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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 381 328
Rank change year-on-year +26 -53 +16
Contract jobs citing Perl 148 153 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.47% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.63% 1.44% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 114 207
10th Percentile £204 £220 £311
25th Percentile £366 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £550 £675 £709
90th Percentile £600 £810 £810
UK median daily rate £500 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -5.48% -3.82% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £58.78 £34.28
25th Percentile £65.75 £60.69 £51.25
Median hourly rate £66.50 £64.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% +22.38% -28.08%
75th Percentile £67.25 £66.50 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £59.38
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £64.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year +3.50% +22.38% -28.08%

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 9,070 10,616 13,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.67% 32.47% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,143 7,288 9,874
10th Percentile £345 £353 £374
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 304 410
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.73 £34.06
25th Percentile £42.25 £50.94 £48.32
Median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +0.78% +12.80%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £71.44
90th Percentile £80.00 £79.75 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +11.61%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Perl as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Perl 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 -9 61 £538 -9.66% 18
South East +35 33 £208 +1.22% 10
North of England -3 21 £520 +3.17% 4
Midlands -2 19 £475 +13.10% 6
West Midlands -1 18 £475 +13.10% 3
North West -12 11 £398 -15.78% 4
South West +27 7 - - 6
Yorkshire -8 6 £559 +1.64%
East of England +5 4 £500 +17.65% 7
North East - 4 £535 -
East Midlands -5 1 £475 - 3
Perl
UK

Perl
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (14.86%) Confluence
2 7 (4.73%) JBoss
3 6 (4.05%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (3.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (2.70%) WebLogic
6 3 (2.03%) Apache
7 2 (1.35%) Apache Spark
7 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.70%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.70%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.03%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 59 (39.86%) AWS
2 28 (18.92%) Azure
3 19 (12.84%) GCP
4 16 (10.81%) Amazon S3
5 14 (9.46%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (8.78%) Amazon ELB
7 12 (8.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 12 (8.11%) Amazon Glacier
7 12 (8.11%) AWS KMS
7 12 (8.11%) SaaS
7 12 (8.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (7.43%) Sauce Labs
9 9 (6.08%) GitHub
10 8 (5.41%) OpenShift
11 4 (2.70%) Azure API Management
11 4 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.70%) OCI
12 3 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.92%) DNS
2 23 (15.54%) HTTP
3 22 (14.86%) Firewall
4 14 (9.46%) TCP/IP
4 14 (9.46%) Wireless
5 12 (8.11%) FTP
5 12 (8.11%) SMTP
5 12 (8.11%) SSH
6 10 (6.76%) BGP
7 9 (6.08%) Network Security
8 8 (5.41%) SSL
9 7 (4.73%) IPsec
9 7 (4.73%) OSPF
10 6 (4.05%) EIGRP
10 6 (4.05%) HTTPS
11 4 (2.70%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (2.70%) WAN
12 3 (2.03%) LAN
12 3 (2.03%) NX-OS
12 3 (2.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (20.27%) Relational Database
2 24 (16.22%) MySQL
3 12 (8.11%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (6.76%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (6.76%) Oracle Database
4 10 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (6.08%) RDBMS
6 5 (3.38%) GIS
7 4 (2.70%) Oracle BI EE
8 3 (2.03%) Big Data
8 3 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.03%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.35%) DB2
9 2 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (1.35%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.35%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.68%) Informix
10 1 (0.68%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 33 (22.30%) Git
1 33 (22.30%) Jenkins
2 30 (20.27%) JIRA
3 14 (9.46%) Vagrant
4 12 (8.11%) Browser DevTools
5 11 (7.43%) Android Studio
5 11 (7.43%) Eclipse
5 11 (7.43%) TeamCity
5 11 (7.43%) Xcode
6 10 (6.76%) Liquibase
7 7 (4.73%) SonarQube
7 7 (4.73%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (4.05%) Bitbucket Server
8 6 (4.05%) CA Release Automation
9 5 (3.38%) Bitbucket
10 4 (2.70%) Ant
10 4 (2.70%) Robot Framework
10 4 (2.70%) Subversion
10 4 (2.70%) Toad
11 3 (2.03%) GitLab
General
1 58 (39.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 19 (12.84%) Finance
4 12 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.11%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.38%) Banking
6 4 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.35%) Military
7 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Arabic Language
8 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) French Language
8 1 (0.68%) German Language
8 1 (0.68%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.68%) Korean Language
8 1 (0.68%) Law
8 1 (0.68%) Legal
8 1 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (16.89%) DevOps Engineer
2 22 (14.86%) Technical Support
3 19 (12.84%) Developer
4 14 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (8.78%) AWS DevOps
5 13 (8.78%) Network Engineer
5 13 (8.78%) Support Engineer
6 12 (8.11%) Technical Engineer
6 12 (8.11%) Technical Support Engineer
6 12 (8.11%) UX Engineer
7 11 (7.43%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (7.43%) Cloud Engineer
7 11 (7.43%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 9 (6.08%) Administrator
8 9 (6.08%) Linux Administrator
9 8 (5.41%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) Kubernetes Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.49%) CSS
1 17 (11.49%) Kafka
2 16 (10.81%) AngularJS
2 16 (10.81%) React
3 12 (8.11%) Ajax
3 12 (8.11%) GraphQL
4 10 (6.76%) Node.js
5 9 (6.08%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (6.08%) SOAP
6 7 (4.73%) Spring Boot
7 5 (3.38%) HTML
7 5 (3.38%) Middleware
8 4 (2.70%) IBM Integration Bus
8 4 (2.70%) REST
8 4 (2.70%) XML
9 3 (2.03%) EDI
9 3 (2.03%) Electron
9 3 (2.03%) JNI
9 3 (2.03%) Spring
10 2 (1.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.16%) Replication
2 14 (9.46%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.05%) Clustering
3 6 (4.05%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (4.05%) PKI
3 6 (4.05%) SCADA
4 5 (3.38%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.38%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.70%) FPGA
5 4 (2.70%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.03%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.03%) RISC-V
6 3 (2.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (2.03%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 81 (54.73%) Linux
2 54 (36.49%) Windows
3 50 (33.78%) Unix
4 14 (9.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (8.78%) Android
6 12 (8.11%) Amazon Linux
6 12 (8.11%) VMS
7 5 (3.38%) CentOS
8 4 (2.70%) AIX
8 4 (2.70%) Solaris
9 3 (2.03%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.35%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.35%) Debian
10 2 (1.35%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.41%) DevOps
2 37 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 26 (17.57%) Continuous Integration
4 23 (15.54%) Agile
4 23 (15.54%) OO
5 21 (14.19%) Configuration Management
6 19 (12.84%) Change Management
6 19 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (12.16%) Computer Science
8 16 (10.81%) Continuous Deployment
9 15 (10.14%) TDD
10 14 (9.46%) Cloud Security
10 14 (9.46%) High Availability
10 14 (9.46%) Patch Management
10 14 (9.46%) Platform Engineering
10 14 (9.46%) Task Automation
11 13 (8.78%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (8.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 12 (8.11%) Mobile Application Development
12 12 (8.11%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 131 (88.51%) Python
2 73 (49.32%) Java
3 41 (27.70%) SQL
4 40 (27.03%) Bash
5 33 (22.30%) JavaScript
6 21 (14.19%) PL/SQL
6 21 (14.19%) PowerShell
7 18 (12.16%) Go
8 17 (11.49%) Shell Script
9 14 (9.46%) C++
10 12 (8.11%) Groovy
11 9 (6.08%) C
12 5 (3.38%) Korn
13 4 (2.70%) ABAP
13 4 (2.70%) Assembly Language
13 4 (2.70%) SystemVerilog
13 4 (2.70%) TypeScript
14 3 (2.03%) PHP
15 2 (1.35%) C#
15 2 (1.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 45 (30.41%) Security Cleared
2 43 (29.05%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.84%) Degree
4 16 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (7.43%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (6.76%) CCNP
7 6 (4.05%) JNCIA
7 6 (4.05%) JNCIS
8 3 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.03%) CCDP
8 3 (2.03%) CEH
8 3 (2.03%) CISSP
8 3 (2.03%) OSCP
9 2 (1.35%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.68%) CCIE
10 1 (0.68%) ISACA
10 1 (0.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.38%) GDPR
1 5 (3.38%) QA
2 4 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.03%) SEPA
4 2 (1.35%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (23.65%) Docker
2 21 (14.19%) Active Directory
3 12 (8.11%) DFS Replication
4 8 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (4.05%) Firmware
6 4 (2.70%) NFS
6 4 (2.70%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (2.70%) Veritas File System
6 4 (2.70%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 4 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.03%) QEMU
8 2 (1.35%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.68%) GPFS
9 1 (0.68%) KVM
9 1 (0.68%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 33 (22.30%) Terraform
2 29 (19.59%) Ansible
3 25 (16.89%) Kubernetes
4 15 (10.14%) Grafana
4 15 (10.14%) Prometheus
5 9 (6.08%) Progress Chef
6 7 (4.73%) Kibana
7 6 (4.05%) QRadar
8 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 4 (2.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (2.70%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (2.70%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (2.03%) Packer
9 3 (2.03%) Puppet
10 2 (1.35%) Icinga
10 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.35%) Nagios
10 2 (1.35%) Salt
11 1 (0.68%) BladeLogic
11 1 (0.68%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 39 (26.35%) Oracle
2 32 (21.62%) Splunk
3 31 (20.95%) ServiceNow
4 23 (15.54%) Microsoft
5 18 (12.16%) Red Hat
6 15 (10.14%) Cisco
7 11 (7.43%) F5
8 10 (6.76%) VMware
9 9 (6.08%) IBM
10 8 (5.41%) Juniper
11 7 (4.73%) AppDynamics
12 5 (3.38%) Cloudera
12 5 (3.38%) CyberArk
12 5 (3.38%) Google
12 5 (3.38%) SAP
13 4 (2.70%) Adobe
13 4 (2.70%) Palo Alto
13 4 (2.70%) Qualys
13 4 (2.70%) SaltStack
14 3 (2.03%) Meraki