Perl
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Perl skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Perl over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 416 454 462
Rank change year-on-year +38 +8 -112
Permanent jobs citing Perl 347 843 866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.69% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.61% 1.49% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 187 531 490
10th Percentile £38,084 £41,675 £39,000
25th Percentile £48,125 £51,875 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £77,875
90th Percentile £98,500 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

All Programming Languages
UK

Perl is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 21,547 56,460 66,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.67% 45.96% 52.08%
Number of salaries quoted 16,785 35,996 45,555
10th Percentile £39,730 £38,442 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,788 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Perl in the UK

Perl
Top 17 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 7 December 2023. 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 +35 286 £70,000 - 78
Work from Home +109 209 £65,000 -7.14% 57
UK excluding London +59 208 £55,000 - 61
London +74 112 £85,000 +9.68% 38
South East +41 55 £50,000 - 10
North of England +136 50 £53,500 -23.57% 9
South West +53 29 £57,500 -23.33% 5
North West +137 28 £43,822 -36.26% 4
Scotland +21 25 £50,000 -41.18% 21
Midlands +109 24 £38,000 -30.91% 3
Yorkshire +78 21 £55,000 -21.43% 3
East of England +69 16 £82,500 +50.00% 13
East Midlands +61 15 £57,500 +13.30%
Wales +23 10 £24,000 -
West Midlands +96 9 £37,500 -31.82% 3
Northern Ireland +36 9 - -
North East +43 1 £50,000 -24.53% 2

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 17 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.75%) Confluence
3 11 (3.17%) Apache
4 7 (2.02%) nginx
5 4 (1.15%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (4.90%) Elite 3E
1 17 (4.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (3.46%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 112 (32.28%) AWS
2 96 (27.67%) Serverless
3 70 (20.17%) Azure
4 27 (7.78%) GCP
5 26 (7.49%) GitHub
6 25 (7.20%) SaaS
7 21 (6.05%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (4.03%) Amazon S3
9 12 (3.46%) Amazon SQS
9 12 (3.46%) AWS CodeCommit
9 12 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (3.46%) BlazeMeter
9 12 (3.46%) Route 53
10 11 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.02%) IaaS
13 6 (1.73%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.44%) Akamai
14 5 (1.44%) Datadog
14 5 (1.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.95%) DNS
1 38 (10.95%) Firewall
2 26 (7.49%) TCP/IP
3 20 (5.76%) WAN
4 14 (4.03%) DHCP
5 13 (3.75%) HTTP
6 12 (3.46%) AMQP
6 12 (3.46%) SD-WAN
7 11 (3.17%) VPN
8 10 (2.88%) FIX Connectivity
8 10 (2.88%) Network Security
9 9 (2.59%) 5G
9 9 (2.59%) SNMP
10 6 (1.73%) BGP
10 6 (1.73%) IP Telephony
10 6 (1.73%) IPsec
10 6 (1.73%) MPLS
10 6 (1.73%) OSPF
10 6 (1.73%) VoIP
11 5 (1.44%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (35.73%) Relational Database
2 102 (29.39%) Oracle Database
3 87 (25.07%) RDBMS
4 49 (14.12%) SQL Server
5 40 (11.53%) MySQL
6 20 (5.76%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (5.76%) MongoDB
7 15 (4.32%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (4.32%) Oracle Database 10g
8 13 (3.75%) Big Data
9 12 (3.46%) Data Lake
9 12 (3.46%) Oracle Database 11g
10 10 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.86%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.86%) Redis
13 2 (0.58%) DTS
13 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 154 (44.38%) Git
2 67 (19.31%) Jenkins
3 43 (12.39%) GitLab
4 36 (10.37%) JDeveloper
5 35 (10.09%) JIRA
6 28 (8.07%) Artifactory
6 28 (8.07%) Maven
7 21 (6.05%) SonarQube
8 20 (5.76%) Cucumber
9 18 (5.19%) Visual Studio
10 12 (3.46%) ClearCase
10 12 (3.46%) eggPlant
10 12 (3.46%) JMeter
10 12 (3.46%) JUnit
10 12 (3.46%) Mockito
10 12 (3.46%) Postman
10 12 (3.46%) REST Assured
10 12 (3.46%) SoapUI
10 12 (3.46%) The Grinder
11 10 (2.88%) LoadRunner
General
1 75 (21.61%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.99%) Finance
3 51 (14.70%) Police
4 28 (8.07%) Banking
5 22 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.19%) Investment Banking
7 17 (4.90%) Legal
8 16 (4.61%) Telecoms
9 14 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (3.17%) Law
12 10 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (2.59%) Aerospace
13 9 (2.59%) Marketing
13 9 (2.59%) Retail
14 7 (2.02%) Games
15 4 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.86%) Back Office
16 3 (0.86%) French Language
16 3 (0.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 103 (29.68%) Software Engineer
2 87 (25.07%) Ruby Engineer
3 52 (14.99%) DevOps Engineer
4 43 (12.39%) Senior
5 33 (9.51%) Linux Engineer
6 30 (8.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (8.07%) Analyst
8 25 (7.20%) Architect
9 24 (6.92%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (6.05%) ServiceNow Architect
11 18 (5.19%) Administrator
11 18 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (4.90%) Technical Architect
12 17 (4.90%) Technical Solutions Architect
13 16 (4.61%) AWS DevOps
13 16 (4.61%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 15 (4.32%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (4.03%) Lead
15 14 (4.03%) Linux Support
16 13 (3.75%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (25.65%) Node.js
2 88 (25.36%) React
3 47 (13.54%) JSON
4 36 (10.37%) XML
5 34 (9.80%) REST
6 33 (9.51%) RabbitMQ
7 30 (8.65%) LDAP
8 29 (8.36%) Web Services
9 28 (8.07%) Elastic Stack
9 28 (8.07%) HTML
10 27 (7.78%) SOAP
11 16 (4.61%) Middleware
12 13 (3.75%) FIX Protocol
13 12 (3.46%) Flask
13 12 (3.46%) Gherkin
13 12 (3.46%) JRuby
13 12 (3.46%) OpenAPI
13 12 (3.46%) Swagger
13 12 (3.46%) WireMock
14 8 (2.31%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.92%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 17 (4.90%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (2.88%) Eurex
6 9 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.59%) GNSS
6 9 (2.59%) Video\Live Streaming
7 7 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.02%) Replication
8 5 (1.44%) Clustering
8 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.15%) CMDB
9 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.15%) IoT
9 4 (1.15%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.86%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.86%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 163 (46.97%) Linux
2 74 (21.33%) Windows
3 50 (14.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 46 (13.26%) Unix
5 44 (12.68%) CentOS
6 32 (9.22%) Ubuntu
7 20 (5.76%) Windows Server
8 14 (4.03%) Solaris
9 10 (2.88%) Windows 10
10 8 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.15%) VMS
12 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.29%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (55.91%) DevOps
2 134 (38.62%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (31.41%) Microservices
3 109 (31.41%) Software Engineering
4 106 (30.55%) Continuous Integration
5 99 (28.53%) Actionable Insight
5 99 (28.53%) Unit Testing
6 94 (27.09%) Code Quality
6 94 (27.09%) Open Source
7 92 (26.51%) Containerisation
8 91 (26.22%) Design Patterns
9 87 (25.07%) Clean Code
10 66 (19.02%) CI/CD
11 60 (17.29%) Agile
12 52 (14.99%) Test Automation
13 40 (11.53%) Configuration Management
14 39 (11.24%) Computer Science
15 30 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
15 30 (8.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 30 (8.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 325 (93.66%) Python
2 213 (61.38%) Bash
3 161 (46.40%) Java
4 148 (42.65%) Ruby
5 127 (36.60%) JavaScript
6 99 (28.53%) Go
7 60 (17.29%) PowerShell
8 42 (12.10%) SQL
9 39 (11.24%) PHP
10 29 (8.36%) C
11 28 (8.07%) Groovy
12 26 (7.49%) C++
13 22 (6.34%) C#
14 20 (5.76%) Shell Script
15 15 (4.32%) Korn
16 13 (3.75%) Tcl
17 6 (1.73%) Ada
17 6 (1.73%) Embedded C
17 6 (1.73%) Embedded C++
17 6 (1.73%) Rust
Qualifications
1 111 (31.99%) Security Cleared
2 101 (29.11%) SC Cleared
3 51 (14.70%) Degree
4 19 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.59%) CCNP
5 9 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.73%) CCNA
7 4 (1.15%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.15%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.86%) CCIE
8 3 (0.86%) CCIP
8 3 (0.86%) OCA
8 3 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.86%) PhD
9 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (31.70%) QA
2 9 (2.59%) PMO
3 6 (1.73%) MISRA
4 5 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.58%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 49 (14.12%) Docker
2 37 (10.66%) Active Directory
3 33 (9.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.44%) KVM
4 5 (1.44%) Varnish
5 4 (1.15%) FreeRADIUS
5 4 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.86%) NFS
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.58%) Kamailio
7 2 (0.58%) OpenSIPS
7 2 (0.58%) Squid
8 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.29%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 102 (29.39%) Ansible
2 60 (17.29%) Terraform
3 56 (16.14%) Kubernetes
4 54 (15.56%) Puppet
5 20 (5.76%) Progress Chef
6 14 (4.03%) Nagios
6 14 (4.03%) Red Hat Satellite
7 13 (3.75%) Packer
8 12 (3.46%) Kustomize
9 10 (2.88%) HP Quality Center
10 9 (2.59%) ZABBIX
11 7 (2.02%) Salt
12 6 (1.73%) Cobbler
13 3 (0.86%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.86%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.86%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 3 (0.86%) SCCM
13 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 143 (41.21%) Oracle
2 38 (10.95%) Red Hat
3 33 (9.51%) VMware
4 27 (7.78%) HP
5 24 (6.92%) Microsoft
6 23 (6.63%) ServiceNow
7 20 (5.76%) AppDynamics
8 17 (4.90%) BMC
8 17 (4.90%) Cisco
8 17 (4.90%) Remedy
9 16 (4.61%) TOWER Software
10 14 (4.03%) Sun
11 13 (3.75%) Fortinet
12 12 (3.46%) MKS
13 10 (2.88%) Bloomberg
13 10 (2.88%) CQG
13 10 (2.88%) ION Trading
13 10 (2.88%) Patsystems
13 10 (2.88%) Reuters
13 10 (2.88%) Trayport