Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank7876
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads6541498
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.904 %1.946 %
As % of the Programming Languages category5.731 %5.887 %
Daily rates quoted251619
Average daily rate£375£425
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-11.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£246£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£510£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£350
% change on same period last year-21.42 %
Hourly rates quoted2531
Average hourly rate£30.00£41.25
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-27.27 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.40£21.49
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.90£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£35.00
% change on same period last year-18.57 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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.

Perl
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Perl within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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 within the UK.

Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Perl within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

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 within the UK.

Perl Hourly Rate Trend

Perl
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Perl within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Perl Hourly Rate Histogram

Perl
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 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
EnglandUp+2638£375-11.76 %
LondonNo change0425£413-8.33 %
City of LondonDown-1174£413-13.15 %
South EastUp+20108£325+2.36 %
BerkshireUp+1644£375+21.95 %
East of EnglandUp+1533£275-21.54 %
HampshireUp+2726£250-28.57 %
CambridgeshireUp+3322£300+9.09 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1722£442+27.19 %
North WestDown-1221£260-42.22 %
CambridgeUp+2719£288+4.54 %
SurreyUp+2816£275-
South WestUp+1216£316-17.07 %
CheshireUp+2315£250-47.36 %
West MidlandsUp+5813£263-19.23 %
ReadingUp+2112--
YorkshireUp+4610£200-38.46 %
Canary WharfUp+1410£500-
BirminghamNew entry-10£263-
East MidlandsUp+398£275-8.33 %
ScotlandUp+368£295-26.25 %
OxfordshireUp+77£175-36.36 %
HertfordshireDown-17£240-44.18 %
FarehamNew entry-7£230-
West YorkshireUp+256--
LeedsUp+216--
WalesUp+206£300-20.00 %
OxfordUp+136£175-40.42 %
West SussexUp+275£325-16.12 %
BracknellUp+145£313-

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1737 (55.71 %)UNIX
2437 (33.03 %)SQL
3382 (28.87 %)Oracle
4372 (28.12 %)Linux
5341 (25.77 %)Banking
6314 (23.73 %)Java
7244 (18.44 %)Finance
7244 (18.44 %)Investment Banking
8237 (17.91 %)Windows
9228 (17.23 %)Shell Script
10225 (17.01 %)Sybase
11218 (16.48 %)XML
12209 (15.80 %)C++
13200 (15.12 %)Solaris
14179 (13.53 %)JavaScript
15178 (13.45 %)Python
16173 (13.08 %)SQL Server
17156 (11.79 %)HTML
17156 (11.79 %)MySQL
18151 (11.41 %)Apache
19141 (10.66 %)PHP
20129 (9.751 %)C
21109 (8.239 %)CSS
2296 (7.256 %).NET
2395 (7.181 %)PL/SQL
2491 (6.878 %)ClearCase
2587 (6.576 %)OO
2683 (6.274 %)Microsoft
2782 (6.198 %)Korn
2881 (6.122 %)SMTP

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1218 (16.48 %)XML
2156 (11.79 %)HTML
3109 (8.239 %)CSS
496 (7.256 %).NET
562 (4.686 %)XSLT
658 (4.384 %)J2EE
658 (4.384 %)WebServices
753 (4.006 %)Spring
753 (4.006 %)WebSphere
848 (3.628 %)AJAX
944 (3.326 %)Hibernate
1042 (3.175 %)LAMP
1134 (2.570 %)SOAP
1134 (2.570 %)JSP
1232 (2.419 %)Flash
1330 (2.268 %)STL
1330 (2.268 %)ASP
1330 (2.268 %)CGI
1428 (2.116 %)Middleware
1527 (2.041 %)Ruby on Rails
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1151 (11.41 %)Apache
235 (2.646 %)IIS
333 (2.494 %)CMS
428 (2.116 %)WebSphere MQ
522 (1.663 %)MQSeries
621 (1.587 %)Tomcat
716 (1.209 %)WebLogic
814 (1.058 %)MS Exchange
814 (1.058 %)TeamSite
913 (0.983 %)Rendezvous
913 (0.983 %)WMQI
913 (0.983 %)ESB
913 (0.983 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1011 (0.831 %)Lotus Notes
1110 (0.756 %)WebSphere Process Server
1110 (0.756 %)Exchange Server 2003
1110 (0.756 %)WebSphere Portal
127 (0.529 %)Exchange Server 5.5
127 (0.529 %)WebSphere Application Server
136 (0.454 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
133 (2.494 %)MS Excel
216 (1.209 %)MS Office
311 (0.831 %)Photoshop
45 (0.378 %)Fireworks
45 (0.378 %)MATLAB
54 (0.302 %)MS Visio
54 (0.302 %)MS Project
54 (0.302 %)CA Clarity
63 (0.227 %)ImageReady
72 (0.151 %)Adobe Illustrator
72 (0.151 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.076 %)Shockwave
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.756 %)Global One
28 (0.605 %)RMDS
37 (0.529 %)Oracle General Ledger
45 (0.378 %)Sophis VALUE
45 (0.378 %)Capstone
54 (0.302 %)Summit
63 (0.227 %)Tesseract
63 (0.227 %)Minerva
63 (0.227 %)Sentinel
63 (0.227 %)Murex MxG2000
63 (0.227 %)Oracle Financials
72 (0.151 %)Metrica
81 (0.076 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.076 %)SAP CRM
81 (0.076 %)Oracle 11i
81 (0.076 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
81 (0.076 %)SAP HR
81 (0.076 %)BusinessWorks
81 (0.076 %)Singl.eView
81 (0.076 %)FENICS FX
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
181 (6.122 %)SMTP
271 (5.367 %)DNS
369 (5.215 %)Internet
463 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
548 (3.628 %)LDAP
647 (3.553 %)SAN
737 (2.797 %)Firewall
836 (2.721 %)IMAP
926 (1.965 %)HTTP
1023 (1.738 %)3G
1120 (1.512 %)SNMP
1217 (1.285 %)Ethernet
1217 (1.285 %)LAN
1217 (1.285 %)WAN
1217 (1.285 %)X.400
1217 (1.285 %)X.500
1316 (1.209 %)FTP
1414 (1.058 %)SSH
1512 (0.907 %)Nokia NetAct
1512 (0.907 %)DHCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1173 (13.08 %)SQL Server
2156 (11.79 %)MySQL
379 (5.971 %)RDBMS
435 (2.646 %)Oracle 10g
534 (2.570 %)ETL
626 (1.965 %)Datawarehouse
626 (1.965 %)BusinessObjects
722 (1.663 %)Oracle 8/8i
817 (1.285 %)DB2
916 (1.209 %)SQL Server 2005
1015 (1.134 %)Oracle Reports
1113 (0.983 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1113 (0.983 %)Reference Data
1212 (0.907 %)MS Access
1311 (0.831 %)Crystal Reports
1410 (0.756 %)PostgreSQL
1410 (0.756 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1410 (0.756 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1410 (0.756 %)Sybase ASE
159 (0.680 %)OLTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
191 (6.878 %)ClearCase
236 (2.721 %)Subversion
326 (1.965 %)Ant
419 (1.436 %)ClearQuest
514 (1.058 %)Dreamweaver
613 (0.983 %)JUnit
712 (0.907 %)Selenium
89 (0.680 %)FitNesse
89 (0.680 %)OpenDeploy
98 (0.605 %)WATIR
98 (0.605 %)RequisitePro
107 (0.529 %)Visual Studio
116 (0.454 %)QuickTest Pro
116 (0.454 %)LoadRunner
125 (0.378 %)WinRunner
125 (0.378 %)TestDirector
125 (0.378 %)ProC
125 (0.378 %)JCAPS
134 (0.302 %)TeamCity
134 (0.302 %)Paros
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1341 (25.77 %)Banking
2244 (18.44 %)Investment Banking
2244 (18.44 %)Finance
377 (5.820 %)Telecoms
464 (4.837 %)Front Office
530 (2.268 %)Government
627 (2.041 %)Publishing
627 (2.041 %)Back Office
718 (1.361 %)Pharmaceutical
815 (1.134 %)Retail
913 (0.983 %)Education
1010 (0.756 %)Multimedia
119 (0.680 %)Billing
119 (0.680 %)Military
119 (0.680 %)Financial Institution
128 (0.605 %)Games
137 (0.529 %)Retail Banking
146 (0.454 %)Automotive
155 (0.378 %)Marketing
164 (0.302 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1548 (41.42 %)Developer
2228 (17.23 %)Analyst
3149 (11.26 %)Perl Developer
4109 (8.239 %)Support Analyst
585 (6.425 %)Administrator
672 (5.442 %)Java Developer
762 (4.686 %)Software Engineer
854 (4.082 %)Web Developer
947 (3.553 %)Applications Support
1044 (3.326 %)Systems Administrator
1142 (3.175 %)Programmer
1241 (3.099 %)SQL Developer
1336 (2.721 %)PHP Developer
1336 (2.721 %)Systems Engineer
1435 (2.646 %)Consultant
1531 (2.343 %)UNIX Administrator
1630 (2.268 %)Oracle Developer
1728 (2.116 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1827 (2.041 %)Applications Support Analyst
1925 (1.890 %)Analyst Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
175 (5.669 %)Derivative
253 (4.006 %)Equities
336 (2.721 %)Fixed Income
431 (2.343 %)Equity Derivative
524 (1.814 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
622 (1.663 %)Replication
719 (1.436 %)Client/Server
817 (1.285 %)Clustering
817 (1.285 %)Computer Science
914 (1.058 %)VHDL
1013 (0.983 %)Statistics
1112 (0.907 %)Market Risk
1112 (0.907 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
129 (0.680 %)PKI
129 (0.680 %)French Language
138 (0.605 %)Credit Risk
138 (0.605 %)Multithreading
147 (0.529 %)Informatics
147 (0.529 %)Mathematics
147 (0.529 %)Life Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1737 (55.71 %)UNIX
2372 (28.12 %)Linux
3237 (17.91 %)Windows
4200 (15.12 %)Solaris
568 (5.140 %)Red Hat Linux
665 (4.913 %)Windows Server 2003
742 (3.175 %)HPUX
837 (2.797 %)AIX
935 (2.646 %)Windows 2000
1019 (1.436 %)Windows XP
1117 (1.285 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1212 (0.907 %)Windows Vista
1311 (0.831 %)VMS
148 (0.605 %)SUSE
148 (0.605 %)Debian
148 (0.605 %)Embedded Linux
154 (0.302 %)Ubuntu
154 (0.302 %)Windows Server 2008
154 (0.302 %)CentOS
154 (0.302 %)FreeBSD
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
187 (6.576 %)OO
250 (3.779 %)Configuration Management
341 (3.099 %)Migration
438 (2.872 %)Content Management
537 (2.797 %)Web Development
537 (2.797 %)ITIL
636 (2.721 %)Agile Software Development
724 (1.814 %)Continuous Integration
822 (1.663 %)UML
822 (1.663 %)Project Management
921 (1.587 %)Test Scripting
1020 (1.512 %)Unit Testing
1020 (1.512 %)Data Modelling
1020 (1.512 %)Requirements Analysis
1119 (1.436 %)Software Engineering
1119 (1.436 %)TDD
1119 (1.436 %)OOP
1218 (1.361 %)E-Commerce
1218 (1.361 %)SOA
1218 (1.361 %)Service Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1437 (33.03 %)SQL
2314 (23.73 %)Java
3228 (17.23 %)Shell Script
4209 (15.80 %)C++
5179 (13.53 %)JavaScript
6178 (13.45 %)Python
7141 (10.66 %)PHP
8129 (9.751 %)C
995 (7.181 %)PL/SQL
1082 (6.198 %)Korn
1181 (6.122 %)C#
1258 (4.384 %)AWK
1352 (3.930 %)Ruby
1449 (3.704 %)VB
1546 (3.477 %)VBScript
1639 (2.948 %)T-SQL
1732 (2.419 %)VBA
1821 (1.587 %)Tcl
1919 (1.436 %)Jython
2014 (1.058 %)PHP5
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
158 (4.384 %)Security Cleared
247 (3.553 %)Degree
330 (2.268 %)SC Cleared
415 (1.134 %)DV Cleared
59 (0.680 %)RHCE
64 (0.302 %)Oracle Certification
73 (0.227 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (0.227 %)HNC
73 (0.227 %)HND
73 (0.227 %)PMI Certification
82 (0.151 %)MCSE
91 (0.076 %)MCSA
91 (0.076 %)PhD
91 (0.076 %)ISEB
91 (0.076 %)MCP
91 (0.076 %)MCSD
91 (0.076 %)ISEB Practitioner
91 (0.076 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (0.076 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (0.076 %)ISTQB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (1.890 %)QA
26 (0.454 %)Basel II
26 (0.454 %)PCI DSS
35 (0.378 %)JSP 440
41 (0.076 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
137 (2.797 %)Active Directory
235 (2.646 %)Sendmail
333 (2.494 %)NetBackup
413 (0.983 %)NFS
511 (0.831 %)VMware Infrastructure
69 (0.680 %)Veritas Volume Manager
76 (0.454 %)Veritas Cluster Server
76 (0.454 %)Oracle RAC
84 (0.302 %)Samba
84 (0.302 %)VMware ESX
93 (0.227 %)Backup Exec
93 (0.227 %)Postfix
102 (0.151 %)SRDF
102 (0.151 %)Oracle RMAN
102 (0.151 %)WebInspect
102 (0.151 %)OpenLDAP
102 (0.151 %)qmail
111 (0.076 %)ISA Server
111 (0.076 %)ClearTrust
111 (0.076 %)AquaLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
141 (3.099 %)AutoSys
232 (2.419 %)Tivoli
325 (1.890 %)BMC PATROL
418 (1.361 %)OpenView
512 (0.907 %)Tivoli Monitoring
512 (0.907 %)CONTROL-M
611 (0.831 %)TIBCO Hawk
710 (0.756 %)Netcool
88 (0.605 %)Nagios
97 (0.529 %)Unicenter
97 (0.529 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
97 (0.529 %)EMC NetWorker
97 (0.529 %)Data Guard
104 (0.302 %)BMC Performance Manager
104 (0.302 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
104 (0.302 %)Legato
113 (0.227 %)HP NNM
113 (0.227 %)OVOW
113 (0.227 %)OVOU
122 (0.151 %)OVPA
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1382 (28.87 %)Oracle
2225 (17.01 %)Sybase
383 (6.274 %)Microsoft
467 (5.064 %)Red Hat
563 (4.762 %)HP
641 (3.099 %)Veritas
735 (2.646 %)Sun
832 (2.419 %)IBM
832 (2.419 %)Informatica
931 (2.343 %)BMC
931 (2.343 %)SmartStream
931 (2.343 %)VMware
931 (2.343 %)Sophis
1029 (2.192 %)TIBCO
1126 (1.965 %)Business Objects
1224 (1.814 %)JBoss
1224 (1.814 %)Cisco
1322 (1.663 %)EMC
1419 (1.436 %)Perforce
1516 (1.209 %)Murex