Someone posted some graphs and such here on PM, sorry I’m too lazy Perl-virtuous to look it up, that job postings for Perl are actually pretty flat for a long time and much higher than some languages with more buzz like Ruby. My anecdote is in agreement: I consistently get 5–7 cold calls from recruiters/headhunters for Perl related jobs per year going on … I’ve lost track? Six years I think. My salary has steadily increased over the last 10 years as well.