The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 37 38 56
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +18
Permanent jobs citing Perl 52 58 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 4.855% 4.258% 3.059%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.814% 8.696% 7.295%
Number of salaries quoted 35 47 36
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,700 £32,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
590 667 658
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 55.09% 48.97% 41.94%
Number of salaries quoted 360 515 476
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
Scotland

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 60 (58.25%) Linux
2 58 (56.31%) Java
3 34 (33.01%) HTML
3 34 (33.01%) Apache
4 32 (31.07%) SQL
5 30 (29.13%) XML
6 29 (28.16%) UNIX
6 29 (28.16%) Python
6 29 (28.16%) Finance
7 23 (22.33%) SOAP
8 22 (21.36%) Web Services
8 22 (21.36%) RDBMS
9 21 (20.39%) C++
10 18 (17.48%) MySQL
11 17 (16.50%) C#
11 17 (16.50%) JavaScript
11 17 (16.50%) PHP
11 17 (16.50%) Degree
12 16 (15.53%) JSP
12 16 (15.53%) Tomcat
13 15 (14.56%) Ruby
14 14 (13.59%) Computer Science
14 14 (13.59%) Servlets
15 13 (12.62%) Windows
15 13 (12.62%) SQL Server
15 13 (12.62%) Solaris
15 13 (12.62%) Korn
15 13 (12.62%) Agile Software Development
16 12 (11.65%) JBoss
16 12 (11.65%) J2EE

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 34 (33.01%) HTML
2 30 (29.13%) XML
3 23 (22.33%) SOAP
4 22 (21.36%) Web Services
5 16 (15.53%) JSP
6 14 (13.59%) Servlets
7 12 (11.65%) J2EE
8 11 (10.68%) .NET
8 11 (10.68%) CSS
8 11 (10.68%) WebSphere
9 8 (7.767%) Middleware
9 8 (7.767%) Ajax
10 5 (4.854%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 5 (4.854%) .NET Framework
10 5 (4.854%) ASP
11 3 (2.913%) Spring
11 3 (2.913%) jQuery
11 3 (2.913%) CGI
11 3 (2.913%) Hibernate
12 2 (1.942%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 34 (33.01%) Apache
2 16 (15.53%) Tomcat
3 7 (6.796%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (2.913%) WebSphere Process Server
4 3 (2.913%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (2.913%) WebSphere Portal
4 3 (2.913%) Adobe CQ
4 3 (2.913%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.942%) CMS
5 2 (1.942%) IIS
6 1 (0.971%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 10 (9.709%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.971%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.971%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.971%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.883%) HTTP
2 3 (2.913%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.942%) Firewall
3 2 (1.942%) Internet
3 2 (1.942%) DNS
3 2 (1.942%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.971%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.36%) RDBMS
2 18 (17.48%) MySQL
3 13 (12.62%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.883%) DB2
4 4 (3.883%) Informix
5 3 (2.913%) MS Access
6 2 (1.942%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (1.942%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.942%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.971%) OLTP
7 1 (0.971%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.971%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.971%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (4.854%) Subversion
2 3 (2.913%) Firebug
3 1 (0.971%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.971%) Hudson
3 1 (0.971%) HttpUnit
3 1 (0.971%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.971%) Ant
3 1 (0.971%) JUnit
3 1 (0.971%) ClearQuest
3 1 (0.971%) JMeter
3 1 (0.971%) Trac
General
1 29 (28.16%) Finance
2 11 (10.68%) Telecoms
3 8 (7.767%) Banking
4 5 (4.854%) Investment Banking
4 5 (4.854%) Retail
5 3 (2.913%) Games
6 2 (1.942%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.942%) Advertising
7 1 (0.971%) Marketing
7 1 (0.971%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.971%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 47 (45.63%) Developer
2 24 (23.30%) Software Engineer
3 16 (15.53%) Java Developer
4 13 (12.62%) Analyst
4 13 (12.62%) Software Developer
5 11 (10.68%) Java Software Engineer
6 7 (6.796%) Middleware Engineer
7 5 (4.854%) C++ Developer
7 5 (4.854%) Administrator
8 4 (3.883%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.883%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (3.883%) Web Developer
8 4 (3.883%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 4 (3.883%) Python Developer
9 3 (2.913%) Web Analyst
9 3 (2.913%) Systems Developer
9 3 (2.913%) Software Analyst
9 3 (2.913%) C++/Java Developer
9 3 (2.913%) Systems Administrator
10 2 (1.942%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.59%) Computer Science
2 7 (6.796%) SWIFT
3 5 (4.854%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.883%) Firmware
4 4 (3.883%) Mainframe
4 4 (3.883%) Mathematics
4 4 (3.883%) Physics
5 2 (1.942%) Open Source
5 2 (1.942%) CLARiiON
5 2 (1.942%) W3C
5 2 (1.942%) Clustering
6 1 (0.971%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (0.971%) VHDL
6 1 (0.971%) Verilog
6 1 (0.971%) RIA
6 1 (0.971%) EPoS
6 1 (0.971%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 60 (58.25%) Linux
2 29 (28.16%) UNIX
3 13 (12.62%) Windows
3 13 (12.62%) Solaris
4 4 (3.883%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.913%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (2.913%) AIX
5 3 (2.913%) zOS
6 2 (1.942%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.942%) Android
7 1 (0.971%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.971%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.971%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (12.62%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (10.68%) OO
3 9 (8.738%) Risk Management
4 6 (5.825%) OOP
4 6 (5.825%) Asset Management
4 6 (5.825%) Content Management
5 5 (4.854%) Software Engineering
5 5 (4.854%) Algorithmic Trading
5 5 (4.854%) Multithreading
6 4 (3.883%) Migration
7 3 (2.913%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (2.913%) Configuration Management
7 3 (2.913%) Project Management
7 3 (2.913%) Software Distribution
8 2 (1.942%) Service Management
8 2 (1.942%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (1.942%) ITIL
8 2 (1.942%) Unit Testing
8 2 (1.942%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (1.942%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 58 (56.31%) Java
2 32 (31.07%) SQL
3 29 (28.16%) Python
4 21 (20.39%) C++
5 17 (16.50%) C#
5 17 (16.50%) JavaScript
5 17 (16.50%) PHP
6 15 (14.56%) Ruby
7 13 (12.62%) Korn
8 11 (10.68%) Shell Script
8 11 (10.68%) Bash shell
9 7 (6.796%) C
10 6 (5.825%) T-SQL
11 3 (2.913%) Jython
11 3 (2.913%) Scala
11 3 (2.913%) Embedded C
11 3 (2.913%) VBScript
12 2 (1.942%) sed
12 2 (1.942%) VB
12 2 (1.942%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (16.50%) Degree
2 5 (4.854%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.913%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.942%) ISEB
5 1 (0.971%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.971%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.971%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.796%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.913%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.942%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (1.942%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.942%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (1.942%) Nmap
4 1 (0.971%) Squid
4 1 (0.971%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.971%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.971%) Xen
4 1 (0.971%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.971%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (4.854%) SCOM
2 4 (3.883%) Tivoli
2 4 (3.883%) SCCM
3 3 (2.913%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.942%) Puppet
4 2 (1.942%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.971%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.971%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.971%) Legato
5 1 (0.971%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 12 (11.65%) JBoss
1 12 (11.65%) Oracle
2 11 (10.68%) IBM
3 8 (7.767%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.796%) VMware
5 5 (4.854%) Razor Risk
5 5 (4.854%) Fujitsu
6 4 (3.883%) HP
6 4 (3.883%) Sybase
7 3 (2.913%) Adobe
7 3 (2.913%) Symantec
7 3 (2.913%) EMC
8 2 (1.942%) Citrix
8 2 (1.942%) NetApp
8 2 (1.942%) Veritas
8 2 (1.942%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.942%) Alterian
9 1 (0.971%) Brocade
9 1 (0.971%) Google
9 1 (0.971%) Cisco
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