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This section looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Edinburgh 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3655
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads5348
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.020 %
As % of the category below7.423 %4.954 %
Salaries quoted2141
Average minimum salary£26,810£26,317
Average salary£30,143£28,561
% change on same period last year+5.53 %
Average maximum salary£33,476£30,805
UK excluding London average salary£37,187£35,508
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads714969
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.376 %0.397 %
Salaries quoted530725
Average minimum salary£30,191£29,405
Average salary£33,449£32,692
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Average maximum salary£36,706£35,978
UK excluding London average salary£35,183£35,555
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
Perl ScotlandPerl
Scotland

Perl
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Edinburgh Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

162 (63.27 %)Linux
259 (60.20 %)UNIX
354 (55.10 %)Java
448 (48.98 %)SQL
539 (39.80 %)C++
635 (35.71 %)Apache
731 (31.63 %)C
731 (31.63 %)PHP
829 (29.59 %)HTML
928 (28.57 %)Oracle
1027 (27.55 %)MySQL
1027 (27.55 %)XML
1124 (24.49 %)Sybase
1124 (24.49 %)Windows
1223 (23.47 %)Shell Script
1322 (22.45 %)Finance
1420 (20.41 %)Tomcat
1420 (20.41 %)Degree
1519 (19.39 %)DNS
1617 (17.35 %)Solaris
1716 (16.33 %)Servlets
1815 (15.31 %)SQL Server
1815 (15.31 %)JavaScript
1815 (15.31 %)RDBMS
1914 (14.29 %)Cisco
1914 (14.29 %)OO
1914 (14.29 %)Computer Science
2013 (13.27 %)Web Development
2013 (13.27 %)CSS
2013 (13.27 %)PostgreSQL

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (29.59 %)HTML
227 (27.55 %)XML
316 (16.33 %)Servlets
413 (13.27 %)CSS
57 (7.143 %).NET
57 (7.143 %)XHTML
57 (7.143 %)WebSphere
65 (5.102 %)CGI
74 (4.082 %)AJAX
83 (3.061 %)J2EE
92 (2.041 %)Swing
92 (2.041 %)Ruby on Rails
92 (2.041 %)J2SE
92 (2.041 %)SWT
101 (1.020 %)Symfony
101 (1.020 %)CakePHP
101 (1.020 %)JMS
101 (1.020 %)Middleware
101 (1.020 %)SGML
101 (1.020 %)MVC
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (35.71 %)Apache
220 (20.41 %)Tomcat
36 (6.122 %)WebSphere MQ
36 (6.122 %)WebSphere Message Broker
45 (5.102 %)JBoss
51 (1.020 %)WebSphere Application Server
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (7.143 %)MS Excel
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (19.39 %)DNS
29 (9.184 %)DHCP
29 (9.184 %)Cisco IOS
37 (7.143 %)Internet
45 (5.102 %)VLAN
45 (5.102 %)SAN
45 (5.102 %)TCP/IP
54 (4.082 %)POP3
54 (4.082 %)SMTP
54 (4.082 %)IMAP
63 (3.061 %)LDAP
71 (1.020 %)FTP
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (27.55 %)MySQL
215 (15.31 %)SQL Server
215 (15.31 %)RDBMS
313 (13.27 %)PostgreSQL
44 (4.082 %)DB2
52 (2.041 %)Datawarehouse
52 (2.041 %)SQL Server 7
52 (2.041 %)ETL
52 (2.041 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (1.020 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (1.020 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (1.020 %)SQLPlus
61 (1.020 %)DTS
61 (1.020 %)Data Mining
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (2.041 %)Eclipse
21 (1.020 %)ClearQuest
21 (1.020 %)Subversion
21 (1.020 %)Ant
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (22.45 %)Finance
29 (9.184 %)Education
36 (6.122 %)Games
36 (6.122 %)Retail
36 (6.122 %)Telecoms
43 (3.061 %)Banking
51 (1.020 %)Publishing
51 (1.020 %)Insurance
51 (1.020 %)Pensions
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
133 (33.67 %)Developer
224 (24.49 %)Software Engineer
313 (13.27 %)Administrator
313 (13.27 %)Systems Administrator
410 (10.20 %)Perl Developer
59 (9.184 %)Analyst
67 (7.143 %)Analyst Developer
75 (5.102 %)SQL Developer
75 (5.102 %)Senior Systems Administrator
75 (5.102 %)Linux Systems Administrator
75 (5.102 %)WebSphere Consultant
75 (5.102 %)Linux Administrator
75 (5.102 %)Systems Engineer
75 (5.102 %)Consultant
75 (5.102 %)Messaging Consultant
84 (4.082 %)Web Developer
84 (4.082 %)PHP Developer
84 (4.082 %)Systems Developer
93 (3.061 %)Senior Software Engineer
93 (3.061 %)Technical Specialist
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (14.29 %)Computer Science
22 (2.041 %)Client/Server
22 (2.041 %)Management Information System
31 (1.020 %)Mathematics
31 (1.020 %)Physics
31 (1.020 %)Firmware
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
162 (63.27 %)Linux
259 (60.20 %)UNIX
324 (24.49 %)Windows
417 (17.35 %)Solaris
512 (12.24 %)Debian
69 (9.184 %)AIX
71 (1.020 %)HPUX
71 (1.020 %)VMS
71 (1.020 %)OpenVMS
71 (1.020 %)Windows CE
71 (1.020 %)Palm OS
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (14.29 %)OO
213 (13.27 %)Web Development
37 (7.143 %)Project Management
37 (7.143 %)OOP
46 (6.122 %)Software Engineering
52 (2.041 %)Knowledge Management
52 (2.041 %)Software Testing
52 (2.041 %)Quality Management
52 (2.041 %)OOA/OOD
52 (2.041 %)CAE
52 (2.041 %)OOD
52 (2.041 %)Business Intelligence
61 (1.020 %)CAD
61 (1.020 %)UML
61 (1.020 %)Data Management
61 (1.020 %)Finite Element Analysis
61 (1.020 %)Release Management
61 (1.020 %)Test Scripting
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
154 (55.10 %)Java
248 (48.98 %)SQL
339 (39.80 %)C++
431 (31.63 %)C
431 (31.63 %)PHP
523 (23.47 %)Shell Script
615 (15.31 %)JavaScript
710 (10.20 %)Python
86 (6.122 %)PL/SQL
95 (5.102 %)C#
95 (5.102 %)AWK
104 (4.082 %)Tcl
113 (3.061 %)Ruby
122 (2.041 %)Korn
122 (2.041 %)Delphi
131 (1.020 %)DHTML
131 (1.020 %)PHP5
131 (1.020 %)PHP4
131 (1.020 %)ActionScript
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (20.41 %)Degree
29 (9.184 %)CCNA
29 (9.184 %)Cisco Certification
34 (4.082 %)RHCE
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.061 %)QA
Edinburgh IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (3.061 %)Novell eDirectory
21 (1.020 %)NFS
21 (1.020 %)NetBackup
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (3.061 %)Nagios
21 (1.020 %)Legato
21 (1.020 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (28.57 %)Oracle
224 (24.49 %)Sybase
314 (14.29 %)Cisco
49 (9.184 %)Lucent
56 (6.122 %)IBM
56 (6.122 %)Microsoft
65 (5.102 %)VERITAS
73 (3.061 %)CommVault
81 (1.020 %)NetApp
81 (1.020 %)Symbian
81 (1.020 %)HP
81 (1.020 %)EMC
81 (1.020 %)Intel
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