Why are Perl Jobs Paid so Low?

B.N. of Cleveland, OH phoned and e-mailed me about a f/t perm. Perl job in Boston, MA (description below).

I talked to him and he said that the pay is max 100K+benefits.

Now the job require a lot of experience and skill yet the pay level is low IMO. I wonder why it is so? I have had calls about Perl jobs in the past 6 months and they seem to be on the low side of the pay scale in the US and downright laughable in Canada (CAD 65K).

I reckon Perl jobs are classified as Sysadmin (or worse LAMP) jobs. This is too bad as Perl is fun and has been used to build large systems that are not oriented towards serving Web pages.

-ulianov

Candidates must have extensive knowledge of:
1) Unix OS, HTTP/S
2) C++, NSAPI, PERL, HTML, JavaScript
3) High-throughput software design techniques and strategies
4) Multi-processing code design patterns
5) Connection management and multi-threading application design
6) Systems design for application deployment
7) Software version control and build practices using Clearcase and ANT
8) Publish / Subscribe metaphor
9) Shared memory management and data cache.

Ideal candidates would also have experience in:
1) Financial services industry
2) Market symbology and financial instrument attributes
3) Basic systems administration duties
4) Network technology including TCP/IP, DNS and traffic load balancing
5) Database modeling and design, specifically Oracle and be proficient in writing PL/SQL, complex queries.