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This section looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7762
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads52776553
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.572 %2.928 %
As % of the category below5.621 %6.269 %
Salaries quoted43324895
Average minimum salary£40,271£40,727
Average salary£44,190£45,154
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Average maximum salary£48,109£49,581
UK excluding London average salary£36,980£36,159
% change on same period last year+2.27 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93876104526
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.76 %46.71 %
Salaries quoted7879883765
Average minimum salary£37,769£38,861
Average salary£41,488£42,674
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Average maximum salary£45,208£46,486
UK excluding London average salary£35,429£35,445
% change on same period last year-0.04 %

Perl
Demand Trend

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

Perl Demand Trend

Perl
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Perl across the UK.

Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the UK over the past 3 months.

Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-185018£44,446-2.14 %
2LondonDown-93181£49,578-2.16 %
3City of LondonDown-1940£53,715-2.68 %
4South EastDown-24778£41,397+9.06 %
5East of EnglandDown-19319£35,435-4.41 %
6BerkshireNo change0274£43,366+11.06 %
7North WestUp+10225£33,737-0.82 %
8CambridgeshireDown-8221£34,431-4.75 %
9CambridgeUp+2205£34,282-2.10 %
10South WestDown-52190£36,679-0.94 %
11YorkshireDown-16169£31,072+1.05 %
12SurreyDown-12140£40,983+0.99 %
13ManchesterUp+68136£33,537+8.79 %
14HampshireDown-58134£37,056-3.14 %
15ScotlandUp+11101£30,552-2.75 %
16ReadingDown-9100£40,070+20.25 %
17West MidlandsDown-5098£32,261-6.20 %
18South WalesUp+5491£37,484+25.73 %
18WalesUp+6591£37,484+25.73 %
19Docklands, LondonDown-1173£53,924-7.86 %
19BuckinghamshireDown-1773£52,976+37.87 %
20HertfordshireDown-3170£39,210-0.02 %
21OxfordshireDown-2664£34,411+10.91 %
22CardiffUp+4563£38,754+29.17 %
23CheshireDown-2261£34,664-2.65 %
23North YorkshireUp+161£34,137-3.89 %
24West YorkshireDown-1558£26,276-18.17 %
25BristolDown-3652£34,039+1.86 %
26OxfordDown-747£34,600+14.52 %
27East MidlandsUp+1245£29,915-6.36 %

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Perl also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Perl.

15733 (54.19 %)Unix
24475 (42.30 %)Linux
33880 (36.67 %)SQL
43311 (31.29 %)Java
52397 (22.66 %)Finance
62367 (22.37 %)C++
72286 (21.61 %)Oracle
82126 (20.09 %)PHP
92034 (19.22 %)MySQL
101963 (18.55 %)Solaris
111960 (18.53 %)Shell Script
121933 (18.27 %)Apache
131902 (17.98 %)Windows
141687 (15.95 %)HTML
151685 (15.93 %)JavaScript
151685 (15.93 %)C
161591 (15.04 %)Banking
171533 (14.49 %)XML
181531 (14.47 %)Python
191275 (12.05 %)Degree
201229 (11.62 %)Sybase
211171 (11.07 %)SQL Server
221121 (10.60 %)TCP/IP
231018 (9.622 %)CSS
24930 (8.790 %)C#
25918 (8.677 %)OO
26909 (8.592 %).NET
27908 (8.582 %)Internet
28847 (8.006 %)Red Hat
29835 (7.892 %)Investment Banking

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Perl also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Perl. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11687 (15.95 %)HTML
21533 (14.49 %)XML
31018 (9.622 %)CSS
4909 (8.592 %).NET
5643 (6.078 %)J2EE
6478 (4.518 %)JSP
7467 (4.414 %)AJAX
8451 (4.263 %)ASP
9444 (4.197 %)LAMP
10443 (4.187 %)XHTML
11326 (3.081 %)CGI
12315 (2.977 %)WebServices
13298 (2.817 %)SOAP
14284 (2.684 %)WebSphere
15273 (2.580 %)ASP.NET
16234 (2.212 %)XSLT
17166 (1.569 %)Hibernate
18159 (1.503 %)Servlets
19153 (1.446 %)Middleware
20146 (1.380 %)Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
11933 (18.27 %)Apache
2629 (5.945 %)Tomcat
3341 (3.223 %)JBoss
4281 (2.656 %)WebLogic
5276 (2.609 %)IIS
6189 (1.786 %)CMS
7103 (0.974 %)MQSeries
8100 (0.945 %)ColdFusion
993 (0.879 %)MS Exchange
1086 (0.813 %)WebSphere Application Server
1169 (0.652 %)Exchange Server 2003
1265 (0.614 %)SharePoint
1340 (0.378 %)TeamSite
1436 (0.340 %)WebSphere MQ
1535 (0.331 %)iPlanet
1634 (0.321 %)Resin
1729 (0.274 %)SAS
1827 (0.255 %)Oracle Application Server
1925 (0.236 %)Oracle 10gAS
1925 (0.236 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1347 (3.280 %)MS Excel
2108 (1.021 %)Photoshop
391 (0.860 %)MS Office
478 (0.737 %)MATLAB
553 (0.501 %)MS Visio
627 (0.255 %)S-PLUS
718 (0.170 %)Acrobat
718 (0.170 %)MS Project
817 (0.161 %)3ds Max
912 (0.113 %)SPSS
108 (0.076 %)Adobe Illustrator
117 (0.066 %)CATIA
126 (0.057 %)MS PowerPoint
126 (0.057 %)CA Clarity
126 (0.057 %)Maya
133 (0.028 %)Fireworks
133 (0.028 %)Windchill
142 (0.019 %)InDesign
142 (0.019 %)PageMaker
142 (0.019 %)Simulink
Business Applications
193 (0.879 %)Fidessa
244 (0.416 %)Summit
343 (0.406 %)Oracle Applications
438 (0.359 %)RMDS
530 (0.284 %)Oracle 11i
617 (0.161 %)FRONT ARENA
715 (0.142 %)Oracle EBS
810 (0.095 %)MAXIMO
98 (0.076 %)HiPortfolio
107 (0.066 %)Navision
116 (0.057 %)WebTrends
116 (0.057 %)MarketView
116 (0.057 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
125 (0.047 %)Remedy AR System
125 (0.047 %)Google Analytics
134 (0.038 %)FLEXCUBE
134 (0.038 %)Temenos Globus
134 (0.038 %)Sophis RISQUE
134 (0.038 %)BusinessWorks
143 (0.028 %)LongView
Communications & Networking
11121 (10.60 %)TCP/IP
2908 (8.582 %)Internet
3645 (6.096 %)DNS
4522 (4.934 %)Firewall
5442 (4.178 %)SAN
6274 (2.590 %)HTTP
7233 (2.202 %)LDAP
8232 (2.193 %)SMTP
9206 (1.947 %)WAN
10188 (1.777 %)SNMP
11183 (1.730 %)LAN
12180 (1.701 %)SSL
13166 (1.569 %)FTP
14152 (1.437 %)VoIP
15141 (1.333 %)DHCP
16136 (1.285 %)SSH
17135 (1.276 %)VPN
18134 (1.267 %)Wireless
19118 (1.115 %)Network Security
20115 (1.087 %)Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
12034 (19.22 %)MySQL
21171 (11.07 %)SQL Server
3629 (5.945 %)RDBMS
4302 (2.854 %)DB2
5235 (2.221 %)Oracle 10g
6170 (1.607 %)Datawarehouse
6170 (1.607 %)Oracle 9i
6170 (1.607 %)SQL Server 2005
7161 (1.522 %)SQL Server 2000
8142 (1.342 %)Oracle 8/8i
9128 (1.210 %)ETL
10123 (1.163 %)PostgreSQL
11110 (1.040 %)Informix
12105 (0.992 %)SQL Server 7
1390 (0.851 %)Oracle Reports
1467 (0.633 %)Crystal Reports
1563 (0.595 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1661 (0.577 %)OLTP
1759 (0.558 %)BusinessObjects
1850 (0.473 %)DTS
Development Applications
1264 (2.495 %)ClearCase
2245 (2.316 %)Subversion
3214 (2.023 %)Ant
4172 (1.626 %)Flash
5151 (1.427 %)Eclipse
6118 (1.115 %)Visual Studio
789 (0.841 %)VSS/SourceSafe
877 (0.728 %)ClearQuest
964 (0.605 %)CruiseControl
1058 (0.548 %)QuickTest Pro
1150 (0.473 %)JUnit
1248 (0.454 %)Telelogic Synergy
1345 (0.425 %)MSI
1439 (0.369 %)Oracle Forms
1537 (0.350 %)TestDirector
1630 (0.284 %)CodeWarrior
1726 (0.246 %)InstallShield
1726 (0.246 %)TeamTrack
1726 (0.246 %)Dreamweaver
1823 (0.217 %)WinRunner
General
12397 (22.66 %)Finance
21591 (15.04 %)Banking
3835 (7.892 %)Investment Banking
4720 (6.805 %)Front Office
5564 (5.331 %)Telecoms
6324 (3.062 %)Pensions
7290 (2.741 %)Financial Institution
8265 (2.505 %)Marketing
9262 (2.476 %)Health
10259 (2.448 %)Back Office
11192 (1.815 %)Education
12169 (1.597 %)Games
13139 (1.314 %)Publishing
14114 (1.078 %)Insurance
15106 (1.002 %)Retail
16102 (0.964 %)Advertising
1797 (0.917 %)Government
1864 (0.605 %)Multimedia
1963 (0.595 %)Billing
2051 (0.482 %)Online Games
Job Titles
13749 (35.43 %)Developer
21423 (13.45 %)Analyst
31233 (11.65 %)Administrator
4909 (8.592 %)Systems Administrator
5872 (8.242 %)Perl Developer
6748 (7.070 %)Support Analyst
7597 (5.643 %)Software Engineer
8594 (5.614 %)Applications Support
9585 (5.529 %)Web Developer
10496 (4.688 %)Linux Administrator
11448 (4.234 %)Senior Developer
12446 (4.216 %)Java Developer
13427 (4.036 %)UNIX Administrator
14426 (4.026 %)C++ Developer
15400 (3.781 %)Linux Systems Administrator
16392 (3.705 %)Programmer
17330 (3.119 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
18306 (2.892 %)Consultant
19295 (2.788 %)PHP Developer
20293 (2.769 %)Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1595 (5.624 %)Derivative
2467 (4.414 %)Computer Science
3428 (4.045 %)Equities
4360 (3.403 %)Fixed Income
5258 (2.439 %)Equity Derivative
6242 (2.287 %)Clustering
7200 (1.890 %)Mathematics
8151 (1.427 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9149 (1.408 %)Replication
10121 (1.144 %)Client/Server
1194 (0.888 %)Asset Management
1285 (0.803 %)PKI
1376 (0.718 %)Multithreading
1467 (0.633 %)SecurID
1560 (0.567 %)Credit Risk
1656 (0.529 %)Physics
1754 (0.510 %)Statistics
1754 (0.510 %)IPTV
1853 (0.501 %)Cryptography
1951 (0.482 %)Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
15733 (54.19 %)Unix
24475 (42.30 %)Linux
31963 (18.55 %)Solaris
41902 (17.98 %)Windows
5370 (3.497 %)AIX
6295 (2.788 %)HPUX
7221 (2.089 %)Debian
8185 (1.749 %)Windows NT
9173 (1.635 %)Windows 2000
10151 (1.427 %)SUSE
11137 (1.295 %)Windows Server 2003
12100 (0.945 %)Fedora
1393 (0.879 %)Windows XP
1472 (0.681 %)FreeBSD
1565 (0.614 %)Symbian OS
1642 (0.397 %)Ubuntu
1736 (0.340 %)Windows CE
1831 (0.293 %)OpenVMS
1930 (0.284 %)Mac OS X
1930 (0.284 %)VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1918 (8.677 %)OO
2510 (4.820 %)E-Commerce
3457 (4.319 %)Web Development
4327 (3.091 %)Project Management
5269 (2.543 %)Software Engineering
6267 (2.524 %)Configuration Management
7258 (2.439 %)ITIL
8225 (2.127 %)Risk Management
9179 (1.692 %)Load Balancing
10175 (1.654 %)UML
11167 (1.578 %)Release Management
12166 (1.569 %)Content Management
13159 (1.503 %)Agile Software Development
14153 (1.446 %)Automated Testing
15148 (1.399 %)OOP
16147 (1.389 %)Disaster Recovery
17130 (1.229 %)Electronic Trading
18120 (1.134 %)Investment Management
19118 (1.115 %)Business Analysis
20110 (1.040 %)OOD
Programming Languages
13880 (36.67 %)SQL
23311 (31.29 %)Java
32367 (22.37 %)C++
42126 (20.09 %)PHP
51960 (18.53 %)Shell Script
61685 (15.93 %)JavaScript
61685 (15.93 %)C
71531 (14.47 %)Python
8930 (8.790 %)C#
9702 (6.635 %)VB
10518 (4.896 %)Ruby
11507 (4.792 %)PL/SQL
12433 (4.093 %)Korn
13304 (2.873 %)VBScript
14273 (2.580 %)VBA
15269 (2.543 %)Tcl
16198 (1.871 %)AWK
17186 (1.758 %)VB.NET
18162 (1.531 %)Transact-SQL
19125 (1.181 %)PHP5
Qualifications
11275 (12.05 %)Degree
2128 (1.210 %)Cisco Certification
378 (0.737 %)PhD
474 (0.699 %)CCNA
571 (0.671 %)Microsoft Certification
669 (0.652 %)RHCE
758 (0.548 %)ISEB
854 (0.510 %)Oracle Certification
952 (0.491 %)OCP
1048 (0.454 %)MCSE
1048 (0.454 %)CISSP
1147 (0.444 %)CCNP
1228 (0.265 %)ITIL Certification
1320 (0.189 %)IBM AIX Certification
1418 (0.170 %)MCSD
1514 (0.132 %)CCSA
1514 (0.132 %)Sun Certification
1514 (0.132 %)CCSE
169 (0.085 %)OCA
178 (0.076 %)MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1382 (3.611 %)QA
2106 (1.002 %)SLA
314 (0.132 %)WAI
48 (0.076 %)ISO9001
48 (0.076 %)ISO8583
57 (0.066 %)BS7799
63 (0.028 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
71 (0.009 %)TickIT
71 (0.009 %)PCI DSS
System Software
1198 (1.871 %)Active Directory
2166 (1.569 %)NetBackup
3148 (1.399 %)NFS
475 (0.709 %)Samba
555 (0.520 %)Oracle RAC
653 (0.501 %)Oracle RMAN
743 (0.406 %)Nmap
834 (0.321 %)Terminal Server
933 (0.312 %)VMware ESX
1028 (0.265 %)Squid
1121 (0.198 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1217 (0.161 %)Snort
1315 (0.142 %)Xen
1411 (0.104 %)Backup Exec
158 (0.076 %)MSMQ
166 (0.057 %)Terminal Services
166 (0.057 %)Citrix Presentation Server
174 (0.038 %)ClearTrust
174 (0.038 %)AquaLogic
182 (0.019 %)Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
1166 (1.569 %)AutoSys
2141 (1.333 %)Tivoli
3116 (1.096 %)Nagios
489 (0.841 %)OpenView
489 (0.841 %)SCOM
564 (0.605 %)Netcool
647 (0.444 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
746 (0.435 %)CONTROL-M
843 (0.406 %)Nessus
934 (0.321 %)BMC PATROL
934 (0.321 %)EMC NetWorker
1024 (0.227 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1122 (0.208 %)CiscoWorks
1217 (0.161 %)Legato
1217 (0.161 %)MOM
1315 (0.142 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1414 (0.132 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1513 (0.123 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1611 (0.104 %)CA SiteMinder
1611 (0.104 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
12286 (21.61 %)Oracle
21229 (11.62 %)Sybase
3847 (8.006 %)Red Hat
4528 (4.991 %)Microsoft
5457 (4.319 %)Sun
6407 (3.847 %)Cisco
7381 (3.601 %)VERITAS
8346 (3.270 %)HP
9258 (2.439 %)IBM
10165 (1.560 %)EMC
11158 (1.493 %)Perforce
12134 (1.267 %)VMware
13132 (1.248 %)Symbian
14110 (1.040 %)Reuters
15109 (1.030 %)Citrix
1690 (0.851 %)Remedy
1782 (0.775 %)Bloomberg
1879 (0.747 %)TIBCO
1966 (0.624 %)SAP
2065 (0.614 %)Murex
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