The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 24 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 West Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 52 77 78
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +1
Contract jobs citing Perl 36 14 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.869% 0.895% 0.089%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.276% 2.823% 0.274%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 1
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £36.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-38.35% +4.28%
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
435 496 365
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 34.66% 31.69% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 305 184
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 16
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.58 £11.75 £13.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £43.50 £40.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Perl
Yorkshire

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds +13 33 £275 -8.33%
Halifax - 1 - -
Perl
Yorkshire

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 43 (86.00%) Java
2 37 (74.00%) Linux
3 34 (68.00%) Oracle
4 33 (66.00%) Apache
5 30 (60.00%) Bash shell
6 28 (56.00%) Python
7 27 (54.00%) Web Services
8 25 (50.00%) PHP
9 24 (48.00%) MySQL
9 24 (48.00%) C++
9 24 (48.00%) DNS
9 24 (48.00%) Telecoms
10 23 (46.00%) Ruby
10 23 (46.00%) UNIX
10 23 (46.00%) Client/Server
10 23 (46.00%) nginx
10 23 (46.00%) MongoDB
10 23 (46.00%) Kanban
10 23 (46.00%) Test Automation
10 23 (46.00%) Amazon EC2
10 23 (46.00%) Amazon S3
10 23 (46.00%) Amazon AWS
10 23 (46.00%) Node.js
10 23 (46.00%) Redis
10 23 (46.00%) Route 53
10 23 (46.00%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (42.00%) Configuration Management
12 19 (38.00%) J2EE
13 18 (36.00%) Internet
14 17 (34.00%) Security Testing

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 27 (54.00%) Web Services
2 23 (46.00%) Node.js
3 19 (38.00%) J2EE
4 10 (20.00%) WebSphere
5 8 (16.00%) HTML5
5 8 (16.00%) CSS
5 8 (16.00%) jQuery
6 7 (14.00%) Hibernate
6 7 (14.00%) Spring
6 7 (14.00%) SOAP
6 7 (14.00%) REST
6 7 (14.00%) CSS3
7 6 (12.00%) Middleware
8 5 (10.00%) XML
9 4 (8.000%) JDBC
9 4 (8.000%) JSP
9 4 (8.000%) Servlets
9 4 (8.000%) Grails
9 4 (8.000%) SGML
10 3 (6.000%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 33 (66.00%) Apache
2 23 (46.00%) nginx
2 23 (46.00%) Amazon EC2
2 23 (46.00%) Amazon S3
2 23 (46.00%) Amazon AWS
2 23 (46.00%) Route 53
3 15 (30.00%) Tomcat
4 7 (14.00%) Adobe CQ
4 7 (14.00%) Apache Solr
5 6 (12.00%) WebLogic
6 5 (10.00%) IIS
7 4 (8.000%) MQSeries
7 4 (8.000%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (8.000%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (6.000%) ATG Dynamo
9 2 (4.000%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (2.000%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (8.000%) MS Office
2 1 (2.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (26.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (48.00%) DNS
2 18 (36.00%) Internet
3 16 (32.00%) TCP/IP
3 16 (32.00%) SSL
3 16 (32.00%) DHCP
4 11 (22.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (22.00%) HTTP
5 4 (8.000%) FTP
6 1 (2.000%) SAN
6 1 (2.000%) Firewall
6 1 (2.000%) Wireless
6 1 (2.000%) NetScreen
6 1 (2.000%) Network Security
6 1 (2.000%) 4G
6 1 (2.000%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (2.000%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (48.00%) MySQL
2 23 (46.00%) MongoDB
2 23 (46.00%) Redis
2 23 (46.00%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (8.000%) DB2
4 1 (2.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (22.00%) Maven
2 8 (16.00%) Jenkins
3 7 (14.00%) Git (software)
4 5 (10.00%) Introscope
4 5 (10.00%) Subversion
5 4 (8.000%) Ant
6 3 (6.000%) CruiseControl
General
1 24 (48.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (12.00%) Retail
3 5 (10.00%) Finance
4 4 (8.000%) Games
5 3 (6.000%) Banking
6 2 (4.000%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) Developer
2 11 (22.00%) Java Developer
3 9 (18.00%) Operations Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Operations Support Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Operations Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Support Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 4 (8.000%) J2EE Developer
6 4 (8.000%) Administrator
7 3 (6.000%) Release Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) Configuration Engineer
8 2 (4.000%) Middleware Administrator
8 2 (4.000%) Linux Administrator
8 2 (4.000%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.000%) Applications Specialist
9 1 (2.000%) Network Security Engineer
9 1 (2.000%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) Network Engineer
9 1 (2.000%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (46.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.000%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (74.00%) Linux
2 23 (46.00%) UNIX
3 16 (32.00%) Windows
4 8 (16.00%) Solaris
5 4 (8.000%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (8.000%) AIX
6 1 (2.000%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) Kanban
1 23 (46.00%) Test Automation
2 21 (42.00%) Configuration Management
3 17 (34.00%) Security Testing
4 16 (32.00%) Capacity Management
4 16 (32.00%) Incident Management
4 16 (32.00%) Load Balancing
5 9 (18.00%) SOA
6 8 (16.00%) Scrum
7 7 (14.00%) Software Engineering
7 7 (14.00%) TDD
7 7 (14.00%) BDD
8 6 (12.00%) Performance Testing
9 5 (10.00%) E-Commerce
10 4 (8.000%) ITIL
10 4 (8.000%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (8.000%) Regression Testing
11 1 (2.000%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (2.000%) Performance Management
11 1 (2.000%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (86.00%) Java
2 30 (60.00%) Bash shell
3 28 (56.00%) Python
4 25 (50.00%) PHP
5 24 (48.00%) C++
6 23 (46.00%) Ruby
7 13 (26.00%) SQL
8 8 (16.00%) JavaScript
9 6 (12.00%) Shell Script
10 4 (8.000%) Groovy
10 4 (8.000%) AWK
11 3 (6.000%) Jython
12 2 (4.000%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
12 2 (4.000%) PL/SQL
12 2 (4.000%) C
13 1 (2.000%) Embedded C
13 1 (2.000%) VBScript
13 1 (2.000%) VB
13 1 (2.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.000%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.000%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (2.000%) MCSE
1 1 (2.000%) MCSA
1 1 (2.000%) MCTS
1 1 (2.000%) MCITP
1 1 (2.000%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.000%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.000%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.000%) XenApp
1 1 (2.000%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.000%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 16 (32.00%) Puppet
2 5 (10.00%) CA Wily
2 5 (10.00%) Splunk
3 1 (2.000%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 34 (68.00%) Oracle
2 17 (34.00%) Percona
3 8 (16.00%) JBoss
4 7 (14.00%) Adobe
4 7 (14.00%) hybris
5 5 (10.00%) IBM
5 5 (10.00%) Red Hat
6 4 (8.000%) Terracotta
6 4 (8.000%) Microsoft
7 3 (6.000%) ATG
8 2 (4.000%) Cisco
9 1 (2.000%) Sun
9 1 (2.000%) HP
9 1 (2.000%) Citrix
9 1 (2.000%) Juniper
9 1 (2.000%) NetApp
9 1 (2.000%) McAfee
9 1 (2.000%) VMware
9 1 (2.000%) Blue Coat
9 1 (2.000%) SolarWinds
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