On the scale of subjective questions… :P

I rambled on the topic here a few days ago: Re: Tiobe index - Perl is having a hard time. I mostly work with Catalyst but Dancer2 and Mojolicious are both popular options. I think Perl excels as a first language because it is unconstrained by dogma or technical focus. Procedural, functional, OO, Ook, whatever you want, however you think, Perl can accommodate.

There are quite a few empty desks for Perl jobs. They are not everywhere though so moving or being so good and reliable you can telecommute might be necessary. Last time my group needed to hire it took months to find any half-way decent, emphasis on the half-way, candidates and this was in a tech Mecca for a position with good benefits and salary at a large, non-startup, old money company.

Keep in mind that anyone who is proficient in more than one language is going to have an advantage in the code game no matter when the next pandemic what happens with Perl.