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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 19 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 South West region.

 Perl
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1219197
Rank change year-on-year
Down-30Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads62105200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West1.237 %1.697 %1.721 %
As % of the Programming Languages category2.134 %3.243 %3.720 %
Salaries quoted4390170
Average salary£32,000£33,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.030 %-5.710 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£30,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£49,500£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,800£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.230 %+2.280 %
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
290532385376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West57.95 %52.34 %46.27 %
Salaries quoted262528604513
Average salary£32,500£34,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.410 %+3.030 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolUp+2532£31,500-3.07 %
SomersetDown-296£32,000-3.03 %
AvonNew entry-6£32,500-
GloucestershireDown-35£37,500+7.14 %
DorsetDown-45£47,500+26.66 %
WiltshireDown-32£25,000-35.89 %
DevonUp+181--
Perl EnglandPerl
England

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

170 (52.24 %)Java
269 (51.49 %)Linux
368 (50.75 %)C
465 (48.51 %)UNIX
544 (32.84 %)SQL
643 (32.09 %)Python
742 (31.34 %)C++
835 (26.12 %)MySQL
933 (24.63 %)Oracle
1029 (21.64 %)Degree
1128 (20.90 %)HTML
1128 (20.90 %)XML
1225 (18.66 %)PRINCE2
1225 (18.66 %)PHP
1225 (18.66 %)VB
1225 (18.66 %)TCP/IP
1324 (17.91 %)HP
1423 (17.16 %)JavaScript
1522 (16.42 %)Windows
1522 (16.42 %)ISEB
1619 (14.18 %)LoadRunner
1619 (14.18 %)SQL Server
1718 (13.43 %)WinRunner
1718 (13.43 %)ISEB Practitioner
1817 (12.69 %)CSS
1817 (12.69 %)J2EE
1916 (11.94 %)PRINCE
1916 (11.94 %)PostgreSQL
1916 (11.94 %)Pensions
1916 (11.94 %)ISTQB

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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 West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
128 (20.90 %)HTML
128 (20.90 %)XML
217 (12.69 %)J2EE
217 (12.69 %)CSS
312 (8.955 %).NET
312 (8.955 %)XHTML
49 (6.716 %)Adobe Flex
57 (5.224 %)XSLT
57 (5.224 %)ODBC
66 (4.478 %)Web Services
66 (4.478 %)Hibernate
66 (4.478 %)HTML5
75 (3.731 %)Spring
75 (3.731 %)AJAX
75 (3.731 %)Middleware
75 (3.731 %)LAMP
75 (3.731 %)ASP.NET
84 (2.985 %)DHTML
84 (2.985 %)jQuery
93 (2.239 %)SWT
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (10.45 %)Apache
27 (5.224 %)IIS
35 (3.731 %)Oracle Spatial
43 (2.239 %)Oracle Workflow
52 (1.493 %)Mathematica
52 (1.493 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (1.493 %)SharePoint
52 (1.493 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.746 %)CMS
61 (0.746 %)Tuxedo
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (8.209 %)MS Excel
22 (1.493 %)MATLAB
22 (1.493 %)Photoshop
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.493 %)Singl.eView
21 (0.746 %)Endur
21 (0.746 %)Summit
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
125 (18.66 %)TCP/IP
213 (9.701 %)Internet
311 (8.209 %)VoIP
410 (7.463 %)DNS
59 (6.716 %)DVB
66 (4.478 %)iSCSI
66 (4.478 %)SMTP
66 (4.478 %)IPv6
75 (3.731 %)HTTP
75 (3.731 %)Intranet
84 (2.985 %)FTP
93 (2.239 %)NAS
93 (2.239 %)SAN
93 (2.239 %)POP3
102 (1.493 %)Network Security
111 (0.746 %)LAN
111 (0.746 %)WAN
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (26.12 %)MySQL
219 (14.18 %)SQL Server
316 (11.94 %)PostgreSQL
413 (9.701 %)RDBMS
59 (6.716 %)DB2
67 (5.224 %)Oracle 8/8i
76 (4.478 %)SQL Server 2005
85 (3.731 %)SQL Server 2008
85 (3.731 %)GIS
91 (0.746 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.746 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (0.746 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.746 %)Oracle Reports
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (14.18 %)LoadRunner
218 (13.43 %)WinRunner
37 (5.224 %)Subversion
46 (4.478 %)QuickTest Pro
54 (2.985 %)Eclipse
63 (2.239 %)JUnit
63 (2.239 %)ClearCase
71 (0.746 %)TestDirector
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (11.94 %)Pensions
214 (10.45 %)Government
39 (6.716 %)Billing
48 (5.970 %)Telecoms
55 (3.731 %)Education
64 (2.985 %)Finance
73 (2.239 %)Aerospace
82 (1.493 %)Health
91 (0.746 %)Games
91 (0.746 %)Retail
91 (0.746 %)Multimedia
91 (0.746 %)Insurance
91 (0.746 %)Marketing
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
159 (44.03 %)Developer
221 (15.67 %)Analyst
314 (10.45 %)Applications Developer
413 (9.701 %)Software Engineer
511 (8.209 %)Graduate
511 (8.209 %)Test Analyst
511 (8.209 %)PHP Developer
610 (7.463 %)Web Developer
79 (6.716 %)Test Engineer
79 (6.716 %)Graduate Developer
88 (5.970 %)Senior Developer
88 (5.970 %)Programmer
88 (5.970 %)Software Developer
97 (5.224 %)Test Manager
97 (5.224 %)Java Developer
97 (5.224 %)QA Engineer
106 (4.478 %)Senior Software Developer
106 (4.478 %)Test Leader
106 (4.478 %)Support Analyst
106 (4.478 %)Consultant
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (6.716 %)MPEG
19 (6.716 %)DTV
27 (5.224 %)SaaS
36 (4.478 %)Firmware
45 (3.731 %)Streaming Video
54 (2.985 %)Computer Science
62 (1.493 %)STB
71 (0.746 %)Credit Risk
71 (0.746 %)Open Source
71 (0.746 %)Clustering
71 (0.746 %)HACMP
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
169 (51.49 %)Linux
265 (48.51 %)UNIX
322 (16.42 %)Windows
413 (9.701 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (8.955 %)Windows Server 2008
611 (8.209 %)Solaris
79 (6.716 %)HPUX
85 (3.731 %)AIX
93 (2.239 %)Debian
102 (1.493 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.746 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.746 %)SUSE
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (18.66 %)PRINCE2
216 (11.94 %)PRINCE
216 (11.94 %)Web Testing
216 (11.94 %)Test Management
311 (8.209 %)Software Engineering
49 (6.716 %)Software Testing
49 (6.716 %)Workflow
58 (5.970 %)Test Scripting
58 (5.970 %)SOA
58 (5.970 %)RUP
67 (5.224 %)Manual Testing
76 (4.478 %)Content Management
76 (4.478 %)Agile Software Development
76 (4.478 %)Requirements Analysis
85 (3.731 %)ITIL
85 (3.731 %)UML
85 (3.731 %)OO
85 (3.731 %)Service Management
94 (2.985 %)E-Commerce
94 (2.985 %)Data Management
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
170 (52.24 %)Java
268 (50.75 %)C
344 (32.84 %)SQL
443 (32.09 %)Python
542 (31.34 %)C++
625 (18.66 %)PHP
625 (18.66 %)VB
723 (17.16 %)JavaScript
814 (10.45 %)C#
814 (10.45 %)Ruby
97 (5.224 %)ActionScript
106 (4.478 %)Shell Script
106 (4.478 %)VBScript
115 (3.731 %)PowerShell
124 (2.985 %)PHP5
124 (2.985 %)PL/SQL
133 (2.239 %)VB.NET
133 (2.239 %)ActionScript 3.0
142 (1.493 %)Bash shell
142 (1.493 %)Modula-2
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
129 (21.64 %)Degree
222 (16.42 %)ISEB
318 (13.43 %)ISEB Practitioner
416 (11.94 %)ISTQB
512 (8.955 %)Security Cleared
66 (4.478 %)SC Cleared
75 (3.731 %)PRINCE2 Certification
75 (3.731 %)DV Cleared
82 (1.493 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.746 %)BC Cleared
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (9.701 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.746 %)VMware ESX
11 (0.746 %)VMware Workstation
11 (0.746 %)VMware Infrastructure
11 (0.746 %)OpenLDAP
11 (0.746 %)Postfix
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (1.493 %)OpenView
12 (1.493 %)HP NNM
21 (0.746 %)Tivoli
21 (0.746 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
133 (24.63 %)Oracle
224 (17.91 %)HP
312 (8.955 %)Microsoft
47 (5.224 %)VMware
47 (5.224 %)Teradata
54 (2.985 %)Cisco
62 (1.493 %)JBoss
62 (1.493 %)Red Hat
71 (0.746 %)Symantec
71 (0.746 %)OpenLink
71 (0.746 %)Intel
71 (0.746 %)IBM
71 (0.746 %)Business Objects