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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 29 46 50
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +4
Permanent jobs citing Perl 28 17 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 6.604% 3.353% 1.205%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.41% 5.183% 2.454%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 4
Average salary £40,000 £38,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.22% -3.12%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
269 328 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 63.44% 64.69% 49.10%
Number of salaries quoted 245 294 134
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £28,500 £30,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
Merseyside

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

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

Liverpool Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 19 (67.86%) Subversion
2 18 (64.29%) Web Services
3 16 (57.14%) C++
3 16 (57.14%) QA
4 14 (50.00%) PHP
4 14 (50.00%) XML
4 14 (50.00%) Linux
5 13 (46.43%) STL
5 13 (46.43%) OO
5 13 (46.43%) SQL
5 13 (46.43%) XML Messaging
5 13 (46.43%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (46.43%) Multithreading
5 13 (46.43%) Qt
5 13 (46.43%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 12 (42.86%) UNIX
7 10 (35.71%) Oracle
7 10 (35.71%) Git (software)
8 8 (28.57%) Windows
8 8 (28.57%) PL/SQL
9 7 (25.00%) MFC
9 7 (25.00%) Visual Studio
10 6 (21.43%) UML
10 6 (21.43%) Informix
10 6 (21.43%) Java
10 6 (21.43%) C
10 6 (21.43%) Finance
10 6 (21.43%) Uniface
10 6 (21.43%) Configuration Management
11 5 (17.86%) Shell Script

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 18 (64.29%) Web Services
2 14 (50.00%) XML
3 13 (46.43%) STL
3 13 (46.43%) XML Messaging
3 13 (46.43%) Qt
3 13 (46.43%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 7 (25.00%) MFC
5 5 (17.86%) Middleware
5 5 (17.86%) JMS
5 5 (17.86%) WSDL
5 5 (17.86%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (3.571%) XHTML
6 1 (3.571%) Flash
6 1 (3.571%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) WebLogic
1 5 (17.86%) ESB
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle Service Bus
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.571%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) Firewall
1 1 (3.571%) DNS
1 1 (3.571%) SSL
1 1 (3.571%) VoIP
1 1 (3.571%) SNMP
1 1 (3.571%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (46.43%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (21.43%) Informix
3 5 (17.86%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
3 5 (17.86%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (10.71%) DB2
5 1 (3.571%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (67.86%) Subversion
2 10 (35.71%) Git (software)
3 7 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Games
Job Titles
1 24 (85.71%) Developer
2 13 (46.43%) C++ Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Oracle Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Oracle SOA Developer
4 4 (14.29%) SOA Developer
4 4 (14.29%) UNIX Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Middleware Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Junior
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Junior Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Senior C++ Developer
5 3 (10.71%) C Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Environment Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Junior C++ Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Development Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Tester
7 1 (3.571%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Uniface Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.571%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (50.00%) Linux
2 12 (42.86%) UNIX
3 8 (28.57%) Windows
4 1 (3.571%) Solaris
4 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.571%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) OO
1 13 (46.43%) Multithreading
2 6 (21.43%) UML
2 6 (21.43%) Configuration Management
3 5 (17.86%) SOA
4 3 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.143%) Manual Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Unit Testing
5 2 (7.143%) Waterfall
5 2 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) Service Management
6 1 (3.571%) Regression Testing
6 1 (3.571%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (3.571%) TDD
6 1 (3.571%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Logistics
6 1 (3.571%) Information Security
6 1 (3.571%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) C++
2 14 (50.00%) PHP
3 13 (46.43%) SQL
4 8 (28.57%) PL/SQL
5 6 (21.43%) Java
5 6 (21.43%) C
5 6 (21.43%) Uniface
6 5 (17.86%) Shell Script
7 4 (14.29%) Python
8 3 (10.71%) C#
9 1 (3.571%) Ruby
9 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
9 1 (3.571%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
2 2 (7.143%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Oracle
Liverpool, Merseyside
Informix analyst/ programmer required with Embedded SQL (ESQL, ESQL/C) + Unix scripting... Subversion - and an understanding of configuration management. Experience of PERL or UNIFACE 4GL would be an...
Virtual Resources
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum + good benefits (holiday pension PHI etc)
Posted: 19 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
Requirements Essential: 5 years in C++, linux development... OO development skills... Desirable: XML messaging systems. Use of boost libraries. Windows C++, MFC and Visual Studio... CVS, SVN, GIT).
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bonus
Posted: 19 June 2013
Liverpool, North West
Senior C++ Developer - Liverpool - £30,000 - £45,000... Requirements Essential: 5 years in C++, linux development. Skilled in STL, template and design pattern use. OO development skills. Database...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Requirements Essential: 5 years in C++, linux development Skilled in STL, template and design pattern use. OO development skills. Database skills, specifically with PostgreSQL. Experience with multi-threading...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + bonus
Posted: 19 June 2013