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The table below looks at the demand for Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl) skills within the West Yorkshire region 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPractical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank120120
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads5374
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.033 %
As % of the category below2.367 %2.389 %
Salaries quoted4764
Average minimum salary£32,129£27,047
Average salary£35,145£29,047
% change on same period last year+20.99 %
Average maximum salary£38,161£31,047
UK excluding London average salary£37,532£37,095
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads22393097
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.497 %1.382 %
Salaries quoted19932709
Average minimum salary£30,212£29,294
Average salary£32,725£31,689
% change on same period last year+3.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,238£34,085
UK excluding London average salary£35,731£35,965
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Perl YorkshirePerl
Yorkshire

Perl
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Perl Salary Trend

Perl
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Perl across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+3441£35,028+19.35 %
BradfordDown-113£36,462+0.81 %
HalifaxDown-411£33,545+41.99 %
WakefieldDown-12£35,000+24.11 %
Perl YorkshirePerl
Yorkshire

Perl
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

176 (71.70 %)Linux
247 (44.34 %)UNIX
345 (42.45 %)SQL
345 (42.45 %)MySQL
345 (42.45 %)XML
432 (30.19 %)PHP
432 (30.19 %)OO
529 (27.36 %)Java
623 (21.70 %)SOAP
623 (21.70 %)Subversion
722 (20.75 %)HTML
820 (18.87 %)JavaScript
820 (18.87 %)C
919 (17.92 %)Apache
919 (17.92 %)Ruby
1017 (16.04 %)CSS
1017 (16.04 %)SQL Server
1017 (16.04 %)TCP/IP
1017 (16.04 %)CPAN
1115 (14.15 %)Python
1214 (13.21 %)Windows
1313 (12.26 %)E-Commerce
1313 (12.26 %)RDBMS
1411 (10.38 %)Load Balancing
1510 (9.434 %)Finance
1510 (9.434 %)Health
1510 (9.434 %)ASP
1510 (9.434 %)Oracle
1510 (9.434 %).NET
169 (8.491 %)DB2

Perl
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (42.45 %)XML
223 (21.70 %)SOAP
322 (20.75 %)HTML
417 (16.04 %)CSS
417 (16.04 %)CPAN
510 (9.434 %)ASP
510 (9.434 %).NET
69 (8.491 %)XSLT
77 (6.604 %)J2EE
85 (4.717 %)LAMP
94 (3.774 %)CGI
94 (3.774 %)J2SE
94 (3.774 %)JSP
94 (3.774 %)Servlets
94 (3.774 %)AJAX
103 (2.830 %)XSL
112 (1.887 %)XHTML
121 (0.943 %)RSS
121 (0.943 %)Spring
121 (0.943 %)WebServices
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (17.92 %)Apache
28 (7.547 %)IIS
28 (7.547 %)JBoss
28 (7.547 %)TeamSite
33 (2.830 %)CMS
33 (2.830 %)WebLogic
42 (1.887 %)Flash Media Server
42 (1.887 %)Tomcat
51 (0.943 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.943 %)Zope
51 (0.943 %)BizTalk Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (16.04 %)TCP/IP
29 (8.491 %)DNS
29 (8.491 %)Internet
29 (8.491 %)Firewall
38 (7.547 %)VLAN
44 (3.774 %)WAN
44 (3.774 %)HTTP
53 (2.830 %)POP3
53 (2.830 %)SMTP
53 (2.830 %)SAN
62 (1.887 %)SNMP
71 (0.943 %)LDAP
71 (0.943 %)LAN
71 (0.943 %)FTP
71 (0.943 %)VPN
71 (0.943 %)IMAP
71 (0.943 %)BGP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
145 (42.45 %)MySQL
217 (16.04 %)SQL Server
313 (12.26 %)RDBMS
49 (8.491 %)DB2
52 (1.887 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (1.887 %)MS Access
52 (1.887 %)PostgreSQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (21.70 %)Subversion
26 (5.660 %)Flash
26 (5.660 %)Ant
34 (3.774 %)JUnit
41 (0.943 %)Visual Studio
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (9.434 %)Finance
110 (9.434 %)Health
26 (5.660 %)Automotive
35 (4.717 %)Financial Institution
44 (3.774 %)Telecoms
53 (2.830 %)Banking
62 (1.887 %)Pensions
71 (0.943 %)Marketing
71 (0.943 %)Multimedia
71 (0.943 %)Insurance
71 (0.943 %)3D Graphics
71 (0.943 %)Construction
71 (0.943 %)Education
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
165 (61.32 %)Developer
241 (38.68 %)Perl Developer
314 (13.21 %)PHP Developer
411 (10.38 %)Administrator
411 (10.38 %)Ruby Developer
59 (8.491 %)Linux Administrator
59 (8.491 %)Web Developer
68 (7.547 %)Programmer
68 (7.547 %)Linux Engineer
77 (6.604 %)Software Engineer
86 (5.660 %).NET Developer
86 (5.660 %)C Developer
86 (5.660 %)PHP Web Developer
86 (5.660 %)Perl Web Developer
94 (3.774 %)C Programmer
94 (3.774 %)Java/J2EE Developer
94 (3.774 %)Test Engineer
94 (3.774 %)Java Developer
94 (3.774 %)Senior Perl Developer
94 (3.774 %)Senior Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (4.717 %)Firmware
15 (4.717 %)Computer Science
23 (2.830 %)Social Network
23 (2.830 %)Clustering
32 (1.887 %)Web 2.0
32 (1.887 %)Management Information System
41 (0.943 %)Mathematics
41 (0.943 %)Multithreading
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
176 (71.70 %)Linux
247 (44.34 %)UNIX
314 (13.21 %)Windows
49 (8.491 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (6.604 %)HPUX
57 (6.604 %)Solaris
63 (2.830 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.943 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (0.943 %)SUSE
71 (0.943 %)Debian
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (30.19 %)OO
213 (12.26 %)E-Commerce
311 (10.38 %)Load Balancing
49 (8.491 %)Web Development
55 (4.717 %)Software Engineering
64 (3.774 %)Content Management
64 (3.774 %)Automated Testing
64 (3.774 %)Software Testing
73 (2.830 %)TDD
73 (2.830 %)Change Management
73 (2.830 %)OOP
73 (2.830 %)OOA/OOD
82 (1.887 %)ITIL
82 (1.887 %)UML
82 (1.887 %)Requirements Analysis
91 (0.943 %)Project Planning
91 (0.943 %)Time Management
91 (0.943 %)Unified Process
91 (0.943 %)Web Design
91 (0.943 %)Data Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (42.45 %)SQL
232 (30.19 %)PHP
329 (27.36 %)Java
420 (18.87 %)JavaScript
420 (18.87 %)C
519 (17.92 %)Ruby
615 (14.15 %)Python
78 (7.547 %)Shell Script
87 (6.604 %)VB.NET
96 (5.660 %)C++
104 (3.774 %)C#
104 (3.774 %)ActionScript
104 (3.774 %)VBScript
113 (2.830 %)Jython
122 (1.887 %)Lingo
122 (1.887 %)PHP5
122 (1.887 %)VB
122 (1.887 %)MAXScript
122 (1.887 %)Transact-SQL
131 (0.943 %)COBOL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (4.717 %)Degree
21 (0.943 %)CCNA
21 (0.943 %)Cisco Certification
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (2.830 %)Squid
21 (0.943 %)Xen
21 (0.943 %)Active Directory
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.887 %)OpenView
21 (0.943 %)Nagios
21 (0.943 %)NNM
21 (0.943 %)OVPI
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (9.434 %)Oracle
27 (6.604 %)Interwoven
34 (3.774 %)Cisco
34 (3.774 %)Sun
34 (3.774 %)HP
43 (2.830 %)Red Hat
52 (1.887 %)Juniper
52 (1.887 %)EMC
52 (1.887 %)IBM
61 (0.943 %)Microsoft
61 (0.943 %)Sybase
61 (0.943 %)Citrix
61 (0.943 %)Lotus