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This section looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank96134
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching permanent IT job ads7448
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.020 %
As % of the category below3.776 %2.346 %
Salaries quoted6339
Average minimum salary£38,651£36,744
Average salary£41,198£40,385
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Average maximum salary£43,746£44,026
UK excluding London average salary£37,360£35,691
% change on same period last year+4.67 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads19602046
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.055 %0.853 %
Salaries quoted17531761
Average minimum salary£35,570£34,888
Average salary£39,090£38,451
% change on same period last year+1.66 %
Average maximum salary£42,611£42,014
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hertfordshire Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
WatfordUp+3036£43,030+38.80 %
Bishop's StortfordDown-34£27,000-22.85 %
RickmansworthNew entry-3£50,000-
StevenageNew entry-3£48,000-
RoystonDown-72£30,000-20.00 %
Perl East of EnglandPerl
East of England

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

182 (56.16 %)Linux
275 (51.37 %)UNIX
348 (32.88 %)Windows
447 (32.19 %)SAN
546 (31.51 %)IBM
644 (30.14 %)Solaris
737 (25.34 %)Shell Script
835 (23.97 %)E-Commerce
835 (23.97 %)Brocade
930 (20.55 %)Oracle
1028 (19.18 %)Red Hat
1028 (19.18 %)Red Hat Linux
1127 (18.49 %)Apache
1226 (17.81 %)DB2
1325 (17.12 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1423 (15.75 %)AIX
1522 (15.07 %)PHP
1522 (15.07 %)Finance
1621 (14.38 %)Games
1621 (14.38 %)HTML
1720 (13.70 %)Java
1720 (13.70 %)Korn
1819 (13.01 %)Tivoli
1819 (13.01 %)DNS
1819 (13.01 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1918 (12.33 %)MySQL
2017 (11.64 %)BMC
2116 (10.96 %)SQL
2116 (10.96 %)VB
2116 (10.96 %)Python

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (14.38 %)HTML
213 (8.904 %)J2EE
310 (6.849 %)JDBC
49 (6.164 %)ASP
49 (6.164 %)LAMP
57 (4.795 %)AJAX
66 (4.110 %)WebSphere
66 (4.110 %)CGI
66 (4.110 %)Middleware
66 (4.110 %)XML
75 (3.425 %)CSS
83 (2.055 %)WAP
92 (1.370 %)JMS
92 (1.370 %)Struts
92 (1.370 %).NET
92 (1.370 %)CPAN
101 (0.685 %)MVC
101 (0.685 %)JSTL
101 (0.685 %)Velocity
101 (0.685 %)Apache Axis
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (18.49 %)Apache
26 (4.110 %)TeamSite
26 (4.110 %)CMS
35 (3.425 %)JBoss
43 (2.055 %)WebSphere Application Server
43 (2.055 %)WebLogic
52 (1.370 %)Tomcat
52 (1.370 %)MQSeries
61 (0.685 %)SharePoint
61 (0.685 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.685 %)EPiServer
61 (0.685 %)Commerce Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (5.479 %)MS Excel
22 (1.370 %)MS Office
22 (1.370 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.685 %)S-PLUS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
147 (32.19 %)SAN
219 (13.01 %)DNS
314 (9.589 %)SNMP
410 (6.849 %)Internet
410 (6.849 %)SSH
58 (5.479 %)X.25
58 (5.479 %)TCP/IP
58 (5.479 %)ATM
58 (5.479 %)ISDN
66 (4.110 %)LDAP
74 (2.740 %)Firewall
74 (2.740 %)Cisco IOS
82 (1.370 %)NNTP
82 (1.370 %)TACACS
82 (1.370 %)SMTP
82 (1.370 %)HTTP
91 (0.685 %)3G
91 (0.685 %)DSLAM
91 (0.685 %)DSL
91 (0.685 %)LLU
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (17.81 %)DB2
218 (12.33 %)MySQL
311 (7.534 %)SQL Server
49 (6.164 %)PostgreSQL
55 (3.425 %)Oracle 10g
63 (2.055 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (1.370 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.685 %)RDBMS
81 (0.685 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.685 %)SQLPlus
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (4.110 %)OpenDeploy
22 (1.370 %)JUnit
22 (1.370 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
22 (1.370 %)Eclipse
31 (0.685 %)JDeveloper
31 (0.685 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.685 %)JBuilder
31 (0.685 %)TestDirector
31 (0.685 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.685 %)ClearQuest
31 (0.685 %)Bugzilla
31 (0.685 %)Log4j
31 (0.685 %)Subversion
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (15.07 %)Finance
221 (14.38 %)Games
39 (6.164 %)Banking
39 (6.164 %)Insurance
48 (5.479 %)Retail
57 (4.795 %)Pensions
65 (3.425 %)Telecoms
74 (2.740 %)Health
82 (1.370 %)Education
82 (1.370 %)Front Office
91 (0.685 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.685 %)Multimedia
91 (0.685 %)Marketing
91 (0.685 %)Online Games
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
176 (52.05 %)Administrator
242 (28.77 %)Systems Administrator
329 (19.86 %)Storage Administrator
420 (13.70 %)Linux Administrator
518 (12.33 %)Linux Systems Administrator
518 (12.33 %)Developer
616 (10.96 %)SAN Administrator
713 (8.904 %)UNIX Administrator
812 (8.219 %)Support Engineer
911 (7.534 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
108 (5.479 %)Linux Engineer
117 (4.795 %)Support Specialist
117 (4.795 %)Consultant
126 (4.110 %)Perl Developer
126 (4.110 %)Storage Specialist
135 (3.425 %)Capacity Planner
144 (2.740 %)Software Engineer
144 (2.740 %)Infrastructure Consultant
153 (2.055 %)UNIX Support
153 (2.055 %)Analyst
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.479 %)EFT
27 (4.795 %)Symmetrix
35 (3.425 %)Computer Science
35 (3.425 %)DTV
44 (2.740 %)CLARiiON
44 (2.740 %)Web 2.0
44 (2.740 %)Mathematics
53 (2.055 %)EPoS
62 (1.370 %)Mainframe
62 (1.370 %)HACMP
71 (0.685 %)Blackberry
71 (0.685 %)Firmware
71 (0.685 %)Verilog
71 (0.685 %)IPTV
71 (0.685 %)Data Integration
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
182 (56.16 %)Linux
275 (51.37 %)UNIX
348 (32.88 %)Windows
444 (30.14 %)Solaris
528 (19.18 %)Red Hat Linux
623 (15.75 %)AIX
719 (13.01 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
812 (8.219 %)Debian
99 (6.164 %)Windows 2000
103 (2.055 %)HPUX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (23.97 %)E-Commerce
211 (7.534 %)OO
39 (6.164 %)UML
39 (6.164 %)Project Management
48 (5.479 %)Service Management
48 (5.479 %)ITSM
57 (4.795 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (3.425 %)Content Management
74 (2.740 %)Asset Management
83 (2.055 %)Web Development
83 (2.055 %)Operations Management
92 (1.370 %)SC Cleared
92 (1.370 %)Security Cleared
92 (1.370 %)Bioinformatics
92 (1.370 %)Validation
92 (1.370 %)RAD
92 (1.370 %)CRM
92 (1.370 %)DNA
101 (0.685 %)SOA
101 (0.685 %)Business Intelligence
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (25.34 %)Shell Script
222 (15.07 %)PHP
320 (13.70 %)Java
320 (13.70 %)Korn
416 (10.96 %)VB
416 (10.96 %)Python
416 (10.96 %)SQL
513 (8.904 %)C++
612 (8.219 %)AWK
711 (7.534 %)C
87 (4.795 %)JavaScript
96 (4.110 %)VBScript
105 (3.425 %)VBA
114 (2.740 %)PL/SQL
123 (2.055 %)C#
131 (0.685 %)Tcl
131 (0.685 %)XPath
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (10.27 %)RHCE
210 (6.849 %)Degree
32 (1.370 %)Cisco Certification
32 (1.370 %)HND
41 (0.685 %)ISEB
41 (0.685 %)CISSP
41 (0.685 %)Sun Certification
41 (0.685 %)ITIL Certification
41 (0.685 %)SCSA
41 (0.685 %)CCSE
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (6.164 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (6.164 %)NetBackup
24 (2.740 %)Xen
24 (2.740 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.685 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
125 (17.12 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
219 (13.01 %)Tivoli
313 (8.904 %)CONTROL-M
412 (8.219 %)Netcool
412 (8.219 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
511 (7.534 %)Tivoli Monitoring
66 (4.110 %)BMC PATROL
72 (1.370 %)OpenView
72 (1.370 %)CiscoWorks
81 (0.685 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
81 (0.685 %)Norton AntiVirus
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (31.51 %)IBM
235 (23.97 %)Brocade
330 (20.55 %)Oracle
428 (19.18 %)Red Hat
517 (11.64 %)BMC
615 (10.27 %)Cisco
615 (10.27 %)Sun
714 (9.589 %)VMware
811 (7.534 %)HP
910 (6.849 %)VERITAS
109 (6.164 %)EMC
118 (5.479 %)NetApp
127 (4.795 %)Interwoven
135 (3.425 %)StorageTek
144 (2.740 %)Microsoft
153 (2.055 %)Symbian
162 (1.370 %)BEA
162 (1.370 %)ATG
162 (1.370 %)Blue Martini
171 (0.685 %)Huawei