Perl Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Watford

Perl Software Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Perl Software Engineer daily rate in Watford is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Perl Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £675 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Watford with a recognized job title 54 75 112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 91.46% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 55 85
10th Percentile £244 £257 £170
25th Percentile £400 £306 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -21.05% +13.43%
75th Percentile £575 £528 £675
90th Percentile £615 £638 £745
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +9.89% -3.90% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £17.53 £13.28 £17.10
25th Percentile £23.96 £13.69 £18.37
Median hourly rate £29.51 £14.31 £21.48
Median % change year-on-year +106.18% -33.35% -38.64%
75th Percentile £33.82 £14.94 £24.32
90th Percentile £34.44 £16.88 £25.43
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £47.90 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% -11.54% +13.04%

Perl Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Perl Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Watford region featuring Perl Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns

Perl Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
3 Perl Software Engineer jobs Nationwide