# Perl

Skill · Programming Languages

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/perl

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Larry Wall in 1987, known for its powerful text-processing capabilities and extensive use of regular expressions. It has historically been popular for system administration, web CGI scripting, and bioinformatics due to its flexibility and the vast CPAN library ecosystem. Though its popularity has declined relative to Python, it remains in use for legacy systems and specialized scripting tasks.

## Perl in the job market

- Open roles: 93
- Employers hiring: 15
- Median stated pay: $187,000 (middle half $158,000 – $204,000), from 70 of 93 open roles — the 75% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Perl

Measured from the 93 open roles that name Perl, not from a curated list.

- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 83 roles (89.2%)
- [Tcl](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/tcl) — 44 roles (47.3%)
- [C++](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/c-2) — 27 roles (29.0%)
- [SystemVerilog](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/systemverilog) — 25 roles (26.9%)
- [Verilog](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/verilog) — 25 roles (26.9%)
- [Linux](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/linux) — 12 roles (12.9%)
- [Static Timing Analysis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/static-timing-analysis) — 12 roles (12.9%)
- [Git](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/git) — 10 roles (10.8%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 5 (5%)
- Mid: 15 (16%)
- Senior: 66 (71%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 6 (6%)
- Management: 1 (1%)

From 93 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Perl roles are

- [Santa Clara, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/santa-clara-ca) — 14
- [San Jose, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-jose-ca) — 10
- [Austin, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/austin-tx) — 9
- [Sunnyvale, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/sunnyvale-ca) — 4
- [Atlanta, GA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/atlanta-ga) — 2
- [El Segundo, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/el-segundo-ca) — 2

Among the 56 of 93 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Perl

- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 10
- [Verification Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/verification-engineer) — 9
- [Design Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/design-engineer) — 6
- [Hardware Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/hardware-engineer) — 4
- [Implementation Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/implementation-engineer) — 3
- [Systems Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/systems-engineer) — 3

## Employers hiring for Perl

- [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — 21 open roles
- [Samsung Semiconductor](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/samsung-semiconductor) — 16 open roles
- [Broadcom Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/broadcom-inc) — 14 open roles
- [Intel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/intel) — 13 open roles
- [Arrow Electronics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/arrow-electronics) — 6 open roles
- [Baidu](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/baidu) — 4 open roles

Related skills: [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python), [Regular Expressions](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/regular-expressions), [AWK](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/awk), [Shell Scripting](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/shell-scripting), [Scripting Languages](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/scripting-languages), [Other Programming Languages](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/other-programming-languages)

## Open roles requiring Perl (93)

- [Software Engineer III/IV](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ae607639-21e2-4374-8932-f7e49a2c54bd/software-engineer-iii-iv-at-crane-co) at [Crane Co.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crane-co) — Burbank, CA, $132,000 – $191,000
- [Design For Test Engineer IV (IC)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/626d38c0-f932-4d93-bb67-997a1f8b0add/design-for-test-engineer-iv-ic-at-arrow-electronics) at [Arrow Electronics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/arrow-electronics) — Full-time, San Jose, CA, $112,200 – $170,500
- [Sr. Software Engineer (Firmware)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5932670c-07cd-453b-9675-25b3584dc800/sr-software-engineer-firmware-at-adtran) at [Adtran](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/adtran) — Full-time, Atlanta, GA
- [Senior ASIC Design Engineer - DFX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/c6a4d6b8-50be-429c-874f-cdced871daaf/senior-asic-design-engineer-dfx-at-nvidia) at [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — Santa Clara, CA, $168,000 – $310,500
- [SOC IP RTL Development Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9ec8f2df-14b6-458a-9590-5bb17c10c2c9/soc-ip-rtl-development-engineer-at-samsung-semiconductor) at [Samsung Semiconductor](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/samsung-semiconductor)
- [Site Reliability Engineer II](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ae6462ee-8a80-4ed5-b6e3-afbf93f57796/site-reliability-engineer-ii-at-mastercard) at [Mastercard](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mastercard) — Full-time, O Fallon, MO, $76,000 – $127,000
- [Senior Formal Verification Engineer – AI SoC Development](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/3e8ac950-5e6d-4ec1-ba8f-eb6941957fbf/senior-formal-verification-engineer-ai-soc-development-at-intel) at [Intel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/intel) — Full-time, $220,920 – $311,890
- [Senior Database Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/1420a795-4242-407f-9cd6-c3dbe28b5033/senior-database-engineer-at-lseg) at [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg) — $100,200 – $167,000
- [Analyst I, Falcon Complete (Remote, PST/MST)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/4fe08f66-57d7-4e3b-96bf-ed28aaae7e9b/analyst-i-falcon-complete-remote-pst-mst-at-crowdstrike) at [CrowdStrike](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crowdstrike) — Remote, CA$90,000 – CA$135,000
- [Experienced Hardware Emulation Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a1ac2257-fd33-4212-ba4e-57f8ba6bb5bc/experienced-hardware-emulation-software-engineer-at-boeing) at [Boeing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/boeing) — Full-time, El Segundo, CA, $135,150 – $182,850

All 93 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=9187b428-f105-44fc-b121-358627801efc