PCRE Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE, PCRE2)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring PCRE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

PCRE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the City of London.

PCRE
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PCRE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

PCRE
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, contractor job vacancies citing PCRE also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for PCRE.

PCRE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: