Perl Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Perl
North East > Northumberland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northumberland requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Perl 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 50.00% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 80.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £550 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North East median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Programming Languages
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 62.50% 45.45% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
North East median daily rate £500 £433 £461
% change year-on-year +15.61% -6.23% -16.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 3
Median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.81% - -
North East median hourly rate £48.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +3.94% - -30.03%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

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

Perl job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VLAN
1 2 (50.00%) WebEx
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (75.00%) Change Control
2 3 (75.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Product Requirements
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) User Stories
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (50.00%) High Availability
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CCDP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto