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This section looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails (RoR) skills within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank-137
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.114 %
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£300-
% 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£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1039874
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.385 %0.884 %
Daily rates quoted202125
Average minimum daily rate£328£281
Average daily rate£348£308
% change on same period last year+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9271
Average minimum hourly rate£28.57£24.82
Average hourly rate£31.45£27.83
% change on same period last year+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.32£30.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Trend

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 North West region.

North West Ruby on Rails Hourly Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

12 (100.00 %)Ruby
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (50.00 %)Spring
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)JBoss
21 (50.00 %)RDBMS

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)JSP
11 (50.00 %)Hibernate
11 (50.00 %)Spring
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)JBoss
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)RDBMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Java Developer
21 (50.00 %)J2EE Developer
21 (50.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (50.00 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Ruby
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
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