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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank9178
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads8321208
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.460 %0.507 %
As % of the category below5.396 %5.848 %
Salaries quoted715942
Average minimum salary£36,259£35,409
Average salary£39,922£39,174
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
Average maximum salary£43,585£42,940
UK excluding London average salary£37,650£35,750
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1541920656
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.532 %8.663 %
Salaries quoted1319117614
Average minimum salary£34,405£35,101
Average salary£37,912£38,223
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Average maximum salary£41,419£41,346
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Perl EnglandPerl
England

Perl
Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireNo change0273£43,296+4.94 %
OxfordshireDown-19122£36,419+12.65 %
SurreyDown-19111£38,333-12.31 %
HampshireDown-3111£36,197-3.35 %
BuckinghamshireDown-17103£42,085+1.36 %
East SussexUp+3953£39,284+4.32 %
Thames ValleyUp+4124£38,229-10.47 %
MiddlesexUp+2321£40,382+19.35 %
KentDown-3321£32,722+26.53 %
M4 CorridorUp+97£50,000+45.45 %
West SussexDown-54£27,833-12.35 %
Perl EnglandPerl
England

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1919 (55.53 %)Linux
2799 (48.28 %)UNIX
3497 (30.03 %)Java
4472 (28.52 %)Python
5458 (27.67 %)SQL
6453 (27.37 %)C++
7389 (23.50 %)PHP
8367 (22.18 %)C
9355 (21.45 %)Apache
10347 (20.97 %)Oracle
11316 (19.09 %)Solaris
12289 (17.46 %)MySQL
13287 (17.34 %)TCP/IP
14279 (16.86 %)Windows
15264 (15.95 %)JavaScript
16238 (14.38 %)Shell Script
17201 (12.15 %)Internet
18200 (12.08 %)HTML
19198 (11.96 %)Finance
20197 (11.90 %)XML
21175 (10.57 %)SQL Server
22168 (10.15 %)Degree
23163 (9.849 %)C#
24155 (9.366 %)DNS
25152 (9.184 %)Red Hat
26142 (8.580 %).NET
26142 (8.580 %)CSS
27140 (8.459 %)AIX
28136 (8.218 %)Red Hat Linux
29130 (7.855 %)Cisco

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1200 (12.08 %)HTML
2197 (11.90 %)XML
3142 (8.580 %).NET
3142 (8.580 %)CSS
4102 (6.163 %)WebServices
581 (4.894 %)JSP
667 (4.048 %)AJAX
765 (3.927 %)XHTML
860 (3.625 %)J2EE
953 (3.202 %)ASP
1051 (3.082 %)ASP.NET
1051 (3.082 %)LAMP
1149 (2.961 %)CGI
1241 (2.477 %)Servlets
1334 (2.054 %)OC4J
1431 (1.873 %)EJB
1530 (1.813 %)SOAP
1629 (1.752 %)DOM
1728 (1.692 %)WebSphere
1827 (1.631 %)Hibernate
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1355 (21.45 %)Apache
2101 (6.103 %)Tomcat
353 (3.202 %)IIS
440 (2.417 %)JBoss
534 (2.054 %)Oracle 10gAS
630 (1.813 %)CMS
726 (1.571 %)WebLogic
813 (0.785 %)EPiServer
98 (0.483 %)MS Exchange
98 (0.483 %)ColdFusion
106 (0.363 %)TeamSite
106 (0.363 %)WebSphere Application Server
106 (0.363 %)SharePoint
114 (0.242 %)SharePoint Server 2007
114 (0.242 %)Oracle Workflow
114 (0.242 %)IBM HTTP Server
114 (0.242 %)MQSeries
114 (0.242 %)BizTalk Server
114 (0.242 %)ATG Dynamo
123 (0.181 %)LiveLink
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
137 (2.236 %)MS Excel
221 (1.269 %)Photoshop
221 (1.269 %)MATLAB
317 (1.027 %)S-PLUS
413 (0.785 %)Acrobat
511 (0.665 %)MS Visio
69 (0.544 %)MS Project
69 (0.544 %)SPSS
77 (0.423 %)MS Office
84 (0.242 %)Simulink
84 (0.242 %)MS PowerPoint
93 (0.181 %)CATIA
102 (0.121 %)Spreadsheet
111 (0.060 %)ImageReady
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
137 (2.236 %)Oracle Applications
235 (2.115 %)Oracle 11i
36 (0.363 %)Google Analytics
45 (0.302 %)WebTrends
54 (0.242 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.060 %)HiPortfolio
61 (0.060 %)Great Plains
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1287 (17.34 %)TCP/IP
2201 (12.15 %)Internet
3155 (9.366 %)DNS
499 (5.982 %)SAN
589 (5.378 %)Firewall
677 (4.653 %)LDAP
767 (4.048 %)SMTP
855 (3.323 %)Wireless
952 (3.142 %)HTTP
1051 (3.082 %)DHCP
1142 (2.538 %)SNMP
1240 (2.417 %)VoIP
1339 (2.356 %)Ethernet
1437 (2.236 %)ISDN
1531 (1.873 %)Kerberos
1628 (1.692 %)H.323
1727 (1.631 %)SSH
1825 (1.511 %)PBX
1923 (1.390 %)VPN
1923 (1.390 %)BSS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1289 (17.46 %)MySQL
2175 (10.57 %)SQL Server
398 (5.921 %)RDBMS
470 (4.230 %)DB2
552 (3.142 %)Oracle 10g
628 (1.692 %)Informix
727 (1.631 %)SQL Server 2005
826 (1.571 %)SQL Server 2000
923 (1.390 %)Oracle Discoverer
1018 (1.088 %)PostgreSQL
1115 (0.906 %)Oracle 11g
1115 (0.906 %)Oracle 9i
1211 (0.665 %)Datawarehouse
1211 (0.665 %)Data Mining
139 (0.544 %)ETL
146 (0.363 %)Sybase ASE
155 (0.302 %)Crystal Reports
164 (0.242 %)Ingres
164 (0.242 %)Oracle Reports
164 (0.242 %)Oracle 8/8i
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
169 (4.169 %)Ant
262 (3.746 %)Subversion
342 (2.538 %)Eclipse
427 (1.631 %)Visual Studio
524 (1.450 %)ClearCase
620 (1.208 %)TestDirector
714 (0.846 %)Telelogic Synergy
813 (0.785 %)WinRunner
911 (0.665 %)QuickTest Pro
911 (0.665 %)LoadRunner
911 (0.665 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1010 (0.604 %)JIRA
118 (0.483 %)Flash
127 (0.423 %)PVCS
135 (0.302 %)JUnit
135 (0.302 %)ClearQuest
144 (0.242 %)WebObjects
153 (0.181 %)WATIR
162 (0.121 %)QALoad
162 (0.121 %)NUnit
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1198 (11.96 %)Finance
2108 (6.526 %)Telecoms
390 (5.438 %)Pensions
464 (3.867 %)Marketing
464 (3.867 %)Health
563 (3.807 %)Education
650 (3.021 %)Banking
748 (2.900 %)Financial Institution
839 (2.356 %)Government
938 (2.296 %)Investment Banking
938 (2.296 %)Games
1028 (1.692 %)Insurance
1121 (1.269 %)Music
1219 (1.148 %)Online Games
1219 (1.148 %)Back Office
1318 (1.088 %)Music Industry
1414 (0.846 %)Publishing
1512 (0.725 %)Billing
169 (0.544 %)Multimedia
178 (0.483 %)Legal
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1411 (24.83 %)Developer
2234 (14.14 %)Administrator
3169 (10.21 %)Software Engineer
4136 (8.218 %)Systems Administrator
5126 (7.613 %)Analyst
698 (5.921 %)Consultant
792 (5.559 %)Test Engineer
792 (5.559 %)AIX Administrator
881 (4.894 %)Linux Administrator
881 (4.894 %)Web Developer
960 (3.625 %)UNIX Administrator
1058 (3.505 %)Applications Support
1155 (3.323 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1254 (3.263 %)C++ Developer
1352 (3.142 %)Software Developer
1352 (3.142 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1449 (2.961 %)DBA
1548 (2.900 %)Tester
1548 (2.900 %)Support Engineer
1548 (2.900 %)Team Leader
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
193 (5.619 %)HACMP
287 (5.257 %)Computer Science
343 (2.598 %)Fat Client
343 (2.598 %)Thin Client
431 (1.873 %)German Language
524 (1.450 %)French Language
623 (1.390 %)Client/Server
719 (1.148 %)Clustering
818 (1.088 %)Verilog
917 (1.027 %)VHDL
1015 (0.906 %)IPTV
1113 (0.785 %)Mathematics
1212 (0.725 %)iDTV
1311 (0.665 %)ASIC
1311 (0.665 %)Spanish Language
1410 (0.604 %)Statistics
159 (0.544 %)PKI
159 (0.544 %)MPEG
159 (0.544 %)Physics
167 (0.423 %)W3C
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1919 (55.53 %)Linux
2799 (48.28 %)UNIX
3316 (19.09 %)Solaris
4279 (16.86 %)Windows
5140 (8.459 %)AIX
6136 (8.218 %)Red Hat Linux
755 (3.323 %)CentOS
853 (3.202 %)FreeBSD
945 (2.719 %)SUSE
1042 (2.538 %)Debian
1042 (2.538 %)HPUX
1131 (1.873 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1228 (1.692 %)Windows Server 2003
1323 (1.390 %)Fedora
1422 (1.329 %)Windows 2000
1513 (0.785 %)Windows XP
1611 (0.665 %)Embedded Linux
179 (0.544 %)Windows Vista
188 (0.483 %)Ubuntu
197 (0.423 %)Windows NT
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1120 (7.251 %)Web Development
2106 (6.405 %)OO
369 (4.169 %)Project Management
468 (4.109 %)Security Cleared
566 (3.988 %)Software Engineering
658 (3.505 %)E-Commerce
658 (3.505 %)SOA
756 (3.384 %)ITIL
854 (3.263 %)Test Scripting
953 (3.202 %)Agile Software Development
1050 (3.021 %)Performance Management
1144 (2.659 %)Configuration Management
1242 (2.538 %)E-business
1336 (2.175 %)Problem Management
1433 (1.994 %)Software Testing
1530 (1.813 %)Automated Testing
1530 (1.813 %)Content Management
1530 (1.813 %)OOD
1627 (1.631 %)Technical Architecture
1726 (1.571 %)SC Cleared
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1497 (30.03 %)Java
2472 (28.52 %)Python
3458 (27.67 %)SQL
4453 (27.37 %)C++
5389 (23.50 %)PHP
6367 (22.18 %)C
7264 (15.95 %)JavaScript
8238 (14.38 %)Shell Script
9163 (9.849 %)C#
10101 (6.103 %)Ruby
1191 (5.498 %)Tcl
1191 (5.498 %)VBScript
1287 (5.257 %)Korn
1370 (4.230 %)AWK
1469 (4.169 %)PL/SQL
1554 (3.263 %)VB
1631 (1.873 %)VB.NET
1723 (1.390 %)Lua
1819 (1.148 %)PHP5
1819 (1.148 %)DHTML
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1168 (10.15 %)Degree
253 (3.202 %)IBM AIX Certification
339 (2.356 %)OCP
339 (2.356 %)Oracle Certification
434 (2.054 %)PhD
524 (1.450 %)ISEB
623 (1.390 %)Cisco Certification
716 (0.967 %)Microsoft Certification
815 (0.906 %)CCNA
99 (0.544 %)RHCE
99 (0.544 %)Sun Certification
108 (0.483 %)MCSE
117 (0.423 %)MCDBA
117 (0.423 %)CCNP
117 (0.423 %)ITIL Certification
126 (0.363 %)CCIE
133 (0.181 %)Citrix Certification
133 (0.181 %)CCEA
133 (0.181 %)CITP
133 (0.181 %)SCWCD
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1107 (6.465 %)QA
216 (0.967 %)SLA
313 (0.785 %)ISO8583
412 (0.725 %)WAI
51 (0.060 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.060 %)ISO9001
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
198 (5.921 %)NFS
235 (2.115 %)Samba
235 (2.115 %)Oracle RAC
328 (1.692 %)VMware Infrastructure
418 (1.088 %)Active Directory
511 (0.665 %)NetBackup
610 (0.604 %)Xen
75 (0.302 %)Squid
83 (0.181 %)Snort
83 (0.181 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
83 (0.181 %)ISA Server
92 (0.121 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.121 %)Nmap
101 (0.060 %)Oracle RMAN
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (1.571 %)Tivoli
217 (1.027 %)Nagios
316 (0.967 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
410 (0.604 %)EMC NetWorker
57 (0.423 %)BMC PATROL
66 (0.363 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
66 (0.363 %)Tivoli Monitoring
75 (0.302 %)OpenView
84 (0.242 %)Netcool
92 (0.121 %)Nessus
101 (0.060 %)SCOM
101 (0.060 %)CONTROL-M
101 (0.060 %)AppManager
101 (0.060 %)AutoSys
101 (0.060 %)Unicenter
101 (0.060 %)Legato
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1347 (20.97 %)Oracle
2152 (9.184 %)Red Hat
3130 (7.855 %)Cisco
4128 (7.734 %)Sun
573 (4.411 %)IBM
670 (4.230 %)VERITAS
760 (3.625 %)Microsoft
849 (2.961 %)HP
948 (2.900 %)Remedy
1042 (2.538 %)Sybase
1138 (2.296 %)VMware
1230 (1.813 %)Intel
1326 (1.571 %)EMC
1422 (1.329 %)Perforce
1519 (1.148 %)Google
1617 (1.027 %)Wall Street Systems
1716 (0.967 %)Adobe
1814 (0.846 %)Telelogic
1913 (0.785 %)Zend
1913 (0.785 %)Interwoven