Perl Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Perl
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 37 -
Rank change year-on-year -47 - -
Contract jobs citing Perl 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.55% 0.97% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.44% 3.53% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - -
75th Percentile £559 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £530 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -50.00%

All Programming Languages
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 278 85 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 38.56% 27.60% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 65 80
10th Percentile £345 £404 £406
25th Percentile £400 £470 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £538 £623 £588
90th Percentile £628 £690 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -9.40% +7.50% -9.09%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Perl job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Perl

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Perl

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Business Impact Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Observability
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) Splunk