Skill ProfileLanguages

Perl

No mentions of Perl in June 2026. Historic data still available below.

Mentions · June 2026
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJul '25 Jun '26
Share of All Jobs
0.0%
All-Time Peak
10mentions · August 2014
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
320since April 2011 · 183 months
33
'15
29
'16
26
'17
37
PEAK
'18
12
'19
14
'20
13
'21
9
'22
7
'23
0
'24
0
'25
0
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
320183 mo
↑ Best year
201446
↓ Quietest full year
20240
Latest full year
20250
§ 02Compensation

What Perl jobs pay

Compensation

Too few Perl posts disclosed compensation over the past 3 years to report a reliable range.

§ 03Footprint

Where Perl is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Perl posts by where the role is based.

No regional breakdown available for Perl this month.

Remote Policy

No remote-policy classification available.

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Perl

By Seniority
Roles by level

No seniority breakdown available for Perl this month.

By Function
Roles by function

No role-function breakdown available for Perl this month.

§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with Perl.

#01
Signature Stack
Perl’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Perl over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
NGINX
601.4×
OIDC
201.8×
ECS / EKS
87.1×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python583%
02ECS / EKS350%
03Kubernetes350%
04OIDC350%
05Linux (non-WSL)233%
06NGINX233%

% of Perl jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Perl stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0148-7.7%
6.7%
0241-4.7%
5.7%
0320-9.1%
2.8%
0412-7.7%
1.7%
059-18%
1.3%
0680.0%
1.1%
0770.0%
1.0%
0860.0%
0.8%
096+100%
0.8%
106-14%
0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
21 posts offer sponsorship
2.9%
Offer sponsorship
212.9%
Explicitly decline
101.4%
Don’t mention
68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.