The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Sheffield region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank - 16 20
Contract jobs citing Perl 0 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield - 4.317% 4.000%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 9.524% 7.895%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £538 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £310
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £35.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-36.61% +5.18%
All Programming Languages
Sheffield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
55 63 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 36.67% 45.32% 50.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 34 33
Average daily rate £296 £400 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.93% +45.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £123 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £545 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 12
Average hourly rate £13.50 - £40.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 - £30.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Perl
South Yorkshire

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Sheffield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Sheffield Perl Jobs Demand Trend

Perl
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Perl across the Sheffield region.

Sheffield Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Sheffield region.

Sheffield Perl Hourly Rate Trend