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The table below looks at the demand for the Ruby Developer role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Ruby Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank367-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.025 %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£275-
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2424839496
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled38.19 %42.32 %
Daily rates quoted987414909
Average minimum daily rate£390£424
Average daily rate£418£452
% change on same period last year-7.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted14742042
Average minimum hourly rate£23.27£25.05
Average hourly rate£24.69£26.61
% change on same period last year-7.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.11£28.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Ruby Developer EnglandRuby Developer
England

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby Developer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Ruby Developer Demand Trend

Ruby Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Ruby Developer Daily Rate Trend

Ruby Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
City of LondonNew entry-3--
Ruby Developer EnglandRuby Developer
England

Ruby Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Ruby Developer in their job title 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 with Ruby Developer in their job title.

117 (100.00 %)Ruby
214 (82.35 %)Ruby on Rails
311 (64.71 %)MySQL
47 (41.18 %)XML
56 (35.29 %)JavaScript
56 (35.29 %)OO
65 (29.41 %)AJAX
65 (29.41 %)Java
65 (29.41 %)MVC
65 (29.41 %)Web Development
65 (29.41 %)Perl
65 (29.41 %)UNIX
74 (23.53 %)Linux
74 (23.53 %)OOP
74 (23.53 %)SQL Server
74 (23.53 %)TDD
74 (23.53 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (17.65 %)CMS
83 (17.65 %)Hibernate
83 (17.65 %)Social Network
83 (17.65 %)Active Directory
83 (17.65 %)Lotus
83 (17.65 %)Lotus Domino
83 (17.65 %)E-Commerce
83 (17.65 %)SQL
83 (17.65 %)VB
83 (17.65 %)Postini
92 (11.76 %)Apple
92 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
101 (5.882 %)Use Case

Ruby Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Ruby Developer in their job title 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 with Ruby Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (82.35 %)Ruby on Rails
27 (41.18 %)XML
35 (29.41 %)MVC
35 (29.41 %)AJAX
43 (17.65 %)Hibernate
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (17.65 %)Lotus Domino
13 (17.65 %)CMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (64.71 %)MySQL
24 (23.53 %)SQL Server
24 (23.53 %)SQL Server 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)Social Network
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (29.41 %)UNIX
24 (23.53 %)Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (35.29 %)OO
25 (29.41 %)Web Development
34 (23.53 %)OOP
34 (23.53 %)TDD
43 (17.65 %)E-Commerce
52 (11.76 %)Agile Software Development
61 (5.882 %)Use Case
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)Ruby
26 (35.29 %)JavaScript
35 (29.41 %)Perl
35 (29.41 %)Java
43 (17.65 %)SQL
43 (17.65 %)VB
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (17.65 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (17.65 %)Lotus
13 (17.65 %)Postini
22 (11.76 %)Apple
31 (5.882 %)IBM