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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2546
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.004 %
As % of the category below11.65 %1.415 %
Daily rates quoted60
Average minimum daily rate£240-
Average daily rate£247-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£254-
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£344
% change on same period last year-4.71 %
Hourly rates quoted31
Average minimum hourly rate£18.33£30.00
Average hourly rate£19.33£35.00
% change on same period last year-44.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.33£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.97£32.77
% change on same period last year+9.77 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads206212
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.415 %0.260 %
Daily rates quoted5153
Average minimum daily rate£259£308
Average daily rate£280£329
% change on same period last year-14.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.36 %
Hourly rates quoted2019
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33£24.88
Average hourly rate£30.42£30.31
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.51£35.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£32.45
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
Perl South EastPerl
South East

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009.

Oxfordshire Perl Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+138£220-
Perl South EastPerl
South East

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

144 (89.80 %)Linux
233 (67.35 %)Python
329 (59.18 %)UNIX
424 (48.98 %)Shell Script
523 (46.94 %)TCP/IP
615 (30.61 %)SMTP
615 (30.61 %)FTP
615 (30.61 %)NetApp
711 (22.45 %)HTTP
711 (22.45 %)Automated Testing
810 (20.41 %)C++
99 (18.37 %)SQL
99 (18.37 %)Apache
99 (18.37 %)FreeBSD
99 (18.37 %)Nagios
108 (16.33 %)DNS
108 (16.33 %)HTML
108 (16.33 %)C
117 (14.29 %).NET
117 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
117 (14.29 %)CSS
117 (14.29 %)XHTML
117 (14.29 %)JavaScript
117 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
117 (14.29 %)Subversion
117 (14.29 %)AJAX
125 (10.20 %)Life Science
125 (10.20 %)Red Hat Linux
125 (10.20 %)Red Hat
125 (10.20 %)Publishing

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (16.33 %)HTML
27 (14.29 %).NET
27 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
27 (14.29 %)CSS
27 (14.29 %)XHTML
27 (14.29 %)AJAX
34 (8.163 %)MVC
42 (4.082 %).NET Framework
42 (4.082 %)MooTools
51 (2.041 %)Castor
51 (2.041 %)LAMP
51 (2.041 %)WebSphere
51 (2.041 %)XML
51 (2.041 %)XSLT
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (18.37 %)Apache
23 (6.122 %)CMS
32 (4.082 %)IIS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (46.94 %)TCP/IP
215 (30.61 %)SMTP
215 (30.61 %)FTP
311 (22.45 %)HTTP
48 (16.33 %)DNS
51 (2.041 %)HTTPS
51 (2.041 %)SAN
51 (2.041 %)Internet
51 (2.041 %)SNMP
51 (2.041 %)SNA
51 (2.041 %)LDAP
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (4.082 %)MySQL
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (14.29 %)Subversion
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (10.20 %)Publishing
21 (2.041 %)Automotive
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (22.45 %)Developer
29 (18.37 %)Analyst
29 (18.37 %)Test Analyst
29 (18.37 %)Tester
38 (16.33 %)Administrator
47 (14.29 %)Systems Administrator
47 (14.29 %)Software Developer
55 (10.20 %)Perl Developer
55 (10.20 %)Linux Administrator
64 (8.163 %)Linux Systems Administrator
64 (8.163 %)Test Engineer
72 (4.082 %)Software Engineer
81 (2.041 %)Junior
81 (2.041 %)Consultant
81 (2.041 %)ASP.NET Developer
81 (2.041 %)UNIX Administrator
81 (2.041 %)Programmer
81 (2.041 %)Software Tester
81 (2.041 %).NET Developer
81 (2.041 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (10.20 %)Life Science
21 (2.041 %)HACMP
21 (2.041 %)Derivative
21 (2.041 %)Mathematics
21 (2.041 %)Physics
21 (2.041 %)Computer Science
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (89.80 %)Linux
229 (59.18 %)UNIX
39 (18.37 %)FreeBSD
45 (10.20 %)Red Hat Linux
52 (4.082 %)CentOS
52 (4.082 %)Windows
61 (2.041 %)AIX
61 (2.041 %)Solaris
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (22.45 %)Automated Testing
27 (14.29 %)Load Balancing
34 (8.163 %)Content Management
43 (6.122 %)OO
51 (2.041 %)OOD
51 (2.041 %)Project Management
51 (2.041 %)Software Engineering
51 (2.041 %)Unit Testing
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (67.35 %)Python
224 (48.98 %)Shell Script
310 (20.41 %)C++
49 (18.37 %)SQL
58 (16.33 %)C
67 (14.29 %)JavaScript
71 (2.041 %)PHP
71 (2.041 %)C#
71 (2.041 %)Java
71 (2.041 %)Korn
71 (2.041 %)XPath
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.041 %)Degree
11 (2.041 %)Security Cleared
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.041 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.041 %)NFS
11 (2.041 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (18.37 %)Nagios
21 (2.041 %)Tivoli
21 (2.041 %)Tivoli Monitoring
21 (2.041 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (30.61 %)NetApp
25 (10.20 %)Red Hat
31 (2.041 %)VERITAS
31 (2.041 %)Sybase
31 (2.041 %)IBM