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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Reading region.

 Perl
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank314270
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Up+28
Matching permanent IT job ads515483
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading5.363 %3.479 %2.648 %
As % of the Programming Languages category11.62 %8.682 %6.911 %
Salaries quoted274771
Average salary£45,000£55,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18 %+37.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,000£34,200£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£75,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£36,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %+2.850 %
Reading IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4396221201
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading46.16 %40.08 %38.31 %
Salaries quoted3635441015
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Perl BerkshirePerl
Berkshire

Perl
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Perl across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Reading Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

157 (64.77 %)UNIX
244 (50.00 %)Linux
330 (34.09 %)Windows
330 (34.09 %)Sun
330 (34.09 %)EMC
429 (32.95 %)Python
527 (30.68 %)Cisco
527 (30.68 %)SAN
527 (30.68 %)StorageTek
527 (30.68 %)Veritas
527 (30.68 %)Symantec
527 (30.68 %)NetBackup
527 (30.68 %)Data Protection
626 (29.55 %)SC Cleared
626 (29.55 %)Security Cleared
717 (19.32 %)JavaScript
816 (18.18 %)Shell Script
816 (18.18 %)QA
914 (15.91 %)PHP
914 (15.91 %)Web Development
914 (15.91 %)Computer Science
1013 (14.77 %)MySQL
1013 (14.77 %)OO
1013 (14.77 %)PhD
1013 (14.77 %)Education
1013 (14.77 %)Electric
1013 (14.77 %)Automated Testing
1013 (14.77 %)Degree
1013 (14.77 %)Mathematics
1013 (14.77 %)Physics

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (7.955 %)Mason
25 (5.682 %)LAMP
33 (3.409 %)HTML
42 (2.273 %)EJB
42 (2.273 %)Hibernate
42 (2.273 %)Spring
42 (2.273 %)Ruby on Rails
42 (2.273 %)Struts
42 (2.273 %)CORBA
51 (1.136 %)JSP
51 (1.136 %)Servlets
Reading IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (7.955 %)Apache
Reading IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
127 (30.68 %)SAN
23 (3.409 %)TCP/IP
32 (2.273 %)DECT
32 (2.273 %)GSM
32 (2.273 %)UMTS
32 (2.273 %)Wireless
32 (2.273 %)TETRA
32 (2.273 %)WiMAX
Reading IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (14.77 %)MySQL
Reading IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (14.77 %)Education
113 (14.77 %)Electric
25 (5.682 %)Financial Institution
25 (5.682 %)Finance
33 (3.409 %)Back Office
41 (1.136 %)Marketing
Reading IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
124 (27.27 %)Architect
214 (15.91 %)Graduate
312 (13.64 %)Software Engineer
411 (12.50 %)Developer
57 (7.955 %)Linux Engineer
66 (6.818 %)Lead Developer
66 (6.818 %)Senior Software Engineer
75 (5.682 %)Web Designer
75 (5.682 %)Perl Programmer
75 (5.682 %)QA Analyst
75 (5.682 %)Senior QA Analyst
75 (5.682 %)Programmer
75 (5.682 %)Senior Analyst
75 (5.682 %)Analyst
75 (5.682 %)Systems Engineer
75 (5.682 %)Quality Analyst
75 (5.682 %)Designer
84 (4.545 %)Lead Software Engineer
84 (4.545 %)Release Engineer
84 (4.545 %)QA Engineer
Reading IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (15.91 %)Computer Science
213 (14.77 %)Mathematics
213 (14.77 %)Physics
33 (3.409 %)Clustering
33 (3.409 %)Open Source
41 (1.136 %)SaaS
41 (1.136 %)Fat Client
41 (1.136 %)Thin Client
Reading IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
157 (64.77 %)UNIX
244 (50.00 %)Linux
330 (34.09 %)Windows
45 (5.682 %)Solaris
53 (3.409 %)IRIX
Reading IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
127 (30.68 %)Data Protection
214 (15.91 %)Web Development
313 (14.77 %)OO
313 (14.77 %)Software Architecture
313 (14.77 %)Automated Testing
410 (11.36 %)Test Scripting
55 (5.682 %)Data Migration
55 (5.682 %)Compatibility Testing
55 (5.682 %)E-Commerce
55 (5.682 %)Risk Management
55 (5.682 %)Migration
61 (1.136 %)Scrum
61 (1.136 %)Agile Software Development
Reading IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
129 (32.95 %)Python
217 (19.32 %)JavaScript
316 (18.18 %)Shell Script
414 (15.91 %)PHP
59 (10.23 %)C
59 (10.23 %)Bash shell
67 (7.955 %)C++
67 (7.955 %)Java
73 (3.409 %)Korn
82 (2.273 %)Ruby
82 (2.273 %)Embedded C++
91 (1.136 %)SQL
Reading IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (29.55 %)SC Cleared
126 (29.55 %)Security Cleared
213 (14.77 %)PhD
213 (14.77 %)Degree
Reading IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (18.18 %)QA
Reading IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (3.409 %)Samba
Reading IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
127 (30.68 %)NetBackup
Reading IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
130 (34.09 %)Sun
130 (34.09 %)EMC
227 (30.68 %)Cisco
227 (30.68 %)StorageTek
227 (30.68 %)Veritas
227 (30.68 %)Symantec
33 (3.409 %)SGI
33 (3.409 %)Citrix
33 (3.409 %)VMware
42 (2.273 %)Oracle
51 (1.136 %)Remedy