
66 (4.918 %)Windows
72 (1.639 %)Debian
81 (0.820 %)Fedora
81 (0.820 %)CentOS
81 (0.820 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.820 %)VMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (6.557 %)OO
18 (6.557 %)Migration
23 (2.459 %)Change Management
23 (2.459 %)Configuration Management
23 (2.459 %)Bioinformatics
23 (2.459 %)Security Cleared
32 (1.639 %)ITIL
32 (1.639 %)Performance Testing
32 (1.639 %)RAD
32 (1.639 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (1.639 %)Validation
41 (0.820 %)Extreme Programming
41 (0.820 %)Information Management
41 (0.820 %)Service Management
41 (0.820 %)DV Cleared
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
163 (51.64 %)Korn
217 (13.93 %)Shell Script
315 (12.30 %)Java
412 (9.836 %)C
58 (6.557 %)Ruby
58 (6.557 %)C++
67 (5.738 %)SQL
76 (4.918 %)C#
76 (4.918 %)JavaScript
83 (2.459 %)VB.NET
91 (0.820 %)Python
91 (0.820 %)PHP
91 (0.820 %)PL/SQL
91 (0.820 %)VBScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (6.557 %)Degree
22 (1.639 %)ISEB
22 (1.639 %)ISEB Practitioner
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
169 (56.56 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
183 (68.03 %)Tivoli
275 (61.48 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
312 (9.836 %)Tivoli Monitoring
45 (4.098 %)OpenView
52 (1.639 %)Nagios
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (48.36 %)VERITAS
212 (9.836 %)Oracle
311 (9.016 %)IBM
44 (3.279 %)HP
53 (2.459 %)Sun
62 (1.639 %)FileNet
62 (1.639 %)Dell
62 (1.639 %)Sybase
71 (0.820 %)Microsoft
71 (0.820 %)NetApp
71 (0.820 %)Red Hat
71 (0.820 %)Google
71 (0.820 %)Spotfire
71 (0.820 %)IronPort