The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 68 59 65
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Perl 7 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.020% 0.906% 0.927%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.707% 1.582% 1.439%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 6
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% +30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
410 316 417
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 59.77% 57.25% 64.45%
Number of salaries quoted 381 279 369
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
East of England

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Perl Salary Trend

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 Suffolk 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
Ipswich -11 6 £40,000 +23.07%
Felixstowe - 1 - -
Perl
East of England

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 14 (77.78%) Linux
2 13 (72.22%) UNIX
3 11 (61.11%) Windows
4 9 (50.00%) SQL
4 9 (50.00%) Python
4 9 (50.00%) VMware
4 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (44.44%) Bash shell
5 8 (44.44%) Solaris
6 5 (27.78%) Shell Script
6 5 (27.78%) Java
6 5 (27.78%) Cisco
6 5 (27.78%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (27.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (22.22%) Tapestry
7 4 (22.22%) Degree
7 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 4 (22.22%) QA
7 4 (22.22%) VMS
7 4 (22.22%) UML
7 4 (22.22%) OO
7 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 4 (22.22%) DHTML
7 4 (22.22%) HTML
7 4 (22.22%) XML
7 4 (22.22%) VB
7 4 (22.22%) EMC
7 4 (22.22%) SAN
7 4 (22.22%) VMware ESX
7 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 4 (22.22%) DHTML
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) Hibernate
1 4 (22.22%) Tapestry
1 4 (22.22%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) LAMP
2 2 (11.11%) Web Services
2 2 (11.11%) JSON
3 1 (5.556%) soapUI
3 1 (5.556%) .NET
3 1 (5.556%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Apache
1 2 (11.11%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) SAN
2 3 (16.67%) LAN
3 2 (11.11%) Ethernet
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (5.556%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.556%) Network Security
4 1 (5.556%) DNS
4 1 (5.556%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) MySQL
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Serena SBM
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Java Developer
2 4 (22.22%) UNIX Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) UNIX Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Linux Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.556%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Replication
1 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (11.11%) Open Source
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Linux
2 13 (72.22%) UNIX
3 11 (61.11%) Windows
4 8 (44.44%) Solaris
5 4 (22.22%) VMS
6 2 (11.11%) Debian
6 2 (11.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (11.11%) CentOS
6 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) UML
1 4 (22.22%) OO
1 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.556%) Validation
2 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (5.556%) TOGAF
2 1 (5.556%) Automated Testing
2 1 (5.556%) Resource Management
2 1 (5.556%) Network Architecture
2 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
2 1 (5.556%) Service Management
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) SQL
1 9 (50.00%) Python
2 8 (44.44%) Bash shell
3 5 (27.78%) Shell Script
3 5 (27.78%) Java
4 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 4 (22.22%) VB
5 2 (11.11%) PHP
5 2 (11.11%) Ruby
5 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (5.556%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) MCTS
3 1 (5.556%) MCP
3 1 (5.556%) CCNP
3 1 (5.556%) CCNA
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.556%) RHCE
3 1 (5.556%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (27.78%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (22.22%) VMware ESX
4 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.556%) XenServer
5 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) VMware
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco
3 4 (22.22%) EMC
4 3 (16.67%) Red Hat
5 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.556%) Citrix
6 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.556%) Oracle