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This section looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Portsmouth 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 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
28 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2925
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.389 %6.557 %
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£360
% change on same period last year+1.76 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£38.25
Average hourly rate-£38.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.06£32.28
% change on same period last year+17.91 %
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Portsmouth
Matching contract IT job ads7261
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.061 %
Daily rates quoted68
Average minimum daily rate£308£223
Average daily rate£326£253
% change on same period last year+28.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£283
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.82 %
Hourly rates quoted5040
Average minimum hourly rate£34.51£33.30
Average hourly rate£36.34£35.03
% change on same period last year+3.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.17£36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.33£32.92
% change on same period last year+1.22 %
Perl HampshirePerl
Hampshire

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

Portsmouth Perl Demand 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

12 (66.67 %)C++
12 (66.67 %)Python
12 (66.67 %)Linux
21 (33.33 %)ActiveX
21 (33.33 %)C
21 (33.33 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat
21 (33.33 %)Electronics
21 (33.33 %)Samba
21 (33.33 %)VMware
21 (33.33 %)DAO
21 (33.33 %)Ruby
21 (33.33 %)Project Planning
21 (33.33 %)WCF
21 (33.33 %)WPF
21 (33.33 %)Multithreading
21 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)MySQL
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)ADO
21 (33.33 %)ATL
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)STL
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)XSD
21 (33.33 %)XSL
21 (33.33 %)ODBC

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %).NET
11 (33.33 %)ADO
11 (33.33 %)ATL
11 (33.33 %)CSS
11 (33.33 %)STL
11 (33.33 %)XML
11 (33.33 %)XSD
11 (33.33 %)XSL
11 (33.33 %)ODBC
11 (33.33 %)ActiveX
11 (33.33 %)DAO
11 (33.33 %)WCF
11 (33.33 %)WPF
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)MySQL
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Electronics
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Developer
11 (33.33 %)Systems Administrator
11 (33.33 %)Administrator
11 (33.33 %)C++ Developer
11 (33.33 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
11 (33.33 %)Test Engineer
11 (33.33 %)UNIX Administrator
11 (33.33 %)Senior Test Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Test Development Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Linux Systems Administrator
11 (33.33 %)Linux Administrator
11 (33.33 %)C++/C# Developer
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Multithreading
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Linux
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (33.33 %)UNIX
21 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)HPUX
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Project Planning
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)C++
12 (66.67 %)Python
21 (33.33 %)Ruby
21 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)C
21 (33.33 %)C#
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Samba
11 (33.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
Portsmouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)Red Hat
11 (33.33 %)VMware