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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails (RoR) skills within the North East 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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-£237
% 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£32.50£26.25
% change on same period last year+23.80 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North East
Matching contract IT job ads154188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.222 %0.191 %
Daily rates quoted2338
Average minimum daily rate£317£304
Average daily rate£339£315
% change on same period last year+7.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.96 %
Hourly rates quoted1024
Average minimum hourly rate£30.34£30.96
Average hourly rate£32.05£32.12
% change on same period last year-0.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.75£33.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.88£32.08
% change on same period last year-3.74 %
Ruby on Rails EnglandRuby on Rails
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 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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North East Ruby on Rails Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)Flash
11 (100.00 %)ColdFusion
11 (100.00 %)MVC
11 (100.00 %)Ruby
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
11 (100.00 %)CakePHP
11 (100.00 %)MonoRail
11 (100.00 %)Fusebox
11 (100.00 %)Mach-II

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)MVC
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
11 (100.00 %)CakePHP
11 (100.00 %)MonoRail
11 (100.00 %)Fusebox
11 (100.00 %)Mach-II
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)ColdFusion
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Flash
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Lead Developer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)Ruby