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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7057
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads610
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.193 %2.513 %
Salaries quoted610
Average minimum salary£30,000£21,500
Average salary£33,750£25,900
% change on same period last year+30.30 %
Average maximum salary£37,500£30,300
UK excluding London average salary£37,901£36,210
% change on same period last year+4.67 %
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bedfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads503398
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.291 %0.171 %
Salaries quoted437353
Average minimum salary£34,060£33,296
Average salary£37,018£36,043
% change on same period last year+2.70 %
Average maximum salary£39,977£38,790
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Perl East of EnglandPerl
East of England

Perl
Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Perl Demand Trend

Perl
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Perl across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Bedfordshire Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordDown-154£28,125+11.01 %
Perl East of EnglandPerl
East of England

Perl
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Perl.

14 (57.14 %)MySQL
14 (57.14 %)Linux
14 (57.14 %)Apache
14 (57.14 %)Firewall
14 (57.14 %)Debian
14 (57.14 %)Ubuntu
23 (42.86 %)UNIX
32 (28.57 %)DSLAM
32 (28.57 %)DSL
32 (28.57 %)Huawei
32 (28.57 %)Telecoms
32 (28.57 %)LLU
41 (14.29 %)Degree
41 (14.29 %)AJAX
41 (14.29 %)SMTP
41 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
41 (14.29 %)DNS
41 (14.29 %)OO
41 (14.29 %)C
41 (14.29 %)C++
41 (14.29 %)Java
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
41 (14.29 %)PHP
41 (14.29 %)SQL

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Perl. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)AJAX
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)Apache
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (57.14 %)Firewall
22 (28.57 %)LLU
22 (28.57 %)DSLAM
22 (28.57 %)DSL
31 (14.29 %)SMTP
31 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
31 (14.29 %)DNS
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)MySQL
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Telecoms
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Systems Administrator
14 (57.14 %)Administrator
22 (28.57 %)Network Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Software Developer
31 (14.29 %)Developer
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (57.14 %)Linux
14 (57.14 %)Debian
14 (57.14 %)Ubuntu
23 (42.86 %)UNIX
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)OO
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)C
11 (14.29 %)C++
11 (14.29 %)Java
11 (14.29 %)JavaScript
11 (14.29 %)PHP
11 (14.29 %)SQL
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Degree
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Huawei