The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 18 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 31 60 60
Rank change year-on-year
+29 0
Permanent jobs citing Perl 29 20 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 6.004% 3.008% 1.677%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.416% 4.684% 3.478%
Number of salaries quoted 26 15 6
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £33,200 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
308 427 230
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 63.77% 64.21% 48.22%
Number of salaries quoted 273 388 188
Average salary £33,750 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £27,200
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
North West

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +27 28 £40,000 - 2
Perl
North West

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (65.52%) Subversion
2 18 (62.07%) Web Services
3 17 (58.62%) C++
3 17 (58.62%) QA
4 14 (48.28%) PHP
4 14 (48.28%) SQL
4 14 (48.28%) XML
4 14 (48.28%) Linux
5 13 (44.83%) STL
5 13 (44.83%) OO
5 13 (44.83%) XML Messaging
5 13 (44.83%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (44.83%) Multithreading
5 13 (44.83%) Qt
5 13 (44.83%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 12 (41.38%) UNIX
7 11 (37.93%) Oracle
8 10 (34.48%) Git (software)
9 9 (31.03%) PL/SQL
10 8 (27.59%) Windows
11 7 (24.14%) MFC
11 7 (24.14%) Visual Studio
12 6 (20.69%) UML
12 6 (20.69%) Informix
12 6 (20.69%) Java
12 6 (20.69%) C
12 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
12 6 (20.69%) Finance
12 6 (20.69%) Uniface
12 6 (20.69%) Configuration Management

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (62.07%) Web Services
2 14 (48.28%) XML
3 13 (44.83%) STL
3 13 (44.83%) XML Messaging
3 13 (44.83%) Qt
3 13 (44.83%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 7 (24.14%) MFC
5 5 (17.24%) JMS
5 5 (17.24%) WSDL
5 5 (17.24%) Middleware
5 5 (17.24%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (3.448%) JSON
6 1 (3.448%) Flash
6 1 (3.448%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) WebLogic
1 5 (17.24%) ESB
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle Service Bus
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.448%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) VoIP
1 1 (3.448%) SNMP
1 1 (3.448%) VPN
1 1 (3.448%) DNS
1 1 (3.448%) SSL
1 1 (3.448%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.69%) Informix
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (13.79%) SQL Server 2000
4 4 (13.79%) DB2
5 1 (3.448%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (65.52%) Subversion
2 10 (34.48%) Git (software)
3 7 (24.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 24 (82.76%) Developer
2 13 (44.83%) C++ Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Middleware Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Oracle SOA Developer
4 4 (13.79%) SOA Developer
4 4 (13.79%) UNIX Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Environment Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Junior
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Junior Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior C++ Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Junior C++ Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Development Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Uniface Developer
7 1 (3.448%) QA Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) Linux
2 12 (41.38%) UNIX
3 8 (27.59%) Windows
4 1 (3.448%) Solaris
4 1 (3.448%) Android
4 1 (3.448%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) OO
1 13 (44.83%) Multithreading
2 6 (20.69%) UML
2 6 (20.69%) Configuration Management
3 5 (17.24%) SOA
4 4 (13.79%) Software Testing
4 4 (13.79%) Test Automation
4 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (10.34%) Manual Testing
6 2 (6.897%) Waterfall
6 2 (6.897%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (6.897%) Automation Testing
6 2 (6.897%) Unit Testing
7 1 (3.448%) TDD
7 1 (3.448%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (3.448%) Logistics
7 1 (3.448%) Service Management
7 1 (3.448%) Regression Testing
7 1 (3.448%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (3.448%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) C++
2 14 (48.28%) PHP
2 14 (48.28%) SQL
3 9 (31.03%) PL/SQL
4 6 (20.69%) Java
4 6 (20.69%) C
4 6 (20.69%) Uniface
5 5 (17.24%) Shell Script
5 5 (17.24%) Python
6 4 (13.79%) C#
7 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.448%) Ruby
7 1 (3.448%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.897%) ISEB
2 2 (6.897%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (58.62%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) 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: 12 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