Perl Job Trends in the Midlands

Perl
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands citing Perl skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	283	191	252
Rank change year-on-year	-92	+61	-34
Permanent jobs citing Perl	5	28	17
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	0.031%	0.50%	0.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category	0.26%	2.41%	0.80%
Number of salaries quoted	0	17	6
10^th Percentile	-	£47,500	£45,750
25^th Percentile	-	£56,500	£51,813
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	£72,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	+20.83%	+57.89%
75^th Percentile	-	£73,750	£73,125
90^th Percentile	-	-	£102,723
England median annual salary	£42,500	£59,000	£72,500
% change year-on-year	-27.97%	-18.62%	+7.41%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	1,901	1,163	2,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	11.88%	20.76%	24.02%
Number of salaries quoted	1,327	923	1,167
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£28,750	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£37,500	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	+0.96%	-2.80%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£68,125	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£77,500	£75,000
England median annual salary	£65,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	-

Perl Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Perl Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Perl.

Perl Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	-80	5	-	-	1
Perl England

Perl Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, job vacancies citing Perl also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region citing Perl.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	5
1	Altera	100.0%	5
1	Degree	100.0%	5
1	FPGA Design	100.0%	5
1	Git	100.0%	5
1	JIRA	100.0%	5
1	Microsemi	100.0%	5
1	Product Requirements	100.0%	5
1	Python	100.0%	5
1	Scrum	100.0%	5
1	Subversion	100.0%	5
1	Xilinx	100.0%	5

Perl Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	100.0%	5