Perl Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Perl
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 49 73
Rank change year-on-year -5 +24 -7
Contract jobs citing Perl 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.20% 0.74% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.60% 3.03% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
East of England median daily rate £556 £600 £350
% change year-on-year -7.29% +71.43% -27.08%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 167 132 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 33.47% 24.49% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 45 104
10th Percentile £463 £318 £400
25th Percentile £500 £333 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -17.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £675
90th Percentile £640 £625 £725
East of England median daily rate £503 £420 £498
% change year-on-year +19.64% -15.58% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 44 88
10th Percentile £51.30 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £69.06 - £85.77
90th Percentile £75.13 £92.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £69.00
% change year-on-year - -5.80% +20.00%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Perl job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Perl

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Perl

Perl
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Watford - 1 £675 - 1
Perl
East of England

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Perl Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle