Btw, the jobs.perl.org Job Statistics for number of jobs posted are also positive:

Year	Total Jobs	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2007	1729 (*)	149	138	139	164	166	163	143	137	147	184	175	24 (*)
2006	1634	135	134	131	133	150	138	123	162	123	155	171	79
2005	1329	92	102	106	133	133	111	102	111	102	115	127	95
2004	955	68	58	89	80	71	89	75	84	71	93	94	83
2003	566	38	49	53	60	25	40	41	60	49	56	49	46
2002	382	33	32	33	14	44	24	33	42	31	34	30	32

(*) Only part way through December