The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Perl skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Perl over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
25
-
32
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Perl
3
0
9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
43
71
76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth
34.96%
23.75%
31.02%
Number of daily rates quoted
27
33
35
10th Percentile
£445
£134
£406
25th Percentile
£507
£400
£408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£525
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+4.76%
+5.00%
+3.09%
75th Percentile
£607
£575
£550
90th Percentile
£666
£637
£676
Hampshire median daily rate
£550
£545
£525
% change year-on-year
+0.92%
+3.81%
+5.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted
13
19
16
10th Percentile
£50.50
£59.00
£48.81
25th Percentile
£55.00
£61.25
£52.75
Median hourly rate
£57.75
£62.50
£58.20
Median % change year-on-year
-7.60%
+7.38%
+8.00%
75th Percentile
£62.50
£66.01
£70.00
90th Percentile
£64.75
£72.00
£70.64
Hampshire median hourly rate
£57.50
£62.25
£55.25
% change year-on-year
-7.63%
+12.67%
+57.86%
Perl Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing Perl as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
Perl Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Perl in Portsmouth.
Perl Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Perl in Portsmouth.
Perl Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Perl also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region with a requirement for Perl.
Perl Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:
