The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Perl skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
6 months to 15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
154
170
161
Rank change year-on-year
+16
-9
+90
Permanent jobs citing Perl
1
15
10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester
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 Manchester.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
765
1,217
1,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester
32.43%
30.15%
42.85%
Number of salaries quoted
463
714
1,030
10th Percentile
£32,750
£40,000
£40,000
25th Percentile
£45,000
£45,000
£46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£60,000
£57,500
£60,000
Median % change year-on-year
+4.35%
-4.17%
+9.09%
75th Percentile
£75,000
£70,000
£72,500
90th Percentile
£87,500
£80,000
£83,750
North West median annual salary
£57,500
£55,000
£57,500
% change year-on-year
+4.55%
-4.35%
+4.55%
Perl Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Perl as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Perl Salary Trend in Manchester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Perl.
Perl Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, job vacancies citing Perl also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Perl.
Perl Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
