The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 39 50 43
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Contract jobs citing Perl 6 5 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.415% 0.894% 2.799%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.651% 3.125% 8.738%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 13
Average daily rate £360 £275 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.90% -32.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £195 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £355 £491
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 - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £35.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-36.61% +5.18%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
129 160 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 30.42% 28.62% 32.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 82 91
Average daily rate £325 £320 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -52.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Perl
UK

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Perl across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales Perl Daily Rate Histogram

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Wales +10 5 £360 +60.00%
West Wales - 1 - -
Perl
UK

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 5 (83.33%) UNIX
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) Web Development
3 4 (66.67%) C
3 4 (66.67%) LoadRunner
3 4 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) SOAP
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) Apache
5 1 (16.67%) Flash
5 1 (16.67%) Python
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (16.67%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) Linux
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (16.67%) PHP
5 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 1 (16.67%) MySQL
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle
5 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
5 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
5 1 (16.67%) Jython
5 1 (16.67%) Banking

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) SOAP
3 2 (33.33%) CSS
3 2 (33.33%) jQuery
4 1 (16.67%) Flash
4 1 (16.67%) Middleware
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
2 1 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) LoadRunner
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Tester
1 4 (66.67%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) PHP
4 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Jython
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle