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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Manchester 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank6868
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads83
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.782 %0.817 %
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£483£234
% change on same period last year+106.77 %
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£34.64£28.33
% change on same period last year+22.26 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads449367
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.607 %0.362 %
Daily rates quoted7758
Average minimum daily rate£295£299
Average daily rate£312£326
% change on same period last year-4.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted4647
Average minimum hourly rate£24.26£22.34
Average hourly rate£26.95£24.40
% change on same period last year+10.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.64£26.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.30£32.93
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
Ruby North WestRuby
North 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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Ruby Daily Rate Trend

Ruby
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Ruby Hourly Rate Trend

Ruby
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

19 (81.82 %)OO
28 (72.73 %)Perl
28 (72.73 %)UNIX
28 (72.73 %)Linux
28 (72.73 %)Degree
28 (72.73 %)Computer Science
33 (27.27 %)Ruby on Rails
33 (27.27 %)Java
42 (18.18 %)XML
42 (18.18 %)JSP
42 (18.18 %)Spring
42 (18.18 %)Groovy
51 (9.091 %)Grails
51 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
51 (9.091 %)Web Development
51 (9.091 %)Servlets
51 (9.091 %)WebServices
51 (9.091 %)SQL
51 (9.091 %)J2EE
51 (9.091 %)Oracle
51 (9.091 %)CSS
51 (9.091 %)Telecoms
51 (9.091 %)Hibernate
51 (9.091 %)JBoss
51 (9.091 %)OOD
51 (9.091 %)RDBMS

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (27.27 %)Ruby on Rails
22 (18.18 %)XML
22 (18.18 %)JSP
22 (18.18 %)Spring
31 (9.091 %)Servlets
31 (9.091 %)WebServices
31 (9.091 %)J2EE
31 (9.091 %)CSS
31 (9.091 %)Hibernate
31 (9.091 %)Grails
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)JBoss
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)RDBMS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Telecoms
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (27.27 %)Developer
22 (18.18 %)Java Developer
31 (9.091 %)J2EE Developer
31 (9.091 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (9.091 %)Web Developer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (72.73 %)Computer Science
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (72.73 %)UNIX
18 (72.73 %)Linux
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (81.82 %)OO
21 (9.091 %)OOD
21 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
21 (9.091 %)Web Development
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (72.73 %)Perl
23 (27.27 %)Java
32 (18.18 %)Groovy
41 (9.091 %)SQL
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (72.73 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (9.091 %)Oracle