The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 82 68 52
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -16
Permanent jobs citing Perl 36 47 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.088% 2.717% 3.626%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.093% 4.816% 5.956%
Number of salaries quoted 26 43 66
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1164 976 1125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 67.52% 56.42% 60.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1043 905 941
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £26,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
South West

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Perl Jobs Demand Trend

Perl
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 47 (57.32%) C
2 43 (52.44%) Degree
3 42 (51.22%) C++
4 39 (47.56%) Linux
5 38 (46.34%) Computer Science
6 34 (41.46%) OO
7 33 (40.24%) Java
8 32 (39.02%) Software Engineering
9 31 (37.80%) Python
10 26 (31.71%) Digital Media
11 25 (30.49%) Multithreading
12 23 (28.05%) Apache
12 23 (28.05%) MySQL
12 23 (28.05%) PHP
12 23 (28.05%) TCP/IP
13 22 (26.83%) JavaScript
14 21 (25.61%) C#
14 21 (25.61%) Scrum
14 21 (25.61%) Agile Software Development
15 20 (24.39%) LAMP
15 20 (24.39%) HTML
15 20 (24.39%) CSS
16 19 (23.17%) Oracle
17 18 (21.95%) Data Management
17 18 (21.95%) OOD
17 18 (21.95%) Machine Learning
18 16 (19.51%) SQL
19 15 (18.29%) Windows
19 15 (18.29%) OOA/OOD
19 15 (18.29%) Big Data

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Development
1 20 (24.39%) LAMP
1 20 (24.39%) HTML
1 20 (24.39%) CSS
2 11 (13.41%) Middleware
3 6 (7.317%) WSH
3 6 (7.317%) XML
4 3 (3.659%) CodeIgniter
4 3 (3.659%) CakePHP
4 3 (3.659%) Ajax
4 3 (3.659%) Spring
4 3 (3.659%) J2EE
4 3 (3.659%) SGML
4 3 (3.659%) Hibernate
5 2 (2.439%) XSLT
5 2 (2.439%) jQuery
6 1 (1.220%) .NET
6 1 (1.220%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.220%) Web Services
6 1 (1.220%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 23 (28.05%) Apache
2 6 (7.317%) IIS
3 3 (3.659%) Magento
4 2 (2.439%) CMS
4 2 (2.439%) WordPress
5 1 (1.220%) Jetty
5 1 (1.220%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 23 (28.05%) TCP/IP
2 14 (17.07%) DLNA
2 14 (17.07%) DVB
3 10 (12.20%) DNS
4 7 (8.537%) VPN
5 6 (7.317%) IPsec
5 6 (7.317%) Firewall
5 6 (7.317%) Internet
5 6 (7.317%) OSPF
5 6 (7.317%) BGP-4
5 6 (7.317%) IPv4
5 6 (7.317%) LAN
5 6 (7.317%) SSL
5 6 (7.317%) WAN
5 6 (7.317%) Network Security
6 5 (6.098%) NGN
6 5 (6.098%) Ethernet
6 5 (6.098%) PSTN
6 5 (6.098%) SDH
6 5 (6.098%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (28.05%) MySQL
2 15 (18.29%) Big Data
3 6 (7.317%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.878%) RDBMS
5 3 (3.659%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.220%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.220%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.220%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (3.659%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (15.85%) Electronics
2 10 (12.20%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.098%) Games
4 2 (2.439%) Banking
4 2 (2.439%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (35.37%) Developer
2 26 (31.71%) Software Engineer
3 19 (23.17%) Java Developer
4 12 (14.63%) Test Engineer
5 10 (12.20%) C Software Engineer
6 9 (10.98%) Administrator
7 7 (8.537%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (8.537%) Systems Administrator
7 7 (8.537%) Systems Test Engineer
7 7 (8.537%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (7.317%) Project Manager
8 6 (7.317%) Senior Developer
9 5 (6.098%) Agile Project Manager
9 5 (6.098%) Web Developer
9 5 (6.098%) Technical Project Manager
9 5 (6.098%) Technical Manager
10 4 (4.878%) Software Developer
11 3 (3.659%) Senior Java Developer
11 3 (3.659%) Senior Web Developer
12 2 (2.439%) UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 38 (46.34%) Computer Science
2 26 (31.71%) Digital Media
3 18 (21.95%) Machine Learning
4 14 (17.07%) MPEG
5 13 (15.85%) DTV
5 13 (15.85%) iDTV
5 13 (15.85%) Video on Demand
6 6 (7.317%) Clustering
7 5 (6.098%) iPad
7 5 (6.098%) iPhone
8 3 (3.659%) Open Source
9 1 (1.220%) SystemC
9 1 (1.220%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 1 (1.220%) ASIC
9 1 (1.220%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 39 (47.56%) Linux
2 15 (18.29%) Windows
3 8 (9.756%) UNIX
3 8 (9.756%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (9.756%) Android
4 6 (7.317%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (7.317%) Windows XP
4 6 (7.317%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (7.317%) Windows 7
5 5 (6.098%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.878%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.46%) OO
2 32 (39.02%) Software Engineering
3 25 (30.49%) Multithreading
4 21 (25.61%) Scrum
4 21 (25.61%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (21.95%) Data Management
5 18 (21.95%) OOD
6 15 (18.29%) OOA/OOD
7 14 (17.07%) Software Architecture
8 13 (15.85%) DRM
8 13 (15.85%) Kanban
9 6 (7.317%) Project Management
9 6 (7.317%) Refactoring
9 6 (7.317%) Load Balancing
9 6 (7.317%) Waterfall
10 5 (6.098%) Migration
11 4 (4.878%) Test Scripting
11 4 (4.878%) Test Automation
12 3 (3.659%) Reverse Engineering
12 3 (3.659%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 47 (57.32%) C
2 42 (51.22%) C++
3 33 (40.24%) Java
4 31 (37.80%) Python
5 23 (28.05%) PHP
6 22 (26.83%) JavaScript
7 21 (25.61%) C#
8 16 (19.51%) SQL
9 15 (18.29%) Bash shell
10 7 (8.537%) Ruby
11 6 (7.317%) PowerShell
12 4 (4.878%) Tcl
13 2 (2.439%) Shell Script
13 2 (2.439%) VB
Qualifications
1 43 (52.44%) Degree
2 7 (8.537%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.439%) ISEB
3 2 (2.439%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.98%) QA
2 1 (1.220%) JTAG
2 1 (1.220%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (7.317%) Active Directory
1 6 (7.317%) NFS
1 6 (7.317%) Xen
1 6 (7.317%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (7.317%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.878%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 2 (2.439%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (23.17%) Oracle
2 7 (8.537%) Cisco
2 7 (8.537%) VMware
3 5 (6.098%) ZTE
3 5 (6.098%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 5 (6.098%) Huawei
3 5 (6.098%) Nortel
3 5 (6.098%) Juniper
3 5 (6.098%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 5 (6.098%) Siemens
4 4 (4.878%) Perforce
4 4 (4.878%) Red Hat
4 4 (4.878%) NetApp
4 4 (4.878%) Isilon
5 3 (3.659%) Zend
6 2 (2.439%) HP
7 1 (1.220%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.220%) JBoss
7 1 (1.220%) Convergys
Bristol, Avon
My client based in Bristol are looking for a Perl / Python Developer to join their established team... The successful candidate will have a strong academic or commercial knowledge...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Test Engineer (Unix / Linux, Perl / Scripting) - Bristol - 25-40k... The roles will be part of a Scrum team providing functional and non-functional testing, and will involve writing...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25 - £40 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Analyst/Programmer, Developer, Perl, C, C++, Java, .Net, C#, OO language... Suitable candidates will have a strong understanding/experience of a development language - ideally OO - such as...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Implementation and unit testing, mainly in C for Linux... Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or other related discipline... TCP/IP networking. Familiarity with Unix/Linux systems... Unix shell...
Nokia Siemens Networks
Salary: Unspecified Competitive Salary Offered plus excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Therefor ANY knowledge of .Net, Java, C#, Python, C++, Bash, Perl, SQL, etc... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Outstanding benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The team is responsible for developing and maintaining Nokia Siemens Networks' world-class industry-leading Network Directory Server (NDS)... Developing and automating test cases, test scripts... Test Automation...
Nokia Siemens Networks
Salary: Unspecified Competitive Salary Offered plus excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013