The first table below looks at the demand for Perl skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Perl over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Perl
Rank 72 55 61
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Perl 20 41 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.619% 3.516% 2.395%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.805% 6.436% 4.209%
Number of salaries quoted 19 34 25
Average salary £40,000 £32,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -28.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,700 £45,700 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
713 637 594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 57.73% 54.63% 56.90%
Number of salaries quoted 647 563 553
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Perl
UK

Perl
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales -16 20 £40,000 +26.98%
Perl
UK

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 38 (80.85%) Oracle
2 34 (72.34%) Linux
3 31 (65.96%) Apache
4 29 (61.70%) HTML
5 27 (57.45%) jQuery
6 25 (53.19%) Java
6 25 (53.19%) XML
6 25 (53.19%) OO
7 24 (51.06%) JSON
8 23 (48.94%) MongoDB
9 22 (46.81%) Degree
9 22 (46.81%) Software Engineering
9 22 (46.81%) Tuxedo
10 21 (44.68%) Web Development
11 20 (42.55%) Computer Science
11 20 (42.55%) Scrum
12 18 (38.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (31.91%) UNIX
14 14 (29.79%) PL/SQL
14 14 (29.79%) SQL
15 11 (23.40%) Python
16 9 (19.15%) Oracle 8/8i
16 9 (19.15%) Windows
17 8 (17.02%) WebLogic
17 8 (17.02%) JavaScript
17 8 (17.02%) AWK
17 8 (17.02%) sed
17 8 (17.02%) Oracle Application Server
18 7 (14.89%) Subversion
18 7 (14.89%) Concordion

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 29 (61.70%) HTML
2 27 (57.45%) jQuery
3 25 (53.19%) XML
4 24 (51.06%) JSON
5 5 (10.64%) Middleware
6 3 (6.383%) CSS
6 3 (6.383%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 31 (65.96%) Apache
2 22 (46.81%) Tuxedo
3 8 (17.02%) WebLogic
3 8 (17.02%) Oracle Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) HTTP
2 5 (10.64%) SAN
2 5 (10.64%) TCP/IP
2 5 (10.64%) Firewall
3 1 (2.128%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (48.94%) MongoDB
2 9 (19.15%) Oracle 8/8i
3 6 (12.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Subversion
1 7 (14.89%) Concordion
2 5 (10.64%) Git (software)
2 5 (10.64%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 27 (57.45%) Developer
2 22 (46.81%) Web Developer
3 21 (44.68%) Systems Developer
4 8 (17.02%) Applications Support
4 8 (17.02%) Oracle DBA
4 8 (17.02%) Applications Support Analyst
4 8 (17.02%) Analyst
4 8 (17.02%) DBA
4 8 (17.02%) Support Analyst
4 8 (17.02%) Oracle Analyst
4 8 (17.02%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) Senior Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Senior Web Developer
5 6 (12.77%) Senior Systems Developer
6 5 (10.64%) Perl Developer
6 5 (10.64%) Java Developer
7 4 (8.511%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (8.511%) Consultant
8 3 (6.383%) Development Manager
8 3 (6.383%) Software Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (42.55%) Computer Science
2 5 (10.64%) N-Tier
2 5 (10.64%) Clustering
2 5 (10.64%) DTV
2 5 (10.64%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (10.64%) Digital Media
3 3 (6.383%) Web 2.0
4 2 (4.255%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.128%) Tandem
5 1 (2.128%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 34 (72.34%) Linux
2 15 (31.91%) UNIX
3 9 (19.15%) Windows
4 6 (12.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (10.64%) AIX
6 4 (8.511%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (53.19%) OO
2 22 (46.81%) Software Engineering
3 21 (44.68%) Web Development
4 20 (42.55%) Scrum
5 18 (38.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (10.64%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (10.64%) TDD
7 2 (4.255%) OOP
7 2 (4.255%) Workflow
7 2 (4.255%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.128%) Project Management
8 1 (2.128%) Embedded Software Development
8 1 (2.128%) Build Automation
8 1 (2.128%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (53.19%) Java
2 14 (29.79%) PL/SQL
2 14 (29.79%) SQL
3 11 (23.40%) Python
4 8 (17.02%) JavaScript
4 8 (17.02%) AWK
4 8 (17.02%) sed
5 6 (12.77%) C
6 5 (10.64%) C++
7 3 (6.383%) Ruby
8 2 (4.255%) Embedded C
8 2 (4.255%) Fortran
9 1 (2.128%) Tcl
9 1 (2.128%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 22 (46.81%) Degree
2 1 (2.128%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.383%) QA
Vendors
1 38 (80.85%) Oracle
2 6 (12.77%) Red Hat
3 5 (10.64%) Compaq
3 5 (10.64%) IBM
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (10.64%) Sybase
4 1 (2.128%) Intel
4 1 (2.128%) Freescale