Perl Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Perl
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Perl 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 4.26% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North West median daily rate £550 £408 £425
% change year-on-year +34.80% -4.00% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +52.46%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 45 35 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 19.15% 25.36% 19.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 7
10th Percentile £175 £456 £445
25th Percentile £373 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -13.92% +20.19%
75th Percentile - £588 £731
90th Percentile £573 £615 £825
North West median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 25
10th Percentile £40.50 £44.31 £45.88
25th Percentile £41.94 - -
Median hourly rate £64.63 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.95% - +22.19%
75th Percentile £74.26 £58.38 £48.43
90th Percentile - £65.75 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -2.31% +40.75% +12.51%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Perl job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Perl

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Perl

Perl
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Preston - 5 £550 - 1
Perl
North West

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) BGP
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
1 5 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 5 (50.00%) VLAN
1 5 (50.00%) WebEx
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Legal
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
1 8 (80.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
1 8 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) ITSM
1 9 (90.00%) Knowledge Management
2 7 (70.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 7 (70.00%) Change Control
2 7 (70.00%) Platform Engineering
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) Product Requirements
2 7 (70.00%) Service Management
2 7 (70.00%) User Stories
3 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (50.00%) Containerisation
4 5 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (50.00%) High Availability
4 5 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 4 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (30.00%) Digital Engineering
6 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Bash
1 10 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 10 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) CCDP
2 7 (70.00%) CCNA
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Citrix
1 8 (80.00%) Red Hat
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto