The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 44 61 39
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -22
Permanent jobs citing Perl 136 107 151
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 4.345% 3.111% 4.392%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.440% 6.671% 9.432%
Number of salaries quoted 75 85 125
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,250 £56,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1828 1604 1601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 58.40% 46.64% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1102 1249 1164
Average salary £38,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.94% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
UK

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh +3 54 £40,000 +14.28%
Glasgow -11 40 £50,000 +38.88%
West Lothian +7 23 £33,000 -26.66%
Aberdeen +6 9 £46,000 +22.66%
East Lothian - 3 £35,000 -
Perl
UK

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 131 (55.74%) Linux
2 128 (54.47%) Java
3 115 (48.94%) SQL
4 95 (40.43%) UNIX
5 65 (27.66%) Finance
6 63 (26.81%) Python
7 58 (24.68%) Windows
8 51 (21.70%) XML
9 49 (20.85%) C++
10 46 (19.57%) Apache
11 45 (19.15%) C#
11 45 (19.15%) Oracle
12 43 (18.30%) Degree
13 41 (17.45%) HTML
14 36 (15.32%) PHP
15 35 (14.89%) Shell Script
15 35 (14.89%) Korn
16 33 (14.04%) Web Services
17 31 (13.19%) Solaris
17 31 (13.19%) VBScript
17 31 (13.19%) Agile Software Development
18 30 (12.77%) SOAP
19 29 (12.34%) MySQL
19 29 (12.34%) SQL Server
19 29 (12.34%) Microsoft
20 27 (11.49%) JavaScript
21 26 (11.06%) Tomcat
21 26 (11.06%) Banking
21 26 (11.06%) Ruby
22 25 (10.64%) OO

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 51 (21.70%) XML
2 41 (17.45%) HTML
3 33 (14.04%) Web Services
4 30 (12.77%) SOAP
5 20 (8.511%) JSP
5 20 (8.511%) Servlets
6 18 (7.660%) CSS
6 18 (7.660%) J2EE
7 17 (7.234%) .NET
8 16 (6.809%) WebSphere
9 15 (6.383%) Spring
9 15 (6.383%) Ajax
10 14 (5.957%) J2SE
10 14 (5.957%) JMS
11 12 (5.106%) Middleware
12 10 (4.255%) Hibernate
13 8 (3.404%) JSON
13 8 (3.404%) WPF
14 7 (2.979%) ASP
14 7 (2.979%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 46 (19.57%) Apache
2 26 (11.06%) Tomcat
3 13 (5.532%) IIS
4 8 (3.404%) Site Server
4 8 (3.404%) WebSphere MQ
5 6 (2.553%) MQSeries
6 4 (1.702%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.702%) WMQI
7 3 (1.277%) IBM HTTP Server
7 3 (1.277%) WebSphere Process Server
7 3 (1.277%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (1.277%) WebSphere Portal
7 3 (1.277%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (1.277%) Adobe CQ
8 2 (0.851%) Jetty
8 2 (0.851%) CMS
8 2 (0.851%) Amazon AWS
8 2 (0.851%) Confluence
9 1 (0.426%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.426%) GlassFish
Applications
1 21 (8.936%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.255%) MS Office
3 1 (0.426%) MS Project
3 1 (0.426%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.426%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.426%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.957%) Broadband
2 12 (5.106%) DNS
2 12 (5.106%) SAN
3 11 (4.681%) HTTP
4 9 (3.830%) SNMP
4 9 (3.830%) SSH
5 6 (2.553%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.277%) CDMA
6 3 (1.277%) Firewall
6 3 (1.277%) Internet
6 3 (1.277%) Modbus
7 2 (0.851%) LDAP
7 2 (0.851%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.851%) NAS
8 1 (0.426%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.426%) OSPF
8 1 (0.426%) LAN
8 1 (0.426%) DHCP
8 1 (0.426%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.34%) MySQL
1 29 (12.34%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.64%) RDBMS
3 12 (5.106%) DB2
4 9 (3.830%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.553%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (2.553%) MS Access
6 4 (1.702%) Informix
6 4 (1.702%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.702%) Sybase ASE
6 4 (1.702%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (1.702%) SQLPlus
6 4 (1.702%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.277%) SQLite
7 3 (1.277%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.277%) TOAD
8 2 (0.851%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.851%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (0.851%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (0.851%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (5.106%) Subversion
2 10 (4.255%) JUnit
3 8 (3.404%) Hudson
4 7 (2.979%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.553%) Ant
6 4 (1.702%) JIRA
7 3 (1.277%) Firebug
7 3 (1.277%) Maven
7 3 (1.277%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (0.851%) ClearCase
8 2 (0.851%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.426%) JBehave
9 1 (0.426%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.426%) Trac
9 1 (0.426%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.426%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.426%) HttpUnit
9 1 (0.426%) ClearQuest
9 1 (0.426%) JMeter
9 1 (0.426%) NetBeans
General
1 65 (27.66%) Finance
2 26 (11.06%) Banking
3 15 (6.383%) Investment Banking
4 12 (5.106%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.404%) Front Office
6 5 (2.128%) Electronics
6 5 (2.128%) Retail
7 3 (1.277%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.277%) Games
8 2 (0.851%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.851%) Advertising
8 2 (0.851%) Back Office
9 1 (0.426%) Local Government
9 1 (0.426%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.426%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 80 (34.04%) Developer
2 38 (16.17%) Software Engineer
3 31 (13.19%) Java Developer
4 26 (11.06%) Analyst
5 16 (6.809%) Software Developer
6 13 (5.532%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (5.106%) Administrator
8 11 (4.681%) Java Software Engineer
9 10 (4.255%) Test Engineer
9 10 (4.255%) Consultant
10 8 (3.404%) Tester
10 8 (3.404%) IT Consultant
10 8 (3.404%) Technical Consultant
10 8 (3.404%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.404%) Support Engineer
10 8 (3.404%) C++ Developer
10 8 (3.404%) Project Engineer
10 8 (3.404%) Middleware Engineer
11 7 (2.979%) Team Leader
11 7 (2.979%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.660%) Computer Science
2 15 (6.383%) Fixed Income
3 8 (3.404%) SWIFT
4 7 (2.979%) Open Source
4 7 (2.979%) Clustering
4 7 (2.979%) Firmware
5 5 (2.128%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.128%) Replication
5 5 (2.128%) Mathematics
5 5 (2.128%) Physics
6 4 (1.702%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.702%) VHDL
7 3 (1.277%) Derivative
7 3 (1.277%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (1.277%) SCADA
8 2 (0.851%) CLARiiON
8 2 (0.851%) CMDB
8 2 (0.851%) Wiki
8 2 (0.851%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.851%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 131 (55.74%) Linux
2 95 (40.43%) UNIX
3 58 (24.68%) Windows
4 31 (13.19%) Solaris
5 15 (6.383%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (5.532%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (4.255%) AIX
8 8 (3.404%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (2.553%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.702%) Windows XP
11 3 (1.277%) zOS
11 3 (1.277%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.851%) Android
12 2 (0.851%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.426%) Windows Phone
13 1 (0.426%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.19%) Agile Software Development
2 25 (10.64%) OO
3 21 (8.936%) Asset Management
4 17 (7.234%) Risk Management
5 15 (6.383%) Web Development
6 14 (5.957%) Software Engineering
6 14 (5.957%) Configuration Management
7 13 (5.532%) Automated Testing
7 13 (5.532%) Multithreading
8 11 (4.681%) Service Delivery
9 10 (4.255%) Migration
10 9 (3.830%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (3.830%) ITIL
10 9 (3.830%) Data Modelling
10 9 (3.830%) Test Strategy
11 8 (3.404%) Lean Six Sigma
11 8 (3.404%) Six Sigma
12 7 (2.979%) OOP
12 7 (2.979%) SOA
13 6 (2.553%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (54.47%) Java
2 115 (48.94%) SQL
3 63 (26.81%) Python
4 49 (20.85%) C++
5 45 (19.15%) C#
6 36 (15.32%) PHP
7 35 (14.89%) Shell Script
7 35 (14.89%) Korn
8 31 (13.19%) VBScript
9 27 (11.49%) JavaScript
10 26 (11.06%) Ruby
11 23 (9.787%) C
12 21 (8.936%) Bash shell
13 18 (7.660%) T-SQL
14 15 (6.383%) VB
15 11 (4.681%) sed
15 11 (4.681%) AWK
16 6 (2.553%) PL/SQL
17 5 (2.128%) Groovy
17 5 (2.128%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (18.30%) Degree
2 5 (2.128%) Security Cleared
2 5 (2.128%) ISEB
3 4 (1.702%) CISSP
3 4 (1.702%) CISM
3 4 (1.702%) CISMP
4 3 (1.277%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.851%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.426%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.426%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.830%) SLA
2 8 (3.404%) ISO 9001
3 6 (2.553%) QA
4 4 (1.702%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.702%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (6.383%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.128%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.702%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.277%) Sendmail
4 3 (1.277%) Squid
5 2 (0.851%) Xen
5 2 (0.851%) Nmap
5 2 (0.851%) Samba
5 2 (0.851%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.851%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.426%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.426%) vSphere
6 1 (0.426%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.426%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.426%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (5.106%) SCCM
2 9 (3.830%) Tivoli
2 9 (3.830%) WMI
3 8 (3.404%) WSUS
4 5 (2.128%) SCOM
5 3 (1.277%) HP SIM
5 3 (1.277%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.851%) Nagios
6 2 (0.851%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.851%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.851%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.851%) Puppet
6 2 (0.851%) Legato
6 2 (0.851%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.426%) HP Data Protector
7 1 (0.426%) HP SiteScope
7 1 (0.426%) MOM
7 1 (0.426%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 45 (19.15%) Oracle
2 29 (12.34%) Microsoft
3 25 (10.64%) Sybase
4 17 (7.234%) VMware
5 16 (6.809%) JBoss
6 12 (5.106%) HP
6 12 (5.106%) IBM
7 10 (4.255%) Citrix
8 9 (3.830%) Altiris
9 8 (3.404%) CommVault
10 7 (2.979%) Symantec
11 6 (2.553%) Razor Risk
12 5 (2.128%) Veritas
12 5 (2.128%) ION Trading
12 5 (2.128%) Fujitsu
13 4 (1.702%) NetIQ
13 4 (1.702%) Ab Initio
13 4 (1.702%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.702%) EMC
13 4 (1.702%) Lumension
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