Skill ProfileLanguages

Perl

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

Mentions · May 2026
0
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '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 · 182 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
320182 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
602.6×
OIDC
216.4×
ECS / EKS
87.8×

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
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
105+25%
0.7%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.