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The table looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank7480
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads19305040
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.835 %2.527 %
As % of the Programming Languages category5.867 %5.513 %
Salaries quoted15424162
Average salary£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year+6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

Perl
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Perl within 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 citing Perl within the UK.

Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Perl Salary Histogram

Perl
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+61874£43,000+7.50 %
LondonUp+111206£50,000+5.26 %
City of LondonUp+11451£60,000+14.28 %
South EastUp+10290£37,500-6.25 %
East of EnglandUp+2149£34,000-2.85 %
BerkshireUp+17103£42,500+1.19 %
CambridgeshireDown-382£34,000-2.85 %
SurreyUp+4267£38,500-3.14 %
YorkshireUp+2065£35,000+6.87 %
North WestUp+3461£32,000-3.03 %
South WestUp+2654£32,500-4.41 %
CambridgeDown-1751£33,500-4.28 %
ReadingUp+448£42,500+6.25 %
HertfordshireUp+4240£40,000-
Docklands, LondonDown-535£62,500+13.63 %
HampshireUp+934£27,500-26.66 %
WalesUp+530£28,435-24.17 %
South WalesDown-530£28,435-24.17 %
CardiffUp+428£28,468-26.05 %
West MidlandsDown-1226£45,000+26.76 %
ManchesterUp+2525£31,000-3.12 %
OxfordshireUp+625£32,500-4.41 %
East YorkshireDown-724£35,000-
HullUp+823£35,000-20.00 %
ScotlandDown-323£32,250-0.76 %
East MidlandsUp+4720£40,000+23.07 %
CheshireUp+3119£45,000+28.57 %
North YorkshireUp+1517£35,000-
BristolUp+2415£30,000+9.09 %
Canary WharfUp+1515£62,500+13.63 %

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12217 (53.51 %)Linux
22196 (53.01 %)UNIX
31473 (35.55 %)SQL
41154 (27.85 %)PHP
51029 (24.84 %)Windows
6990 (23.90 %)Java
7977 (23.58 %)MySQL
8976 (23.56 %)Python
9974 (23.51 %)Finance
10763 (18.42 %)JavaScript
11744 (17.96 %)Apache
12727 (17.55 %)Oracle
13699 (16.87 %)C++
14589 (14.22 %)Solaris
15571 (13.78 %)SQL Server
16567 (13.69 %)XML
17562 (13.57 %)HTML
18552 (13.32 %)Shell Script
19531 (12.82 %)Degree
20495 (11.95 %)OO
21486 (11.73 %)C
22484 (11.68 %)Banking
23441 (10.64 %)Red Hat Linux
24440 (10.62 %)Red Hat
25415 (10.02 %)TCP/IP
26414 (9.993 %)CSS
27374 (9.027 %)Ruby
28370 (8.931 %)DNS
29358 (8.641 %)Internet
30344 (8.303 %)Sybase

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1567 (13.69 %)XML
2562 (13.57 %)HTML
3414 (9.993 %)CSS
4272 (6.565 %).NET
5244 (5.889 %)LAMP
6218 (5.262 %)J2EE
7214 (5.165 %)AJAX
8209 (5.045 %)WebServices
9172 (4.152 %)XHTML
10164 (3.958 %)Ruby on Rails
11138 (3.331 %)ASP.NET
12121 (2.921 %)SOAP
1397 (2.341 %)ASP
1485 (2.052 %)XSLT
1583 (2.003 %)WebSphere
1583 (2.003 %)CGI
1682 (1.979 %)Spring
1776 (1.834 %)Hibernate
1870 (1.690 %)JSP
1962 (1.497 %)JMS
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1744 (17.96 %)Apache
2291 (7.024 %)Tomcat
381 (1.955 %)IIS
462 (1.497 %)CMS
561 (1.472 %)WebLogic
641 (0.990 %)WebSphere Application Server
734 (0.821 %)MS Exchange
828 (0.676 %)MQSeries
924 (0.579 %)Resin
1022 (0.531 %)TeamSite
1121 (0.507 %)Rendezvous
1121 (0.507 %)SharePoint
1121 (0.507 %)Exchange Server 2003
1220 (0.483 %)SAS
1220 (0.483 %)iPlanet
1319 (0.459 %)ColdFusion
1319 (0.459 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1418 (0.434 %)WebSphere MQ
1510 (0.241 %)Exchange Server 2007
1510 (0.241 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1137 (3.307 %)MS Excel
243 (1.038 %)Photoshop
334 (0.821 %)MATLAB
426 (0.628 %)MS Office
517 (0.410 %)Fireworks
615 (0.362 %)S-PLUS
713 (0.314 %)SPSS
713 (0.314 %)CA Clarity
87 (0.169 %)Adobe Illustrator
87 (0.169 %)MS PowerPoint
96 (0.145 %)DOC1
96 (0.145 %)MS Visio
104 (0.097 %)Acrobat
104 (0.097 %)PageMaker
104 (0.097 %)Paint Shop Pro
113 (0.072 %)ImageReady
113 (0.072 %)Doxygen
122 (0.048 %)Spreadsheet
131 (0.024 %)Quicktime
131 (0.024 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (0.603 %)RMDS
222 (0.531 %)Summit
312 (0.290 %)FINCAD Analytics
312 (0.290 %)Temenos Globus
47 (0.169 %)Endur
47 (0.169 %)ION MarketView
55 (0.121 %)SolArc RightAngle
64 (0.097 %)Oracle General Ledger
64 (0.097 %)BusinessWorks
64 (0.097 %)Oracle Applications
73 (0.072 %)SimCorp Dimension
73 (0.072 %)AWD
82 (0.048 %)Kondor+
91 (0.024 %)Movex
91 (0.024 %)Oracle EBS
91 (0.024 %)Metrica
91 (0.024 %)Global One
91 (0.024 %)SoftGrid
91 (0.024 %)Teamcenter
91 (0.024 %)Sophis RISQUE
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1415 (10.02 %)TCP/IP
2370 (8.931 %)DNS
3358 (8.641 %)Internet
4183 (4.417 %)SMTP
5175 (4.224 %)Firewall
6164 (3.958 %)SAN
7152 (3.669 %)HTTP
886 (2.076 %)LDAP
981 (1.955 %)FTP
1063 (1.521 %)OSPF
1162 (1.497 %)DHCP
1252 (1.255 %)SSL
1351 (1.231 %)SNMP
1449 (1.183 %)IMAP
1548 (1.159 %)NAS
1645 (1.086 %)Wireless
1741 (0.990 %)VPN
1840 (0.965 %)LAN
1936 (0.869 %)BGP
2035 (0.845 %)WAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1977 (23.58 %)MySQL
2571 (13.78 %)SQL Server
3222 (5.358 %)RDBMS
4105 (2.534 %)Oracle 8/8i
5101 (2.438 %)DB2
685 (2.052 %)SQL Server 2005
779 (1.907 %)Oracle 10g
869 (1.665 %)PostgreSQL
952 (1.255 %)Oracle 9i
1049 (1.183 %)SQL Server 2000
1148 (1.159 %)BusinessObjects
1245 (1.086 %)ETL
1339 (0.941 %)Oracle Reports
1339 (0.941 %)Datawarehouse
1435 (0.845 %)Oracle 11g
1533 (0.797 %)Data Mining
1626 (0.628 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1722 (0.531 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1820 (0.483 %)Reference Data
1918 (0.434 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1189 (4.562 %)Subversion
278 (1.883 %)Ant
278 (1.883 %)ClearCase
346 (1.110 %)QuickTest Pro
438 (0.917 %)Selenium
522 (0.531 %)LoadRunner
522 (0.531 %)Git (software)
621 (0.507 %)Dreamweaver
720 (0.483 %)ClearQuest
819 (0.459 %)JUnit
819 (0.459 %)JIRA
916 (0.386 %)Eclipse
1015 (0.362 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1114 (0.338 %)CruiseControl
1114 (0.338 %)Visual Studio
1212 (0.290 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1311 (0.266 %)JMeter
148 (0.193 %)NUnit
148 (0.193 %)Bugzilla
157 (0.169 %)TestDirector
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1974 (23.51 %)Finance
2484 (11.68 %)Banking
3264 (6.372 %)Investment Banking
4219 (5.286 %)Front Office
5156 (3.765 %)Telecoms
6150 (3.621 %)Pensions
7129 (3.114 %)Health
8111 (2.679 %)Education
982 (1.979 %)Insurance
1077 (1.859 %)Games
1171 (1.714 %)Marketing
1250 (1.207 %)Financial Institution
1347 (1.134 %)Retail
1445 (1.086 %)Publishing
1544 (1.062 %)Back Office
1632 (0.772 %)Online Games
1632 (0.772 %)Government
1727 (0.652 %)Advertising
1822 (0.531 %)Aerospace
1919 (0.459 %)Graphic Design
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11350 (32.59 %)Developer
2663 (16.00 %)Administrator
3500 (12.07 %)Systems Administrator
4441 (10.64 %)Analyst
5425 (10.26 %)Applications Support
6326 (7.869 %)Perl Developer
7284 (6.855 %)Support Analyst
8260 (6.276 %)Linux Administrator
9240 (5.793 %)Linux Systems Administrator
10228 (5.503 %)Web Developer
11206 (4.972 %)UNIX Administrator
12196 (4.731 %)Software Engineer
13186 (4.490 %)PHP Developer
14184 (4.441 %)Systems Engineer
15176 (4.248 %)Senior Developer
16160 (3.862 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
17157 (3.790 %)Support Engineer
18153 (3.693 %)Linux Engineer
19145 (3.500 %)Java Developer
20143 (3.452 %)C++ Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1322 (7.772 %)Derivative
2235 (5.672 %)Equities
3226 (5.455 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4219 (5.286 %)Computer Science
5143 (3.452 %)Fixed Income
694 (2.269 %)Equity Derivative
771 (1.714 %)Clustering
869 (1.665 %)Replication
869 (1.665 %)Mathematics
869 (1.665 %)Multithreading
957 (1.376 %)Client/Server
1039 (0.941 %)N-Tier
1137 (0.893 %)Grid Computing
1235 (0.845 %)Physics
1331 (0.748 %)Credit Risk
1430 (0.724 %)CLARiiON
1529 (0.700 %)Social Network
1621 (0.507 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1719 (0.459 %)Interactive TV
1818 (0.434 %)Web 2.0
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12217 (53.51 %)Linux
22196 (53.01 %)UNIX
31029 (24.84 %)Windows
4589 (14.22 %)Solaris
5441 (10.64 %)Red Hat Linux
6135 (3.259 %)Windows Server 2003
7132 (3.186 %)AIX
887 (2.100 %)Debian
976 (1.834 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1067 (1.617 %)CentOS
1164 (1.545 %)HPUX
1262 (1.497 %)SUSE
1262 (1.497 %)Windows 2000
1348 (1.159 %)Windows XP
1443 (1.038 %)Ubuntu
1534 (0.821 %)Fedora
1623 (0.555 %)OpenVMS
1722 (0.531 %)FreeBSD
1821 (0.507 %)VMS
1920 (0.483 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1495 (11.95 %)OO
2282 (6.807 %)Electronic Trading
3194 (4.683 %)Web Development
4188 (4.538 %)Agile Software Development
5183 (4.417 %)ITIL
6151 (3.645 %)E-Commerce
7122 (2.945 %)OOD
8115 (2.776 %)Disaster Recovery
990 (2.172 %)BCP
1087 (2.100 %)Configuration Management
1185 (2.052 %)Software Engineering
1284 (2.028 %)TDD
1378 (1.883 %)Change Management
1378 (1.883 %)Release Management
1476 (1.834 %)Project Management
1476 (1.834 %)Data Modelling
1476 (1.834 %)OOP
1571 (1.714 %)Scrum
1571 (1.714 %)Performance Management
1668 (1.641 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11473 (35.55 %)SQL
21154 (27.85 %)PHP
3990 (23.90 %)Java
4976 (23.56 %)Python
5763 (18.42 %)JavaScript
6699 (16.87 %)C++
7552 (13.32 %)Shell Script
8486 (11.73 %)C
9374 (9.027 %)Ruby
10284 (6.855 %)C#
11261 (6.300 %)VBScript
12204 (4.924 %)VB
13168 (4.055 %)PL/SQL
14162 (3.910 %)Korn
15113 (2.727 %)Tcl
1688 (2.124 %)PHP5
1778 (1.883 %)AWK
1871 (1.714 %)T-SQL
1963 (1.521 %)PHP4
2046 (1.110 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1531 (12.82 %)Degree
255 (1.328 %)Security Cleared
351 (1.231 %)ISEB
443 (1.038 %)PhD
539 (0.941 %)SC Cleared
635 (0.845 %)RHCE
733 (0.797 %)Microsoft Certification
830 (0.724 %)MCSE
830 (0.724 %)Cisco Certification
917 (0.410 %)ITIL Certification
917 (0.410 %)CCNA
1010 (0.241 %)MCSD
119 (0.217 %)CCNP
119 (0.217 %)MCTS
128 (0.193 %)MBA
128 (0.193 %)CCIE
137 (0.169 %)CCIP
146 (0.145 %)ISTQB
155 (0.121 %)Sun Certification
155 (0.121 %)ISEB Practitioner
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1206 (4.972 %)QA
215 (0.362 %)SLA
312 (0.290 %)BS15000
48 (0.193 %)PCI DSS
57 (0.169 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.024 %)ISO27001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
165 (1.569 %)Sendmail
261 (1.472 %)Postfix
350 (1.207 %)Active Directory
444 (1.062 %)NFS
543 (1.038 %)VMware Infrastructure
641 (0.990 %)Samba
739 (0.941 %)Veritas Volume Manager
827 (0.652 %)NetBackup
926 (0.628 %)Veritas Cluster Server
926 (0.628 %)Xen
1025 (0.603 %)Squid
1118 (0.434 %)Nmap
1215 (0.362 %)Oracle RMAN
1312 (0.290 %)VMware ESX
1410 (0.241 %)Oracle RAC
159 (0.217 %)ISA Server
167 (0.169 %)AquaLogic
167 (0.169 %)SRDF
176 (0.145 %)qmail
176 (0.145 %)OpenLDAP
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
164 (1.545 %)AutoSys
258 (1.400 %)Nagios
334 (0.821 %)Tivoli
427 (0.652 %)OpenView
526 (0.628 %)AppManager
624 (0.579 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
720 (0.483 %)Netcool
815 (0.362 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
815 (0.362 %)Data Guard
914 (0.338 %)Cacti
914 (0.338 %)Netcool/Webtop
914 (0.338 %)Nessus
914 (0.338 %)BMC PATROL
1013 (0.314 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
1111 (0.266 %)MOM
1210 (0.241 %)Tivoli Monitoring
139 (0.217 %)HP NNM
148 (0.193 %)EMC NetWorker
156 (0.145 %)OVPI
156 (0.145 %)Legato
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1727 (17.55 %)Oracle
2440 (10.62 %)Red Hat
3344 (8.303 %)Sybase
4188 (4.538 %)Cisco
5182 (4.393 %)Microsoft
6165 (3.983 %)JBoss
7147 (3.548 %)IBM
8118 (2.848 %)Sun
8118 (2.848 %)HP
9102 (2.462 %)Veritas
1087 (2.100 %)TIBCO
1186 (2.076 %)VMware
1186 (2.076 %)EMC
1248 (1.159 %)Business Objects
1342 (1.014 %)Reuters
1342 (1.014 %)Informatica
1440 (0.965 %)NetApp
1539 (0.941 %)Fidessa
1539 (0.941 %)Bloomberg
1635 (0.845 %)NetIQ