Perl Job Trends in the East of England

Perl
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Perl skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 166 219
Rank change year-on-year -18 +53 -45
Permanent jobs citing Perl 7 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.11% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.88% 0.77% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £42,600 - £47,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £60,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% -46.09% +80.39%
75th Percentile £54,000 £63,500 £122,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -28.57% +1.82% +5.77%

All Programming Languages
East of England

Perl falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 791 779 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.55% 25.91% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 527 626 1,478
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £66,253 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Perl job vacancy trend in the East of England

Perl
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Perl.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Perl

Perl
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -15 6 £50,000 -19.35% 2
Bedfordshire - 1 £40,000 -
Perl
England

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (14.29%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) FTP
1 6 (85.71%) HTTP
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
1 6 (85.71%) SMTP
1 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
1 6 (85.71%) VPN
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) SSL
General
1 6 (85.71%) Aerospace
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Perl Programmer
2 1 (14.29%) Programmer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Assistant
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Assistant
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) LDAP
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Client/Server
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Thinking
2 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
2 6 (85.71%) SIEM
2 6 (85.71%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Data Security
3 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Bash
1 6 (85.71%) C++
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CEH
1 6 (85.71%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (85.71%) CREST Certified
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
1 6 (85.71%) Splunk