Perl Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Perl
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Perl skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 139 217
Rank change year-on-year - +78 -5
Permanent jobs citing Perl 0 22 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley - 0.75% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 2.34% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 0 14 5
10th Percentile - - £58,500
25th Percentile - £97,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £105,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +31.25% +95.12%
75th Percentile - £112,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - £115,000 -
South East median annual salary £58,000 £105,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -44.76% +75.00% +26.32%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 639 942 1,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.15% 31.92% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 467 589 1,497
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Perl job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Perl
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Perl.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Perl