The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Application Development category for the England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank 329 432 492
Rank change year-on-year
+103 +60
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 198 131 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.477% 0.245% 0.142%
As % of the Application Development category 1.753% 0.937% 0.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 99 53
Average daily rate £400 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £397
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.84% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £32.50 £32.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% +16.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+62.50% -27.27%
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11298 13988 16114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.21% 26.19% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7248 8388 9560
Average daily rate £375 £355 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% -11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 367 558
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -6.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ruby on Rails
UK

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 23 May 2013.

England Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Histogram

Ruby on Rails
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
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 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +73 146 £400 +6.66%
South East +22 21 £400 +23.07%
West Midlands - 10 £425 -
East of England +20 7 £400 +39.13%
North West +14 5 £350 +33.07%
Yorkshire -1 4 £300 +71.42%
South West +30 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Ruby on Rails
UK

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 345 (98.29%) Ruby
2 193 (54.99%) JavaScript
3 182 (51.85%) CSS
4 148 (42.17%) HTML
5 118 (33.62%) TDD
6 109 (31.05%) MySQL
7 107 (30.48%) jQuery
8 94 (26.78%) HTML5
9 89 (25.36%) Agile Software Development
10 88 (25.07%) CSS3
11 84 (23.93%) Git (software)
12 75 (21.37%) Linux
13 72 (20.51%) Ajax
14 69 (19.66%) Java
15 68 (19.37%) Scrum
16 55 (15.67%) Open Source
16 55 (15.67%) Cucumber
17 51 (14.53%) Continuous Integration
18 50 (14.25%) BDD
19 49 (13.96%) OO
20 46 (13.11%) SQL Server
20 46 (13.11%) MVC
21 43 (12.25%) Web Services
22 42 (11.97%) JSON
22 42 (11.97%) RSpec
22 42 (11.97%) RESTful
23 41 (11.68%) NoSQL
24 38 (10.83%) Oracle
25 35 (9.972%) PHP
25 35 (9.972%) Subversion

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 182 (51.85%) CSS
2 148 (42.17%) HTML
3 107 (30.48%) jQuery
4 94 (26.78%) HTML5
5 88 (25.07%) CSS3
6 72 (20.51%) Ajax
7 43 (12.25%) Web Services
8 42 (11.97%) JSON
8 42 (11.97%) RESTful
9 31 (8.832%) Django
10 25 (7.123%) .NET
11 22 (6.268%) XHTML
12 20 (5.698%) REST
13 19 (5.413%) Sinatra
14 18 (5.128%) Spring
15 14 (3.989%) J2EE
16 13 (3.704%) Grails
17 12 (3.419%) Mustache
17 12 (3.419%) Sass
18 11 (3.134%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 30 (8.547%) Apache
2 17 (4.843%) nginx
3 15 (4.274%) RabbitMQ
4 11 (3.134%) Tomcat
5 10 (2.849%) ColdFusion
5 10 (2.849%) ActiveMQ
6 7 (1.994%) WordPress
7 6 (1.709%) Amazon AWS
7 6 (1.709%) Apache Solr
8 5 (1.425%) Drupal
9 3 (0.855%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.855%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.855%) Lotus Notes
9 3 (0.855%) Orchard CMS
9 3 (0.855%) ExpressionEngine
10 2 (0.570%) Facebook Platform
11 1 (0.285%) Jetty
11 1 (0.285%) CMS
11 1 (0.285%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.285%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 5 (1.425%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.285%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.285%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.285%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.285%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.709%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.285%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.419%) LDAP
2 11 (3.134%) Intranet
2 11 (3.134%) Internet
3 10 (2.849%) HTTP
4 4 (1.140%) DNS
5 1 (0.285%) SMS
5 1 (0.285%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (31.05%) MySQL
2 46 (13.11%) SQL Server
3 41 (11.68%) NoSQL
4 32 (9.117%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (8.547%) MongoDB
6 27 (7.692%) Redis
7 26 (7.407%) RDBMS
8 12 (3.419%) Big Data
9 7 (1.994%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.425%) Data Mining
10 5 (1.425%) Riak
10 5 (1.425%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.140%) RavenDB
11 4 (1.140%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (1.140%) SQL Server 2008
11 4 (1.140%) SQL Server 2005
12 2 (0.570%) CouchDB
12 2 (0.570%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.285%) DB2
13 1 (0.285%) GIS
Development Applications
1 84 (23.93%) Git (software)
2 55 (15.67%) Cucumber
3 42 (11.97%) RSpec
4 35 (9.972%) Subversion
5 14 (3.989%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.989%) Selenium
6 12 (3.419%) Capistrano
6 12 (3.419%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.564%) Mercurial
8 7 (1.994%) Maven
8 7 (1.994%) GitHub
9 5 (1.425%) Capybara
9 5 (1.425%) Jasmine
9 5 (1.425%) WebDriver
9 5 (1.425%) Hudson
10 2 (0.570%) TestNG
10 2 (0.570%) WATIR
11 1 (0.285%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.285%) JUnit
11 1 (0.285%) Eclipse
General
1 34 (9.687%) Finance
2 33 (9.402%) Games
3 10 (2.849%) Retail
4 9 (2.564%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.709%) Manufacturing
5 6 (1.709%) Electronics
5 6 (1.709%) Marketing
6 5 (1.425%) Publishing
7 3 (0.855%) Music
8 1 (0.285%) Music Industry
8 1 (0.285%) Banking
Job Titles
1 298 (84.90%) Developer
2 181 (51.57%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 58 (16.52%) Ruby Developer
4 43 (12.25%) Senior Developer
5 30 (8.547%) Web Developer
6 21 (5.983%) Java Developer
7 14 (3.989%) Architect
8 10 (2.849%) .NET Developer
9 7 (1.994%) Senior Java Developer
9 7 (1.994%) Analyst
9 7 (1.994%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
10 6 (1.709%) Agile .NET Developer
10 6 (1.709%) Senior .NET Developer
11 5 (1.425%) Front-End Developer
11 5 (1.425%) Business Analyst
12 4 (1.140%) Senior Architect
12 4 (1.140%) Software Engineer
12 4 (1.140%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.140%) Senior Web Developer
12 4 (1.140%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 55 (15.67%) Open Source
2 25 (7.123%) Computer Science
3 17 (4.843%) Streaming Video
4 14 (3.989%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.704%) Social Media
6 12 (3.419%) W3C
7 11 (3.134%) Online Games
7 11 (3.134%) Heroku
8 10 (2.849%) Digital Media
8 10 (2.849%) iPhone
9 8 (2.279%) iPad
10 7 (1.994%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.709%) DTV
11 6 (1.709%) Social Network
12 5 (1.425%) IaaS
12 5 (1.425%) SaaS
12 5 (1.425%) PaaS
13 4 (1.140%) Visualisation
13 4 (1.140%) NHS
13 4 (1.140%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 75 (21.37%) Linux
2 8 (2.279%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.994%) UNIX
4 6 (1.709%) Android
5 5 (1.425%) Windows
6 4 (1.140%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.855%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.570%) Gentoo
9 1 (0.285%) Solaris
9 1 (0.285%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.285%) Debian
9 1 (0.285%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.285%) Windows Phone 8
9 1 (0.285%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (33.62%) TDD
2 89 (25.36%) Agile Software Development
3 68 (19.37%) Scrum
4 51 (14.53%) Continuous Integration
5 50 (14.25%) BDD
6 49 (13.96%) OO
7 46 (13.11%) MVC
8 33 (9.402%) Web Development
9 23 (6.553%) E-Commerce
10 20 (5.698%) Kanban
11 16 (4.558%) Web Application Development
12 12 (3.419%) Metaprogramming
13 11 (3.134%) OOD
14 10 (2.849%) Workflow
15 9 (2.564%) Test Scripting
16 8 (2.279%) PRINCE2
16 8 (2.279%) OOP
16 8 (2.279%) Automated Testing
16 8 (2.279%) Software Engineering
17 7 (1.994%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 345 (98.29%) Ruby
2 193 (54.99%) JavaScript
3 69 (19.66%) Java
4 35 (9.972%) PHP
5 34 (9.687%) SQL
6 27 (7.692%) Python
7 23 (6.553%) C#
8 18 (5.128%) Scala
9 12 (3.419%) Groovy
10 10 (2.849%) Perl
11 8 (2.279%) VB.NET
12 7 (1.994%) Haskell
13 6 (1.709%) CoffeeScript
14 5 (1.425%) Erlang
14 5 (1.425%) Clojure
15 4 (1.140%) Lisp
15 4 (1.140%) Objective-C
15 4 (1.140%) T-SQL
15 4 (1.140%) C++
16 3 (0.855%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (6.268%) Degree
2 4 (1.140%) PhD
2 4 (1.140%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.570%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.285%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.279%) QA
System Software
1 15 (4.274%) Varnish
2 4 (1.140%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.570%) Shibboleth
4 1 (0.285%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.855%) Puppet
2 1 (0.285%) CFEngine
Vendors
1 38 (10.83%) Oracle
2 13 (3.704%) Microsoft
3 8 (2.279%) Twitter
4 7 (1.994%) SAP
4 7 (1.994%) Facebook
5 5 (1.425%) Google
5 5 (1.425%) Zend
6 4 (1.140%) VMware
7 3 (0.855%) Lotus
8 2 (0.570%) Apple
8 2 (0.570%) Teradata
9 1 (0.285%) i-GRasp
9 1 (0.285%) Omniture
9 1 (0.285%) Adobe
9 1 (0.285%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.285%) Citrix
9 1 (0.285%) Joyent
9 1 (0.285%) Rackspace
London
You will be an accomplished developer with at least 1 years commerical Ruby on Rails development experience. In return the client offers an excellent working environment, competitive rates...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
This Top Digital Agency is looking for a highly technical Ruby on Rails developer with Frontend knowledge... It is essential that you are confident with Ruby on Rails...
Purple Consultancy
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Ruby on Rails Developer-Chrome extensions-JavaScript-OauthRuby on Rails Developer-Chrome extensions-JavaScript-OauthMUST HAVE EXPERIENCE IN MEDIAYou will have full stack Ruby on Rails experience with...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £325 - £375 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Ruby on Rails Developer-Chrome extensions-JavaScript-Oauth MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE IN MEDIA You will have full stack Ruby on Rails experience with knowledge of Chrome Extensions and...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £325 - £375 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
We require a full-stack ruby on rails developer with experience of making chrome extensions. Full-stack Ruby-on-Rails developer with a strong testing methodology good understanding...
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Essential Skills Commercial Ruby on Rails experience. HTML / CSS / JS skills. Experience building web applications using MVC frameworks. Modern RESTful API approach to Ruby on Rails development. Agile...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
This is the best Ruby-on-Rails contract in London hands down... Dear Ruby-on-Rails developers, Louis Goff-Beardsley here... I'm not one of those guys...
Infinitium Recruitment
Rate: From £350 to £400 per day + Toothbrush
Posted: 21 May 2013
Salisbury, Wiltshire
As Web Developer you will be required to have the following skills: - Security Clearance to DV level... - Working knowledge of web application design using HTML, CSS and Javascript...
NES Global Talent
Rate: £350 to £395 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Skills: Experience using Ruby on Rails. Knowledge of any Test driven development (cucumber, rspec, selenium) Experience in version control (Subversion, GIT) Front-end development using XHTML, HTML5, CSS2/...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
They require a full-stack Ruby on Rails Developer with experience of making chrome extensions, with a strong testing methodology good understanding of SQL and Schema design. Strong...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £0.00 per day + negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Web App Developer - Contract - London I am currently representing a digital design studiothat delivers UI/UX design, app development & content creation services to some of the world's...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Web App Developer - Contract - London I am currently representing a digital design studio that delivers UI/UX design, app development & content creation services to some of the world'...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Agile (Scrum), TDD and Continuous Integration will be the norm... Ideally, you will have a combination of the following skills/experience: * Excellent hands-on Ruby coding ability * Deep...
People Source Consulting
Rate: £400 - £500 per day + Extensions, Flexibility
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
You will have efficient ability and skill in the following:- Javascript (Object Orientated)- HTML5- CSS3- XML - AJAX- JQuery- Commercial experience in Front End Development- Excellent communication skillsIf you...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
OO Javascript Developer Intn'l Mobile Consultancy Giant - £450pd... You will have efficient ability and skill in the following: - Javascript (Object Orientated) - HTML5 - CSS3 - XML - AJAX - JQuery - Commercial...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
PostgreSQL or MySQL. Familiarity with Agile Methodology (TDD/BDD/XP/Scrum) JavaScript / jQuery. HTML/XHTML/CSS. Linux... Testing (Cucumber/Rspec) Deployment (Chef/Capistrano) - CI (Hudson/CC/Jenkins) Experience...
Bridge Noble
Rate: £350 - £500 per day + (dependant on experience) + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Duration: 3 Months Rolling Day rate : up to £400 RUBY ON RAILS CONTRACT... Applicants need to have demonstrable commercial experience developing rich and engaging web based applications using...
bridgenoble
Rate: £350 - £500 per day + (dependant on experience) + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
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: £0 - £550 + per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
I'm not one of those guys who calls you up and says "I'm a ruby on the rails recruiter" then emails you and it says ".net,...
Infinitium Recruitment
Rate: From £35,000 to £70,000 per annum + Benefits etc
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will join a technology driven firm that is committed to the Open Source community; As a Ruby Developer you will design and develop new features of their...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Experience with one or more of: Ruby on Rails, Mobile, or Web Channel, is highly desirable. Exposure to technologies such as Java, J2EE, Websphere, MQ, SQL etc are...
Experis IT
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013