Perl Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Perl
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 120 127
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -16
Contract jobs citing Perl 5 11 18
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.52% 0.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.81% 1.49% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 9
10th Percentile £401 £406 £468
25th Percentile £523 £479 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £650 £800
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% +30.61%
75th Percentile £775 £725 -
90th Percentile - £750 £850
Central London median daily rate £613 £650 £800
% change year-on-year -5.77% -18.75% +33.33%

All Programming Languages
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 621 738 1,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 35.94% 34.84% 36.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 482 708
10th Percentile £385 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £606
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -2.97% +1.89%
75th Percentile £688 £707 £725
90th Percentile £795 £825 £831
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £22.05 £51.80 £15.65
25th Percentile £26.00 £74.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £112.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.64% +273.33% -42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £39.75
90th Percentile £73.75 - £45.15
Central London median hourly rate £42.72 £41.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +2.94% +38.33% -42.86%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Perl job vacancy trend in the City of London

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Perl.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Perl

Perl
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Perl in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Perl in the City of London

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Perl.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Perl

Perl
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon ELB
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
1 2 (40.00%) SSL
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Python Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) High Availability
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (40.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (40.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (40.00%) SDLC
1 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (40.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (20.00%) Fuzz Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CEH
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (20.00%) OSCP
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) F5
2 2 (40.00%) Splunk
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Exabeam
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow