The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 20 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 85 51 89
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +38
Permanent jobs citing Perl 5 27 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.428% 3.803% 0.484%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.917% 7.459% 0.838%
Number of salaries quoted 4 23 3
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +86.04%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
545 362 597
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 46.70% 50.99% 57.74%
Number of salaries quoted 478 333 548
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,309
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% +6.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £26,215 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
South East

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Kent Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidstone - 2 £32,500 -
Sevenoaks - 1 £35,000 -
West Malling - 1 £30,000 -
Perl
South East

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 17 (77.27%) UNIX
2 13 (59.09%) SQL
3 12 (54.55%) Linux
4 9 (40.91%) PHP
4 9 (40.91%) Degree
5 8 (36.36%) QA
5 8 (36.36%) Software Testing
5 8 (36.36%) ISEB
5 8 (36.36%) MySQL
6 7 (31.82%) Java
6 7 (31.82%) Finance
6 7 (31.82%) Scrum
7 6 (27.27%) Information Security
7 6 (27.27%) Extreme Programming
7 6 (27.27%) Windows
7 6 (27.27%) Test Scripting
7 6 (27.27%) CentOS
8 5 (22.73%) ClearCase
8 5 (22.73%) Subversion
9 4 (18.18%) Ruby
9 4 (18.18%) Solaris
9 4 (18.18%) Python
9 4 (18.18%) Ant
9 4 (18.18%) C#
9 4 (18.18%) TeamCity
9 4 (18.18%) Build Forge
9 4 (18.18%) Release Management
9 4 (18.18%) Jenkins
9 4 (18.18%) Automation Testing
10 3 (13.64%) PowerShell

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 2 (9.091%) HTML
1 2 (9.091%) .NET
1 2 (9.091%) XML
2 1 (4.545%) Middleware
2 1 (4.545%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) Apache
2 1 (4.545%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Office
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) MySQL
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.545%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) ClearCase
1 5 (22.73%) Subversion
2 4 (18.18%) TeamCity
2 4 (18.18%) Build Forge
2 4 (18.18%) Jenkins
2 4 (18.18%) Ant
3 2 (9.091%) Maven
3 2 (9.091%) Selenium
General
1 7 (31.82%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Banking
3 2 (9.091%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.091%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) QA Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Programmer
3 3 (13.64%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 2 (9.091%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Senior Programmer
4 2 (9.091%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Release Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) UNIX Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Perl Programmer
5 1 (4.545%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) Release Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Configuration Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) UNIX
2 12 (54.55%) Linux
3 6 (27.27%) CentOS
3 6 (27.27%) Windows
4 4 (18.18%) Solaris
5 2 (9.091%) AIX
5 2 (9.091%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Software Testing
2 7 (31.82%) Scrum
3 6 (27.27%) Extreme Programming
3 6 (27.27%) Information Security
3 6 (27.27%) Test Scripting
4 4 (18.18%) Release Management
4 4 (18.18%) Automation Testing
5 3 (13.64%) ETL
6 2 (9.091%) Configuration Management
6 2 (9.091%) ITIL
6 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Web Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (9.091%) System Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Test Automation
7 1 (4.545%) Computer Security
7 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
7 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
7 1 (4.545%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) SQL
2 9 (40.91%) PHP
3 7 (31.82%) Java
4 4 (18.18%) C#
4 4 (18.18%) Python
4 4 (18.18%) Ruby
5 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
6 2 (9.091%) Bash shell
6 2 (9.091%) Shell Script
6 2 (9.091%) VBA
6 2 (9.091%) C++
7 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Degree
2 8 (36.36%) ISEB
3 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) IBM
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle
1 3 (13.64%) Sybase
2 2 (9.091%) Business Objects
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) Sun
3 1 (4.545%) Informatica
Kent
Linux - Redhat - Shell Scripting - Vmware... Red Hat enterprise Linux experience gained in a commercial environment. Redhat clustering experience. Excellent experience in scripting with Shell (bask, KSH), Perl and...
EarthStream Global
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013