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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails (RoR) skills within the England 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank494559
Rank change on same period last yearUp+65
Matching contract IT job ads6486
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.090 %0.087 %
As % of the category below0.416 %0.376 %
Daily rates quoted2028
Average minimum daily rate£352£331
Average daily rate£384£368
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£404
UK excluding London average daily rate-£237
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted26
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£36.25
% change on same period last year-10.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£26.25
% change on same period last year+23.80 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1536822850
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.64 %23.09 %
Daily rates quoted52537116
Average minimum daily rate£348£361
Average daily rate£374£384
% change on same period last year-2.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted9341420
Average minimum hourly rate£29.27£30.08
Average hourly rate£31.39£32.28
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.51£34.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
Ruby on Rails UKRuby on Rails
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England 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 England region.

England Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Ruby on Rails Hourly Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Ruby on Rails Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 10 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
LondonUp+5349£384-3.02 %
North WestUp+235--
YorkshireUp+195--
South EastUp+374--
East MidlandsUp+11--
Ruby on Rails UKRuby on Rails
UK

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1126 (93.33 %)Ruby
255 (40.74 %)JavaScript
344 (32.59 %)MySQL
435 (25.93 %)Java
435 (25.93 %)XML
533 (24.44 %)CSS
632 (23.70 %)PHP
632 (23.70 %)HTML
632 (23.70 %)AJAX
632 (23.70 %)Web Development
730 (22.22 %)Linux
829 (21.48 %)Scrum
927 (20.00 %)MVC
927 (20.00 %)TDD
927 (20.00 %)SQL
927 (20.00 %)SQL Server
1025 (18.52 %)E-Commerce
1025 (18.52 %)Agile Software Development
1121 (15.56 %)Perl
1219 (14.07 %)OO
1318 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
1417 (12.59 %)CMS
1417 (12.59 %)Hibernate
1516 (11.85 %)Subversion
1615 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
1713 (9.630 %)VMware
1812 (8.889 %)Mac OS X
1911 (8.148 %).NET
1911 (8.148 %)JSP
209 (6.667 %)YUI

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (25.93 %)XML
233 (24.44 %)CSS
332 (23.70 %)HTML
332 (23.70 %)AJAX
427 (20.00 %)MVC
517 (12.59 %)Hibernate
611 (8.148 %).NET
611 (8.148 %)JSP
79 (6.667 %)YUI
88 (5.926 %)XHTML
96 (4.444 %)ASP.NET
105 (3.704 %)XSLT
114 (2.963 %)WebServices
114 (2.963 %)XSL
123 (2.222 %)J2EE
123 (2.222 %)ASP
123 (2.222 %)Drupal
123 (2.222 %)Symfony
132 (1.481 %)Spring
132 (1.481 %)Fusebox
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (12.59 %)CMS
23 (2.222 %)Apache
32 (1.481 %)Plone
32 (1.481 %)Joomla!
32 (1.481 %)ColdFusion
41 (0.741 %)SharePoint
41 (0.741 %)ColdFusion MX
41 (0.741 %)JBoss
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.741 %)Photoshop
11 (0.741 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (2.963 %)Internet
22 (1.481 %)Intranet
31 (0.741 %)SSL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
144 (32.59 %)MySQL
227 (20.00 %)SQL Server
318 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.741 %)PostgreSQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (11.85 %)Subversion
29 (6.667 %)Firebug
33 (2.222 %)WATIR
33 (2.222 %)Selenium
33 (2.222 %)FitNesse
33 (2.222 %)Flash
42 (1.481 %)Ant
42 (1.481 %)JUnit
42 (1.481 %)Eclipse
51 (0.741 %)WinRunner
51 (0.741 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.741 %)JMeter
51 (0.741 %)Log4j
51 (0.741 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.741 %)JBuilder
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (2.963 %)Health
23 (2.222 %)Retail
32 (1.481 %)Multimedia
41 (0.741 %)Music
41 (0.741 %)Marketing
41 (0.741 %)Banking
41 (0.741 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (0.741 %)Back Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1110 (81.48 %)Developer
267 (49.63 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
316 (11.85 %)Web Developer
413 (9.630 %)Senior Developer
413 (9.630 %)Ruby Developer
511 (8.148 %)Software Engineer
69 (6.667 %)Java Developer
69 (6.667 %)Web Designer
78 (5.926 %)PHP Developer
86 (4.444 %)Lead Developer
95 (3.704 %).NET Developer
104 (2.963 %)Architect
104 (2.963 %)Perl Developer
113 (2.222 %)Senior Perl Developer
113 (2.222 %)Java Web Developer
122 (1.481 %)Technical Lead
122 (1.481 %)PHP Web Developer
122 (1.481 %)ASP.NET Developer
122 (1.481 %)Software Developer
122 (1.481 %)Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
24 (2.963 %)Social Network
33 (2.222 %)EPoS
41 (0.741 %)W3C
41 (0.741 %)Blackberry
41 (0.741 %)Management Information System
41 (0.741 %)Streaming Media
41 (0.741 %)Credit Risk
41 (0.741 %)Client/Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (22.22 %)Linux
212 (8.889 %)Mac OS X
37 (5.185 %)UNIX
42 (1.481 %)Windows
42 (1.481 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (0.741 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (23.70 %)Web Development
229 (21.48 %)Scrum
327 (20.00 %)TDD
425 (18.52 %)Agile Software Development
425 (18.52 %)E-Commerce
519 (14.07 %)OO
65 (3.704 %)Pair Programming
74 (2.963 %)OOP
74 (2.963 %)Extreme Programming
83 (2.222 %)Software Engineering
92 (1.481 %)Refactoring
92 (1.481 %)Continuous Integration
92 (1.481 %)E-business
101 (0.741 %)Risk Management
101 (0.741 %)Migration
101 (0.741 %)Web Design
101 (0.741 %)OOD
101 (0.741 %)Test Scripting
101 (0.741 %)Automated Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1126 (93.33 %)Ruby
255 (40.74 %)JavaScript
335 (25.93 %)Java
432 (23.70 %)PHP
527 (20.00 %)SQL
621 (15.56 %)Perl
77 (5.185 %)C#
85 (3.704 %)ActionScript
85 (3.704 %)Python
94 (2.963 %)DHTML
102 (1.481 %)PHP5
102 (1.481 %)Groovy
111 (0.741 %)Smalltalk
111 (0.741 %)Transact-SQL
111 (0.741 %)C
111 (0.741 %)PL/SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.481 %)QA
21 (0.741 %)WAI
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (6.667 %)Xen
22 (1.481 %)VMware Infrastructure
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.741 %)Legato
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (9.630 %)VMware
23 (2.222 %)Apple
32 (1.481 %)Red Hat
32 (1.481 %)Oracle
32 (1.481 %)Microsoft
41 (0.741 %)VERITAS
41 (0.741 %)Vignette
41 (0.741 %)IBM
41 (0.741 %)Zend
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