Perl Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Perl
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 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 91 42 49
Rank change year-on-year -49 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Perl 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.52% 0.90% 1.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.35% 3.41% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £559 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £559 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +1.64% -2.22% -6.25%

All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 297 88 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 38.42% 26.27% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 65 94
10th Percentile £345 £404 £404
25th Percentile £400 £470 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.40% +7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £623 £588
90th Percentile £675 £690 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.30% -9.07%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Perl job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Perl
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Perl

Perl
Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Perl

Perl
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Sheffield -47 4 £530 - 4
Perl
Yorkshire

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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