Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 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 Wales region.

 Perl
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank416732
Rank change year-on-year
Up+26Down-35
Matching permanent IT job ads35579
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales4.060 %0.582 %4.805 %
As % of the Programming Languages category7.761 %1.333 %11.30 %
Salaries quoted20579
Average salary£32,500£30,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,900£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£36,000£41,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,800£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.230 %+2.280 %
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
451375699
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales52.32 %43.66 %42.52 %
Salaries quoted421328654
Average salary£32,500£30,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-3.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,750£40,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Perl UKPerl
UK

Perl
Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

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

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 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
South WalesUp+2432£31,150+3.83 %
North WalesNew entry-3£35,000-
Perl UKPerl
UK

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

136 (70.59 %)C
136 (70.59 %)UNIX
224 (47.06 %)Java
323 (45.10 %)Linux
420 (39.22 %)SQL
516 (31.37 %)HTML
614 (27.45 %)VB
713 (25.49 %)CSS
713 (25.49 %)OO
713 (25.49 %)XML
812 (23.53 %)PRINCE2
812 (23.53 %)C++
812 (23.53 %)PHP
812 (23.53 %)HP
812 (23.53 %)ISEB
812 (23.53 %)WinRunner
812 (23.53 %)LoadRunner
812 (23.53 %)PRINCE
812 (23.53 %)ISEB Practitioner
812 (23.53 %)ISTQB
812 (23.53 %)Web Testing
812 (23.53 %)Test Management
911 (21.57 %)Oracle
1010 (19.61 %)C#
118 (15.69 %)Software Engineering
118 (15.69 %)Ruby
118 (15.69 %)VLAN
118 (15.69 %)Xen
118 (15.69 %)Tuxedo
118 (15.69 %)Python

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
116 (31.37 %)HTML
213 (25.49 %)CSS
213 (25.49 %)XML
36 (11.76 %)WPF
44 (7.843 %)AJAX
53 (5.882 %)WebSphere
53 (5.882 %)Middleware
53 (5.882 %)DOM
53 (5.882 %)Web Services
62 (3.922 %)ActiveX
62 (3.922 %)JDBC
62 (3.922 %)JSP
62 (3.922 %)LAMP
62 (3.922 %)Spring
62 (3.922 %).NET
71 (1.961 %)Zend Framework
71 (1.961 %)SOAP
71 (1.961 %)XHTML
71 (1.961 %)CGI
Wales IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (15.69 %)Tuxedo
27 (13.73 %)Apache
33 (5.882 %)WebLogic
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (15.69 %)VPN
18 (15.69 %)VLAN
26 (11.76 %)TCP/IP
35 (9.804 %)Firewall
44 (7.843 %)DVB
52 (3.922 %)Internet
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (7.843 %)MySQL
Wales IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (23.53 %)WinRunner
112 (23.53 %)LoadRunner
23 (5.882 %)Subversion
Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (5.882 %)Telecoms
21 (1.961 %)Pensions
21 (1.961 %)Marketing
Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (31.37 %)Developer
210 (19.61 %)Perl Developer
37 (13.73 %)Administrator
37 (13.73 %)Software Engineer
37 (13.73 %)Systems Administrator
46 (11.76 %)Test Analyst
46 (11.76 %)Analyst
46 (11.76 %)Linux Systems Administrator
46 (11.76 %)Linux Administrator
55 (9.804 %)Linux Engineer
55 (9.804 %)Test Manager
55 (9.804 %)C++ Software Engineer
64 (7.843 %)Test Engineer
64 (7.843 %)Test Development Engineer
64 (7.843 %)Development Engineer
73 (5.882 %)Senior Development Engineer
73 (5.882 %)Senior Test Engineer
73 (5.882 %)Front-End Developer
73 (5.882 %)Front-End Web Developer
73 (5.882 %)Web Developer
Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (7.843 %)DTV
14 (7.843 %)N-Tier
14 (7.843 %)MPEG
23 (5.882 %)Computer Science
32 (3.922 %)Firmware
32 (3.922 %)STB
32 (3.922 %)Web 2.0
41 (1.961 %)Photography
Wales IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
136 (70.59 %)UNIX
223 (45.10 %)Linux
36 (11.76 %)Windows
44 (7.843 %)Embedded Linux
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (25.49 %)OO
212 (23.53 %)PRINCE
212 (23.53 %)Web Testing
212 (23.53 %)Test Management
212 (23.53 %)PRINCE2
38 (15.69 %)Software Engineering
46 (11.76 %)Web Development
54 (7.843 %)Test Scripting
62 (3.922 %)Software Architecture
62 (3.922 %)SEO
62 (3.922 %)Validation
71 (1.961 %)Web Design
71 (1.961 %)MVC
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
136 (70.59 %)C
224 (47.06 %)Java
320 (39.22 %)SQL
414 (27.45 %)VB
512 (23.53 %)PHP
512 (23.53 %)C++
610 (19.61 %)C#
78 (15.69 %)Python
78 (15.69 %)Ruby
87 (13.73 %)JavaScript
93 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
93 (5.882 %)VC++
93 (5.882 %)Korn
93 (5.882 %)Shell Script
Wales IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
112 (23.53 %)ISEB
112 (23.53 %)ISEB Practitioner
112 (23.53 %)ISTQB
26 (11.76 %)Degree
Wales IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (15.69 %)Xen
27 (13.73 %)VMware Infrastructure
Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (23.53 %)HP
211 (21.57 %)Oracle
37 (13.73 %)VMware
41 (1.961 %)Zend
41 (1.961 %)Adobe