Perl Contract Job Trends in Preston

Perl
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Perl 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 5.95% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Programming Languages
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10 7 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 11.90% 14.89% 24.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £392 - £329
25th Percentile £514 - £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £363
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +10.34% -
75th Percentile - - £384
90th Percentile - - £386
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £400 £623
% change year-on-year +37.50% -35.74% +22.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 18
10th Percentile £45.17 - £43.44
25th Percentile £50.02 £50.63 -
Median hourly rate £58.10 £51.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.37% +10.98% +111.16%
75th Percentile £66.18 £51.88 £50.19
90th Percentile £71.03 - £53.30
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +60.81% - +87.88%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Perl job vacancy trend in Preston

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Perl

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Perl

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