Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Wiltshire region.

 Perl
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank475348
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Down-5
Matching contract IT job ads5619
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire0.846 %0.840 %1.645 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.941 %3.409 %6.909 %
Daily rates quoted425
Average daily rate£333£429£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.44 %-4.720 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£316£426£400
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£382£432£465
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£306£350
% change year-on-year
+6.120 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted021
Average hourly rate-£45.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+12.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£35.00£34.00
% change year-on-year
-4.280 %+2.940 %
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
170176275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire28.76 %24.65 %23.81 %
Daily rates quoted805058
Average daily rate£325£325£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--12.16 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£431£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted62353
Average hourly rate£37.50£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.75£16.00£28.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
Perl South WestPerl
South West

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Perl across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wiltshire 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 across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Perl Daily Rate Trend

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
SwindonUp+81£313-
TrowbridgeNew entry-1£400-
Perl South WestPerl
South West

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

117 (68.00 %)UNIX
214 (56.00 %)C++
311 (44.00 %)Telecoms
410 (40.00 %)C
58 (32.00 %)Java
58 (32.00 %)3G
67 (28.00 %)Configuration Management
67 (28.00 %)Firewall
67 (28.00 %)SQL
67 (28.00 %)MySQL
67 (28.00 %)Oracle
67 (28.00 %)Windows
67 (28.00 %)ClearCase
67 (28.00 %)DHCP
67 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
67 (28.00 %)DNS
76 (24.00 %)Shell Script
76 (24.00 %)Python
76 (24.00 %)Tuxedo
76 (24.00 %)PL/SQL
76 (24.00 %)Workflow
76 (24.00 %)Middleware
76 (24.00 %)Oracle Workflow
76 (24.00 %)Billing
76 (24.00 %)Unit Testing
85 (20.00 %)ClearQuest
85 (20.00 %)Linux
85 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
85 (20.00 %)3GPP
85 (20.00 %)Singl.eView

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (24.00 %)Middleware
22 (8.000 %)LAMP
22 (8.000 %)SOAP
22 (8.000 %)XML
31 (4.000 %)HTML
31 (4.000 %)RSS
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (24.00 %)Tuxedo
16 (24.00 %)Oracle Workflow
22 (8.000 %)Apache
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (20.00 %)Singl.eView
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (32.00 %)3G
27 (28.00 %)Firewall
27 (28.00 %)DHCP
27 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
27 (28.00 %)DNS
35 (20.00 %)3GPP
44 (16.00 %)UMTS
53 (12.00 %)Wireless
62 (8.000 %)2G
62 (8.000 %)SSH
71 (4.000 %)FCAPS
71 (4.000 %)Broadband
71 (4.000 %)IMAP
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (28.00 %)MySQL
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (28.00 %)ClearCase
25 (20.00 %)ClearQuest
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (44.00 %)Telecoms
26 (24.00 %)Billing
32 (8.000 %)Retail
41 (4.000 %)Finance
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112 (48.00 %)Software Engineer
28 (32.00 %)Developer
33 (12.00 %)Software Developer
42 (8.000 %)Consultant
42 (8.000 %)C++ Software Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Designer
51 (4.000 %)Senior Designer
51 (4.000 %)Development Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Software Test Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Project Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Perl Developer
51 (4.000 %)Server Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Software Development Engineer
51 (4.000 %)C++ Developer
51 (4.000 %)Test Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Senior Developer
51 (4.000 %)Tester
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (4.000 %)SCADA
11 (4.000 %)Computer Science
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (68.00 %)UNIX
27 (28.00 %)Windows
35 (20.00 %)Linux
41 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (28.00 %)Configuration Management
26 (24.00 %)Workflow
26 (24.00 %)Unit Testing
35 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
42 (8.000 %)OOP
42 (8.000 %)OO
42 (8.000 %)Test Automation
51 (4.000 %)Integration Testing
51 (4.000 %)Performance Management
51 (4.000 %)PRINCE
51 (4.000 %)Fault Management
51 (4.000 %)Web Design
51 (4.000 %)Regression Testing
51 (4.000 %)Validation
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (56.00 %)C++
210 (40.00 %)C
38 (32.00 %)Java
47 (28.00 %)SQL
56 (24.00 %)Shell Script
56 (24.00 %)Python
56 (24.00 %)PL/SQL
64 (16.00 %)Tcl
71 (4.000 %)JavaScript
71 (4.000 %)Ruby
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.000 %)Degree
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (8.000 %)Tivoli
12 (8.000 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (4.000 %)Netcool
21 (4.000 %)Netcool/Proviso
21 (4.000 %)Netcool/Webtop
Wiltshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (28.00 %)Oracle
21 (4.000 %)Sybase
21 (4.000 %)Remedy