Perl Contract Job Trends in the South East

Perl
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East citing Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 136 151
Rank change year-on-year -92 +15 +28
Contract jobs citing Perl 2 36 28
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.030% 0.95% 0.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.16% 3.79% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 31 18
10th Percentile £242 - £200
25th Percentile £300 £204 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £208 £205
Median % change year-on-year +95.18% +1.22% -36.92%
75th Percentile £515 £335 £217
90th Percentile £576 £500 £588
England median daily rate £473 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -0.37% -17.39% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
South East

Perl falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing coding skills in the South East.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills 1,229 949 1,115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 18.58% 25.13% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 664 708
10th Percentile £313 £255 £325
25th Percentile £411 £375 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £486 £513
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% -5.12% -2.38%
75th Percentile £624 £573 £625
90th Percentile £695 £625 £660
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 30 54
10th Percentile £14.69 £49.63 £27.00
25th Percentile £33.70 £52.50 £51.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £64.76
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.07% +17.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £72.81
90th Percentile £77.50 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

Perl Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Perl job vacancy trend in the South East

Perl Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Perl.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Perl

Perl Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Perl in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Perl in the South East

Perl Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Perl.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Perl

Perl Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -33 1 £603 +20.50% 2
Surrey -42 1 £208 -
Perl
England

Perl Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python100.0%2
2Bash50.0%1
2Java50.0%1
2JavaScript50.0%1
2PowerShell50.0%1