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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails (RoR) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7988
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.617 %2.513 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£217
Average daily rate-£233
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate-£237
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£17.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£26.25
% change on same period last year+23.80 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads162398
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.226 %0.400 %
Daily rates quoted4498
Average minimum daily rate£370£269
Average daily rate£387£285
% change on same period last year+35.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£302
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1447
Average minimum hourly rate£34.55£32.31
Average hourly rate£39.32£33.38
% change on same period last year+17.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.09£34.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Ruby on Rails South EastRuby on Rails
South East

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 on Rails
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Buckinghamshire Ruby on Rails Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Ruby on Rails Hourly Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
High WycombeNew entry-1--
Ruby on Rails South EastRuby on Rails
South East

Ruby on Rails
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Ruby on Rails 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 on Rails.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
11 (100.00 %)Ruby

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Ruby on Rails 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 on Rails. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)XHTML
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)Perl
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)Ruby