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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Bristol 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 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank59-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.366 %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£463£235
% change on same period last year+96.80 %
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£35.42£28.33
% change on same period last year+24.99 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads273296
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.382 %0.304 %
Daily rates quoted6593
Average minimum daily rate£287£323
Average daily rate£320£349
% change on same period last year-8.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted7263
Average minimum hourly rate£32.37£32.68
Average hourly rate£33.68£37.40
% change on same period last year-9.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£42.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.27£32.75
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Ruby South WestRuby
South West

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 Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Ruby Daily Rate Trend

Ruby
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

12 (100.00 %)PHP
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
12 (100.00 %)LAMP
12 (100.00 %)MySQL
21 (50.00 %)Photoshop
21 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)Ruby on Rails
21 (50.00 %)Symfony
21 (50.00 %)jQuery
21 (50.00 %)CMS
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
21 (50.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)OOP
21 (50.00 %)Flash
21 (50.00 %)Python
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)ActionScript
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)XHTML
12 (100.00 %)LAMP
12 (100.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)Ruby on Rails
21 (50.00 %)Symfony
21 (50.00 %)jQuery
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)CMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)MySQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Flash
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Web Developer
21 (50.00 %)PHP Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)OOP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)ActionScript
21 (50.00 %)Python
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript