Perl Contract Job Trends in the South West

Perl
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Perl skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 134 151
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 +13
Contract jobs citing Perl 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.22% 0.088% 0.097%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.94% 0.32% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £766 -
25th Percentile £506 £772 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £788 £425
Median % change year-on-year -34.92% +85.29% -19.05%
75th Percentile £519 £797 £519
90th Percentile - £799 £568
England median daily rate £475 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 531 623 857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 23.39% 27.32% 27.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 346 580
10th Percentile £335 £400 £362
25th Percentile £433 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £657
90th Percentile £714 £688 £713
England median daily rate £513 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 65 78
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £42.75
25th Percentile - £62.50 £49.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.02 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.01% +3.11% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £70.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.84
% change year-on-year - +5.11% -1.06%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Perl job vacancy trend in the South West

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Perl
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 November 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorset - 3 - -
Bristol 0 1 £513 -33.87%
Perl
England

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) BGP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) OSPF
2 1 (20.00%) TACACS
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (20.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA
2 1 (20.00%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Design for Test
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) UVM
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (20.00%) SystemVerilog
3 1 (20.00%) Tcl
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds