Hybrid/Remote Perl Job Trends

Perl
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Perl skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 382 415
Rank change year-on-year +15 +33 +11
Permanent jobs citing Perl 14 55 132
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.086% 0.35% 0.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.31% 0.79% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 11 33 104
10th Percentile £39,000 £52,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £85,253 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +24.00% -1.79%
75th Percentile £76,250 £112,500 £83,750
90th Percentile - - £102,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -27.50% +23.08% -10.34%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Perl falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,461 6,953 12,526
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.38% 44.74% 45.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,276 4,425 10,914
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,482 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Perl
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Perl and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Perl job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Perl
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Perl.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Perl

Perl
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Perl over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Perl salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Perl
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) OpenStack
2 2 (14.29%) Apache
2 2 (14.29%) nginx
3 1 (7.14%) Apache Solr
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) GitHub
2 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DHCP
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) NAS
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
1 2 (14.29%) SNMP
1 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (7.14%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) GitLab
2 2 (14.29%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) JIRA
3 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
3 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.14%) LabVIEW
3 1 (7.14%) Metasploit
3 1 (7.14%) Subversion
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Linux Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior
3 4 (28.57%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) Project Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Project Leader
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Project Leader
4 2 (14.29%) Team Leader
5 1 (7.14%) Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.14%) Systems Integrator
5 1 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) LAMP
1 2 (14.29%) LDAP
2 1 (7.14%) Middleware
2 1 (7.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Clustering
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 2 (14.29%) FPGA
2 1 (7.14%) Blog
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (28.57%) CentOS
2 4 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Debian
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Ubuntu
3 2 (14.29%) Unix
3 2 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (7.14%) Android
4 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.14%) Kali Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) CI/CD
2 7 (50.00%) DevOps
3 6 (42.86%) Platform Engineering
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Data Security
4 5 (35.71%) Security Hardening
5 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 4 (28.57%) Containerisation
5 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (21.43%) ITIL
6 3 (21.43%) ITSM
7 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
7 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) Service Management
7 2 (14.29%) Task Automation
8 1 (7.14%) API Management
8 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (7.14%) Offensive Security
8 1 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) Python
2 7 (50.00%) Bash
3 3 (21.43%) Java
4 1 (7.14%) C
4 1 (7.14%) C#
4 1 (7.14%) C++
4 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) PHP
4 1 (7.14%) Ruby
4 1 (7.14%) Rust
4 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (21.43%) LPIC
3 2 (14.29%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (7.14%) GPEN
4 1 (7.14%) GWAPT
4 1 (7.14%) GXPN
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.14%) OSCP
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) GDPR
1 4 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Docker
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (85.71%) Ansible
2 6 (42.86%) Red Hat Satellite
3 5 (35.71%) Terraform
4 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
4 3 (21.43%) Puppet
5 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 1 (7.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Red Hat
2 2 (14.29%) Dell
2 2 (14.29%) HP
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) VMware