The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 22 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 Tyne and Wear 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 25 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing Perl 4 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.210% 1.786% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.26% 5.128% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £260 £232 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.31% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £323
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +24.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £35.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-36.61% +2.89%
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
39 117 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 21.55% 34.82% 40.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 67 59
Average daily rate £275 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £504 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Perl
North East

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +7 4 £260 +12.31%
Perl
North East

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

1 7 (100.00%) UNIX
1 7 (100.00%) AIX
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) IBM
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 7 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Change Control
2 6 (85.71%) Informatica
2 6 (85.71%) WebSphere
2 6 (85.71%) FileNet
2 6 (85.71%) Workflow
2 6 (85.71%) Sun
2 6 (85.71%) LDAP
2 6 (85.71%) SSL
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Business Objects
3 5 (71.43%) Solaris
4 3 (42.86%) Siebel
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) JBoss
5 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle
6 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (14.29%) HP
6 1 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (14.29%) Axway
6 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) FileNet
2 2 (28.57%) WebLogic
3 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) LDAP
1 6 (85.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Build Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) UNIX Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) UNIX
1 7 (100.00%) AIX
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (71.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 7 (100.00%) Change Control
2 6 (85.71%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) IBM
1 7 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 6 (85.71%) Informatica
2 6 (85.71%) Sun
2 6 (85.71%) Business Objects
3 3 (42.86%) Siebel
4 2 (28.57%) JBoss
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) HP
5 1 (14.29%) Axway