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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 381 370
Rank change year-on-year +36 -11 +53
Permanent jobs citing Perl 19 59 123
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.36% 0.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.46% 0.83% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 17 33 89
10th Percentile - £52,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £67,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,253 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% +13.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £76,250 £112,500 £83,750
90th Percentile - - £102,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £72,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.85% -8.97%

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 4,090 7,089 9,947
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.16% 43.03% 46.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,098 4,448 8,471
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,418 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 10 January 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 2 (10.53%) Apache
1 2 (10.53%) nginx
1 2 (10.53%) OpenStack
2 1 (5.26%) Apache Solr
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DHCP
1 2 (10.53%) DNS
1 2 (10.53%) LAN
1 2 (10.53%) NAS
1 2 (10.53%) SAN
1 2 (10.53%) SNMP
1 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
1 2 (10.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Git
1 2 (10.53%) GitLab
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Linux Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Automation Engineer
2 8 (42.11%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Applications Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Applications Support
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Backend Developer
6 1 (5.26%) DevOps Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Linux Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Linux DevOps Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Project Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Project Leader
6 1 (5.26%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) XML
2 2 (10.53%) LDAP
3 1 (5.26%) LAMP
3 1 (5.26%) Node.js
3 1 (5.26%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) FPGA
2 1 (5.26%) Clustering
2 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) CentOS
2 3 (15.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Unix
4 1 (5.26%) Debian
4 1 (5.26%) Solaris
4 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
4 1 (5.26%) Windows
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) CI/CD
2 10 (52.63%) DevOps
3 9 (47.37%) Platform Engineering
3 9 (47.37%) Security Hardening
4 8 (42.11%) Data Security
5 6 (31.58%) ITIL
6 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
8 3 (15.79%) Containerisation
9 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
9 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.53%) ITSM
9 2 (10.53%) Task Automation
9 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
10 1 (5.26%) API Integration
10 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Automation
10 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 1 (5.26%) Machine Learning
10 1 (5.26%) Proactive Monitoring
10 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) Python
2 11 (57.89%) Bash
3 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.53%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) LPIC
2 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) GDPR
1 9 (47.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (78.95%) Ansible
2 10 (52.63%) Red Hat Satellite
3 3 (15.79%) Terraform
4 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 2 (10.53%) Puppet
4 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Red Hat
2 2 (10.53%) Dell
2 2 (10.53%) HP
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft