The first table below looks at the demand for the Ruby on Rails Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ruby on Rails Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR) Developer
Rank - 130 124
Contract jobs requiring a Ruby on Rails Developer 0 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.295% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.324% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
+23.07% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.00
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2213 2776 2679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.45% 91.05% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 979 1024
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 121 185
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.89% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.87 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Ruby on Rails Developer
South East

Ruby on Rails Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby on Rails Developer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Ruby on Rails Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails Developer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Ruby on Rails Developer Daily Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails Developer
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Ruby on Rails Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Ruby on Rails Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development

Ruby on Rails Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Ruby on Rails Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Ruby on Rails Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Windsor, London
Youll need the following skills/attributes: * Ruby on Rails (solid, commercial experience) * MySQL (or equivalent RDBMS) * Knowledge of Javascript using jQuery or Prototype... * Proficiency with Linux/Unix server...
Elevate Platform Ltd
Rate: Up to UKP 550 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013