Perl Job Trends in Scotland

Perl
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Perl skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 143 205
Rank change year-on-year - +62 -49
Permanent jobs citing Perl 0 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.76% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £42,625 £47,125
25th Percentile - £44,688 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.58% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £59,688 £81,362
90th Percentile - £62,875 £110,812
UK median annual salary £47,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -34.48% +3.57% +12.00%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 471 657 2,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.78% 26.11% 43.89%
Number of salaries quoted 288 254 781
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,825 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,630 £67,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Perl job vacancy trend in Scotland

Perl
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Perl.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Perl