Perl Contract Job Trends in England

Perl
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 361 380
Rank change year-on-year -194 +19 -59
Contract jobs citing Perl 68 154 154
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.56% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.56% 1.70% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 112 116
10th Percentile £204 £258 £263
25th Percentile £411 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £507 £527
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -3.70% -4.27%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £624 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £515
% change year-on-year -0.25% -2.67% -5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £59.20
25th Percentile - - £61.75
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £66.50
90th Percentile - - £67.85
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +23.81%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,084 9,056 10,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.40% 32.80% 31.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,826 6,227 7,560
10th Percentile £363 £347 £356
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £655
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £503 £530
% change year-on-year +1.99% -5.19% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 234 361
10th Percentile £33.43 £29.07 £30.00
25th Percentile £52.88 £38.33 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £84.85 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.54% -12.69% +8.33%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Perl job vacancy trend in England

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Perl.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Perl

Perl
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Perl in England over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Perl in England

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Perl.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Perl

Perl
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the England region over the 6 months to 8 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -99 35 £500 -9.09% 39
South East -84 10 £208 -58.50% 14
Midlands -54 9 £465 -2.11% 1
West Midlands -55 9 £465 -2.11% 1
North of England -106 5 £575 +9.52% 8
South West -47 4 £613 -2.00% 13
North West -55 3 £575 +46.31% 6
Yorkshire -52 2 - - 2
East of England -21 1 - - 7
Perl
UK

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (16.18%) Confluence
2 5 (7.35%) Apache
3 4 (5.88%) WebSphere
3 4 (5.88%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (4.41%) JBoss
4 3 (4.41%) WebLogic
5 2 (2.94%) IBM HTTP Server
5 2 (2.94%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 2 (2.94%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (1.47%) OpenStack
6 1 (1.47%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Front Arena
1 2 (2.94%) Global One
2 1 (1.47%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.59%) AWS
2 11 (16.18%) Azure
3 6 (8.82%) GCP
3 6 (8.82%) SaaS
4 5 (7.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 5 (7.35%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (7.35%) Amazon S3
4 5 (7.35%) AWS KMS
4 5 (7.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (5.88%) IaaS
6 3 (4.41%) GitHub
6 3 (4.41%) Sauce Labs
7 2 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (2.94%) Datadog
7 2 (2.94%) OpenShift
7 2 (2.94%) PaaS
8 1 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.71%) DNS
1 10 (14.71%) Firewall
1 10 (14.71%) SSL
2 9 (13.24%) SAN
3 8 (11.76%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.88%) HTTP
5 3 (4.41%) BIG-IP
5 3 (4.41%) DHCP
5 3 (4.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (4.41%) Network Security
6 2 (2.94%) BGP
6 2 (2.94%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (2.94%) DWDM
6 2 (2.94%) FTP
6 2 (2.94%) Kerberos
6 2 (2.94%) L2TP
6 2 (2.94%) Multicast
6 2 (2.94%) VPN
6 2 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.76%) MySQL
1 8 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (7.35%) Amazon Aurora
2 5 (7.35%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (7.35%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.41%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.94%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (2.94%) KDB
4 2 (2.94%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.94%) SQLite
4 2 (2.94%) Tableau
5 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.47%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (1.47%) SQLPlus
5 1 (1.47%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 19 (27.94%) Jenkins
2 17 (25.00%) Git
3 16 (23.53%) JIRA
4 5 (7.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (5.88%) GitLab
6 3 (4.41%) Android Studio
6 3 (4.41%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (4.41%) Eclipse
6 3 (4.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (4.41%) Xcode
7 2 (2.94%) Bitbucket
7 2 (2.94%) Introscope
7 2 (2.94%) Zephyr
General
1 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.65%) Finance
3 10 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Back Office
5 3 (4.41%) Front Office
5 3 (4.41%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.47%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (22.06%) Senior
2 9 (13.24%) Analyst
2 9 (13.24%) Linux Engineer
3 7 (10.29%) Administrator
4 6 (8.82%) Consultant
4 6 (8.82%) Support Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) AIX Administrator
5 5 (7.35%) Architect
5 5 (7.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) Technical Support
5 5 (7.35%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) Applications Support
6 4 (5.88%) Middleware Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
7 3 (4.41%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Security Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) Middleware
2 3 (4.41%) Ajax
2 3 (4.41%) AngularJS
2 3 (4.41%) CSS
2 3 (4.41%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (4.41%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (4.41%) GraphQL
2 3 (4.41%) LAMP
2 3 (4.41%) React
2 3 (4.41%) Spring
2 3 (4.41%) Spring Boot
2 3 (4.41%) YAML
3 2 (2.94%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.94%) Kafka
3 2 (2.94%) Mojolicious
3 2 (2.94%) Moose
3 2 (2.94%) PCRE
3 2 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.94%) Regular Expression
3 2 (2.94%) SPNEGO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Clustering
1 10 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.82%) Replication
3 5 (7.35%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.88%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.41%) CSOC
5 3 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.41%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (4.41%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.94%) Derivative
6 2 (2.94%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.94%) Eurex
6 2 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 49 (72.06%) Linux
2 29 (42.65%) Unix
3 17 (25.00%) Windows
4 13 (19.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (10.29%) AIX
6 5 (7.35%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (4.41%) Android
8 2 (2.94%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (2.94%) Solaris
8 2 (2.94%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Root Cause Analysis
2 23 (33.82%) DevOps
3 22 (32.35%) CI/CD
4 19 (27.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (27.94%) Migration
5 13 (19.12%) Agile
5 13 (19.12%) ITIL
5 13 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
7 11 (16.18%) Configuration Management
7 11 (16.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.29%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (10.29%) Data Centre Operations
9 7 (10.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (10.29%) OO
9 7 (10.29%) Platform Engineering
9 7 (10.29%) Process Improvement
9 7 (10.29%) Security Hardening
9 7 (10.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 57 (83.82%) Python
2 24 (35.29%) Bash
3 23 (33.82%) PowerShell
4 21 (30.88%) SQL
5 18 (26.47%) Java
6 11 (16.18%) Shell Script
7 8 (11.76%) JavaScript
8 7 (10.29%) Groovy
9 5 (7.35%) C++
10 4 (5.88%) C
10 4 (5.88%) PL/SQL
10 4 (5.88%) Ruby
11 2 (2.94%) Go
11 2 (2.94%) Jython
11 2 (2.94%) Korn
11 2 (2.94%) PHP
12 1 (1.47%) ActionScript
12 1 (1.47%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (1.47%) C#
12 1 (1.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.76%) Degree
4 6 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.88%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.88%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.41%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (4.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.94%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.94%) CCIE
8 2 (2.94%) CCNP
8 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.94%) MCSE
8 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.47%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.41%) QA
3 2 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.94%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.47%) NIST
4 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (13.24%) Docker
2 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (10.29%) Firmware
3 7 (10.29%) PowerHA
4 2 (2.94%) Postfix
4 2 (2.94%) Varnish
5 1 (1.47%) GPFS
5 1 (1.47%) Lustre
5 1 (1.47%) NFS
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.47%) Sendmail
5 1 (1.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (22.06%) Ansible
2 10 (14.71%) Terraform
3 7 (10.29%) Grafana
3 7 (10.29%) Kubernetes
3 7 (10.29%) Prometheus
4 5 (7.35%) Progress Chef
4 5 (7.35%) Puppet
5 4 (5.88%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (2.94%) CA Wily
6 2 (2.94%) Control-M
6 2 (2.94%) HAProxy
6 2 (2.94%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (2.94%) systemd
6 2 (2.94%) Tivoli
7 1 (1.47%) Consul
7 1 (1.47%) Data Guard
7 1 (1.47%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (1.47%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (1.47%) Salt
Vendors
1 11 (16.18%) IBM
1 11 (16.18%) Oracle
2 10 (14.71%) Red Hat
2 10 (14.71%) Splunk
3 5 (7.35%) F5
3 5 (7.35%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.88%) Clearswift
4 4 (5.88%) Commvault
4 4 (5.88%) Google
4 4 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.88%) SolarWinds
4 4 (5.88%) Tanium
4 4 (5.88%) Tripwire
4 4 (5.88%) Veeam
5 3 (4.41%) AppDynamics
5 3 (4.41%) Imperva
5 3 (4.41%) Infoblox
5 3 (4.41%) SaltStack
5 3 (4.41%) Trend Micro
6 2 (2.94%) Fortinet