The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Perl skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Perl over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
65
71
Rank change year-on-year
+16
+6
+22
Contract jobs citing Perl
1
2
4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Perl falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
126
186
228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
24.14%
24.06%
25.22%
Number of daily rates quoted
87
144
158
10th Percentile
£341
£259
£313
25th Percentile
£425
£310
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£512
£410
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+24.88%
-18.00%
+11.11%
75th Percentile
£650
£575
£650
90th Percentile
£700
£650
£700
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£456
£525
% change year-on-year
+4.11%
-13.10%
+14.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
5
7
10th Percentile
-
£40.20
£21.70
25th Percentile
£47.50
£40.50
£24.31
Median hourly rate
£50.00
£55.00
£33.39
Median % change year-on-year
-9.09%
+64.74%
-
75th Percentile
£52.50
£56.25
£75.63
90th Percentile
-
-
£98.50
West Midlands median hourly rate
£27.50
£57.50
£29.32
% change year-on-year
-52.17%
+96.13%
+68.59%
Perl Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Perl as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Perl Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Perl in Birmingham.
Perl Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Perl in Birmingham.
Perl Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Perl also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Perl.
Perl Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
