The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 21 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 47 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing Perl 6 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 1.863% 1.923% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.927% 3.425% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 0
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
205 146 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 63.66% 56.15% 67.01%
Number of salaries quoted 200 134 181
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
Suffolk

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 11 (73.33%) UNIX
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
2 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Python
3 7 (46.67%) SQL
3 7 (46.67%) VMware
3 7 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (46.67%) Bash shell
4 6 (40.00%) Solaris
5 5 (33.33%) Java
6 4 (26.67%) Shell Script
6 4 (26.67%) Hibernate
6 4 (26.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (26.67%) Tapestry
6 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
6 4 (26.67%) DHTML
6 4 (26.67%) HTML
6 4 (26.67%) XML
6 4 (26.67%) UML
6 4 (26.67%) OO
6 4 (26.67%) Cisco
6 4 (26.67%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (20.00%) QA
7 3 (20.00%) Degree
7 3 (20.00%) LAN
7 3 (20.00%) EMC
7 3 (20.00%) VMS
7 3 (20.00%) SAN
7 3 (20.00%) Red Hat

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 4 (26.67%) Hibernate
1 4 (26.67%) Tapestry
1 4 (26.67%) DHTML
1 4 (26.67%) HTML
1 4 (26.67%) XML
2 2 (13.33%) LAMP
2 2 (13.33%) Web Services
2 2 (13.33%) JSON
3 1 (6.667%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Apache
1 2 (13.33%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) LAN
1 3 (20.00%) SAN
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (6.667%) Network Security
3 1 (6.667%) WAN
3 1 (6.667%) DNS
3 1 (6.667%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Administrator
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Java Developer
3 3 (20.00%) UNIX Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) UNIX Administrator
3 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (13.33%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 2 (13.33%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Architect
5 1 (6.667%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (20.00%) Replication
2 2 (13.33%) Open Source
2 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) UNIX
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
2 8 (53.33%) Windows
3 6 (40.00%) Solaris
4 3 (20.00%) VMS
5 2 (13.33%) Debian
5 2 (13.33%) Ubuntu
5 2 (13.33%) CentOS
5 2 (13.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) UML
1 4 (26.67%) OO
2 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (6.667%) Network Architecture
3 1 (6.667%) TOGAF
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
3 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.667%) Configuration Management
3 1 (6.667%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Python
2 7 (46.67%) SQL
2 7 (46.67%) Bash shell
3 5 (33.33%) Java
4 4 (26.67%) Shell Script
4 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
5 3 (20.00%) VB
6 2 (13.33%) Ruby
6 2 (13.33%) PHP
6 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (6.667%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (6.667%) CCNP
3 1 (6.667%) CCNA
3 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.667%) RHCE
3 1 (6.667%) MCP
3 1 (6.667%) MCTS
3 1 (6.667%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (26.67%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (20.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (6.667%) XenServer
5 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) VMware
2 4 (26.67%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) EMC
3 3 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.667%) Citrix