Perl
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Perl skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Perl over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 594 385 478
Rank change year-on-year -209 +93 -5
Permanent jobs citing Perl 256 670 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.83% 0.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.93% 2.07% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 190 286 585
10th Percentile £39,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £94,375 £99,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27,596 32,430 91,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 40.19% 52.34%
Number of salaries quoted 19,728 24,108 43,810
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,171
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,850
% change year-on-year - +2.14% +7.70%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Perl as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Perl in the UK

Perl
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Perl.

Salary trend for Perl in the UK

Perl
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Perl over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Perl in the UK

Perl
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Perl within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England -177 229 £70,000 +7.69% 24
UK excluding London -195 173 £60,000 +9.09% 19
London -34 78 £80,000 - 10
Work from Home -86 78 £62,500 -3.85% 10
South West +23 65 £75,000 +3.45% 2
South East -50 46 £52,500 +16.67% 5
North of England -104 22 £102,500 +86.36% 3
North West -43 18 £102,500 +115.79% 2
Midlands -41 13 £42,000 +9.09% 4
Northern Ireland +13 11 £52,500 - 2
West Midlands -5 11 £42,000 +10.53% 1
Scotland -73 10 £60,000 -28.04%
East of England -29 5 £50,000 -21.57%
Yorkshire -23 4 £96,473 +57.69% 1
East Midlands -46 2 - - 3
Wales -3 1 £130,446 - 3

Perl
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.73%) OpenStack
3 6 (2.34%) nginx
4 5 (1.95%) Apache
4 5 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.95%) Confluence
5 3 (1.17%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.17%) Simulink
2 3 (1.17%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.78%) Abaqus
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (3.91%) Fidessa
2 6 (2.34%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 63 (24.61%) AWS
2 58 (22.66%) Azure
3 15 (5.86%) IaaS
4 11 (4.30%) Nutanix
4 11 (4.30%) OpenShift
5 10 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.52%) GCP
6 9 (3.52%) Serverless
7 6 (2.34%) GitHub
8 5 (1.95%) Cloud Composer
8 5 (1.95%) dbt
8 5 (1.95%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.17%) OCI
11 2 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.78%) AWS KMS
11 2 (0.78%) SaaS
12 1 (0.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (13.28%) DNS
2 32 (12.50%) Firewall
3 31 (12.11%) TCP/IP
4 25 (9.77%) WAN
5 19 (7.42%) DHCP
6 17 (6.64%) LAN
7 12 (4.69%) Remote Desktop
7 12 (4.69%) SNMP
8 10 (3.91%) FIX Connectivity
9 9 (3.52%) 5G
9 9 (3.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (3.52%) Wireshark
10 8 (3.13%) SD-WAN
10 8 (3.13%) VPN
11 6 (2.34%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.34%) SSH
12 4 (1.56%) Modbus
12 4 (1.56%) NAS
12 4 (1.56%) tcpdump
12 4 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.94%) MySQL
2 20 (7.81%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.08%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.91%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.95%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.95%) InfluxDB
6 5 (1.95%) Looker
6 5 (1.95%) MariaDB
6 5 (1.95%) Power BI
6 5 (1.95%) Tableau
7 4 (1.56%) Big Data
7 4 (1.56%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.78%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.78%) SQLite
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (13.28%) Jenkins
2 27 (10.55%) JIRA
3 21 (8.20%) GitLab
4 20 (7.81%) Git
5 12 (4.69%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.17%) ClearCase
6 3 (1.17%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.17%) JUnit
6 3 (1.17%) Maven
6 3 (1.17%) Plastic SCM
7 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.78%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.78%) Subversion
8 1 (0.39%) JMeter
8 1 (0.39%) JProfiler
8 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.39%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.39%) Selenium
8 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.39%) Vagrant
General
1 68 (26.56%) Finance
2 65 (25.39%) Social Skills
3 44 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.23%) Banking
5 22 (8.59%) Investment Banking
6 17 (6.64%) Electronics
7 13 (5.08%) Marketing
7 13 (5.08%) Tech for Good
8 10 (3.91%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.34%) Retail
10 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.56%) Legal
12 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.17%) Automotive
12 3 (1.17%) Front Office
12 3 (1.17%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Billing
Job Titles
1 52 (20.31%) Senior
2 48 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 43 (16.80%) Developer
4 28 (10.94%) Linux Engineer
5 25 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (8.20%) Cloud Engineer
7 20 (7.81%) Platform Engineer
8 19 (7.42%) AWS Engineer
9 17 (6.64%) Perl Developer
9 17 (6.64%) Senior Software Engineer
10 15 (5.86%) Operations Engineer
11 14 (5.47%) Administrator
11 14 (5.47%) Analyst
11 14 (5.47%) Automation Engineer
11 14 (5.47%) C Software Engineer
11 14 (5.47%) Systems Administrator
12 13 (5.08%) Applications Support
12 13 (5.08%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (5.08%) C++ Software Engineer
12 13 (5.08%) Kubernetes Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.03%) Node.js
2 13 (5.08%) LDAP
3 10 (3.91%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (3.52%) XML
5 8 (3.13%) OpenMP
6 7 (2.73%) Web Services
7 6 (2.34%) Hibernate
7 6 (2.34%) JSON
7 6 (2.34%) REST
7 6 (2.34%) SOAP
7 6 (2.34%) Spring
8 5 (1.95%) HTML
8 5 (1.95%) React
9 4 (1.56%) Catalyst
9 4 (1.56%) EDI
9 4 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.56%) RESTful
10 3 (1.17%) CSS
10 3 (1.17%) J2EE
10 3 (1.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.81%) GNSS
1 20 (7.81%) Hybrid Cloud
1 20 (7.81%) Linux Command Line
2 14 (5.47%) FPGA
2 14 (5.47%) IoT
2 14 (5.47%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.08%) Legacy Applications
4 11 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.91%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.91%) Eurex
6 8 (3.13%) MicroBlaze
6 8 (3.13%) VHDL
6 8 (3.13%) Wiki
7 7 (2.73%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.34%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.34%) CUDA
8 6 (2.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (2.34%) Video\Live Streaming
9 5 (1.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 167 (65.23%) Linux
2 86 (33.59%) Windows
3 55 (21.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 49 (19.14%) Unix
5 34 (13.28%) CentOS
6 15 (5.86%) Ubuntu
7 14 (5.47%) Windows Server
8 10 (3.91%) Windows 10
9 9 (3.52%) Embedded Linux
9 9 (3.52%) Solaris
10 5 (1.95%) SUSE
10 5 (1.95%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.56%) Debian
12 3 (1.17%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (1.17%) VMS
13 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.27%) Software Engineering
3 56 (21.88%) Agile
4 47 (18.36%) Configuration Management
5 43 (16.80%) Computer Science
6 42 (16.41%) DevOps
7 35 (13.67%) CI/CD
8 33 (12.89%) SDLC
8 33 (12.89%) Task Automation
9 30 (11.72%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (11.72%) Test Automation
10 27 (10.55%) ITIL
10 27 (10.55%) Software Testing
11 25 (9.77%) Creative Thinking
11 25 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 24 (9.38%) Multithreading
13 23 (8.98%) B2B
13 23 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (8.20%) Requirements Analysis
14 21 (8.20%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 219 (85.55%) Python
2 125 (48.83%) Bash
3 62 (24.22%) PowerShell
4 57 (22.27%) C
4 57 (22.27%) Java
5 53 (20.70%) C++
6 44 (17.19%) Ruby
7 35 (13.67%) SQL
8 19 (7.42%) JavaScript
8 19 (7.42%) Shell Script
9 15 (5.86%) Tcl
10 14 (5.47%) VB
11 12 (4.69%) Korn
12 11 (4.30%) MATLAB
13 8 (3.13%) PHP
14 6 (2.34%) Fortran
15 5 (1.95%) C#
16 4 (1.56%) Embedded C
17 3 (1.17%) Go
18 2 (0.78%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 70 (27.34%) Degree
2 27 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 14 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.30%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.73%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.34%) PhD
8 4 (1.56%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (1.17%) HND
9 3 (1.17%) Linux+ Certification
9 3 (1.17%) RHCE
10 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.69%) PMO
2 11 (4.30%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.91%) QA
4 6 (2.34%) JTAG
5 3 (1.17%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.17%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (1.17%) ISO 26262
5 3 (1.17%) MISRA
6 2 (0.78%) SLA
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) GDPR
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (23.44%) Docker
2 35 (13.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.20%) Active Directory
4 19 (7.42%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (6.64%) Firmware
6 12 (4.69%) XenApp
6 12 (4.69%) XenDesktop
7 8 (3.13%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (3.13%) KVM
8 6 (2.34%) Lustre
8 6 (2.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (1.95%) Hyper-V
10 3 (1.17%) Ceph
10 3 (1.17%) Gluster
10 3 (1.17%) oVirt
10 3 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.39%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.39%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (26.95%) Ansible
2 52 (20.31%) Puppet
3 47 (18.36%) Kubernetes
4 42 (16.41%) Terraform
5 26 (10.16%) Progress Chef
6 17 (6.64%) Salt
7 13 (5.08%) Prometheus
8 12 (4.69%) Red Hat Satellite
9 11 (4.30%) Nagios
10 10 (3.91%) Grafana
11 9 (3.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 7 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.95%) Rundeck
13 5 (1.95%) SCCM
13 5 (1.95%) ZABBIX
14 4 (1.56%) Cacti
15 3 (1.17%) Graylog
15 3 (1.17%) NetBackup
15 3 (1.17%) Observium
16 2 (0.78%) vRealize
Vendors
1 49 (19.14%) Red Hat
2 37 (14.45%) VMware
3 31 (12.11%) Microsoft
4 23 (8.98%) Oracle
5 14 (5.47%) Cisco
6 12 (4.69%) Citrix
6 12 (4.69%) Fortinet
6 12 (4.69%) TOWER Software
7 11 (4.30%) Bloomberg
7 11 (4.30%) Facebook
8 10 (3.91%) CQG
8 10 (3.91%) ION Trading
8 10 (3.91%) Patsystems
8 10 (3.91%) Reuters
8 10 (3.91%) Trayport
9 9 (3.52%) F5
9 9 (3.52%) Splunk
10 8 (3.13%) Altera
10 8 (3.13%) Green Hills
10 8 (3.13%) Xilinx