Perl Job Trends in Somerset

Perl
South West > Somerset

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Permanent jobs citing Perl 15 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.52% - 0.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.65% - 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,750 - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.48%
75th Percentile £30,750 - £83,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £29,500 £71,250 £63,750
% change year-on-year -58.60% +11.76% -16.39%

All Programming Languages
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 196 78 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 19.80% 27.86% 17.01%
Number of salaries quoted 147 68 132
10th Percentile £28,750 £34,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £35,125 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,750 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +5.91% -3.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £64,875
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Perl job vacancy trend in Somerset

Perl
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Perl.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Perl

Perl
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Weston-super-Mare - 15 £29,500 - 1
Perl
South West

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) AWS
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
1 6 (40.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 15 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 15 (100.00%) Git
1 15 (100.00%) Subversion
2 9 (60.00%) JUnit
General
1 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Developer
1 15 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 15 (100.00%) Junior
1 15 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 15 (100.00%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (100.00%) J2EE
1 15 (100.00%) React
1 15 (100.00%) RESTful
1 15 (100.00%) Struts
1 15 (100.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Linux
1 6 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 15 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 15 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (60.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 9 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
3 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 6 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (40.00%) SDLC
3 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C++
1 15 (100.00%) Java
1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 15 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 15 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Kubernetes