South Yorkshire Ruby Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the South Yorkshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bath Belfast Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London County Antrim Doncaster East of England England Gatwick Hampshire High Wycombe Lancashire Leeds London Manchester North West Northern Ireland Portsmouth Reading Rotherham Rugby Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wimbledon Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	41	41
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	3	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	2.913 %	0.833 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£220
Average daily rate	-	£235
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£475	£234
% change on same period last year	+103.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£35.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.50	£28.33
% change on same period last year	+28.82 %
Programming Languages South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	103	120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.136 %	0.120 %
Daily rates quoted	23	18
Average minimum daily rate	£288	£280
Average daily rate	£307	£298
% change on same period last year	+2.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£317
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.98	£22.06
Average hourly rate	£34.36	£23.06
% change on same period last year	+48.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.73	£24.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.47	£33.03
% change on same period last year	+1.31 %
Ruby Yorkshire

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Sheffield	-1	3	-	-
Rotherham	-	2	-	-
Doncaster	-	2	-	-

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

1 3 (100.00 %) Ruby on Rails 2 1 (33.33 %) Agile Software Development 2 1 (33.33 %) TDD 2 1 (33.33 %) JavaScript

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Application Development 1 3 (100.00 %) Ruby on Rails	Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Developer 1 3 (100.00 %) Ruby On Rails Developer
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Agile Software Development 1 1 (33.33 %) TDD	Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) JavaScript