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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£280£350
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.25£35.00
% change on same period last year-10.71 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads137190
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.275 %0.238 %
Daily rates quoted4645
Average minimum daily rate£334£291
Average daily rate£374£315
% change on same period last year+18.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.19 %
Hourly rates quoted1314
Average minimum hourly rate£24.15£27.11
Average hourly rate£27.68£30.19
% change on same period last year-8.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.20£33.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.94£32.49
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
Ruby West MidlandsRuby
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Ruby
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham Ruby Demand Trend

Ruby
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Ruby across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Ruby Daily Rate Trend

Ruby
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Ruby also 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 that cited Ruby.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)Apache
11 (100.00 %)RDBMS
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)NEC
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)OpenCms
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Ruby also 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 that cited Ruby. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)WebSphere
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)JBoss
11 (100.00 %)Apache
11 (100.00 %)OpenCms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)RDBMS
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)NEC