Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank313494
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+181
Matching contract IT job ads9688
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.279 %0.114 %
As % of the Application Development category1.178 %0.477 %
Daily rates quoted4938
Average daily rate£300£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£268
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£300
% change on same period last year-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average hourly rate£16.50£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-34.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£25.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.35£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£25.00
% change on same period last year-34.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
814618463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK23.71 %23.98 %
Daily rates quoted32236002
Average daily rate£338£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Hourly rates quoted4421034
Average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£33.00
% change on same period last year-24.24 %

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Ruby on Rails
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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 within the UK.

Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Histogram

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 within the UK.

Ruby on Rails Hourly Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Ruby on Rails Hourly Rate Histogram

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+18993£300-25.00 %
LondonUp+11053£325-18.75 %
City of LondonUp+7634£330-30.52 %
South EastUp+10819£250-
HampshireNew entry-11£250-
North WestUp+619£230-34.28 %
ManchesterUp+428£230-34.28 %
PetersfieldNew entry-8£250-
East of EnglandUp+594£350+16.66 %
West MidlandsUp+513£200-
BerkshireUp+333£300-
SurreyNew entry-3--
CoventryUp+232£200-
NottinghamNew entry-2--
NottinghamshireNew entry-2--
IpswichNew entry-2--
SuffolkNew entry-2--
YorkshireNew entry-2£225-
East MidlandsNew entry-2--
South WestUp+441£300+20.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+221£350+16.66 %
West YorkshireNew entry-1£225-
South YorkshireNew entry-1--
NorfolkNew entry-1--
DorsetNew entry-1£300-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
NorwichNew entry-1--
Milton KeynesNew entry-1--
LeedsNew entry-1£225-
CambridgeNew entry-1£350-

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1178 (98.34 %)Ruby
282 (45.30 %)MySQL
373 (40.33 %)CSS
459 (32.60 %)JavaScript
556 (30.94 %)HTML
647 (25.97 %)AJAX
744 (24.31 %)Linux
842 (23.20 %)Java
941 (22.65 %)SQL
1036 (19.89 %)PHP
1127 (14.92 %)Perl
1127 (14.92 %).NET
1127 (14.92 %)WebServices
1226 (14.36 %)Subversion
1324 (13.26 %)TDD
1324 (13.26 %)jQuery
1423 (12.71 %)Agile Software Development
1522 (12.15 %)OO
1621 (11.60 %)ASP.NET
1719 (10.50 %)C#
1719 (10.50 %)Web Development
1816 (8.840 %)XHTML
1914 (7.735 %)UNIX
1914 (7.735 %)Content Management
2013 (7.182 %)Degree
2013 (7.182 %)Git (software)
2013 (7.182 %)XML
2013 (7.182 %)C
2112 (6.630 %)ASP
2112 (6.630 %)CMS

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
173 (40.33 %)CSS
256 (30.94 %)HTML
347 (25.97 %)AJAX
427 (14.92 %).NET
427 (14.92 %)WebServices
524 (13.26 %)jQuery
621 (11.60 %)ASP.NET
716 (8.840 %)XHTML
813 (7.182 %)XML
912 (6.630 %)ASP
109 (4.972 %)MVC
118 (4.420 %)WSE
118 (4.420 %)Flash
118 (4.420 %)Middleware
118 (4.420 %)RESTful
127 (3.867 %)J2EE
136 (3.315 %)SOAP
136 (3.315 %)Grails
136 (3.315 %)Spring
145 (2.762 %)Django
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (6.630 %)CMS
211 (6.077 %)Apache
39 (4.972 %)TeamSite
48 (4.420 %)ActiveMQ
56 (3.315 %)ColdFusion
64 (2.210 %)IIS
71 (0.552 %)Tomcat
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.210 %)Photoshop
14 (2.210 %)MS Excel
23 (1.657 %)Authorware
31 (0.552 %)MS Visio
31 (0.552 %)ImageReady
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.552 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (5.525 %)BSS
27 (3.867 %)Internet
36 (3.315 %)HTTP
43 (1.657 %)Intranet
52 (1.105 %)DNS
61 (0.552 %)FTP
61 (0.552 %)RFID
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
182 (45.30 %)MySQL
28 (4.420 %)Informix
33 (1.657 %)MS Access
42 (1.105 %)SQL Server
42 (1.105 %)SQLPlus
51 (0.552 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.552 %)SQLite
51 (0.552 %)RDBMS
51 (0.552 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (14.36 %)Subversion
213 (7.182 %)Git (software)
310 (5.525 %)Selenium
43 (1.657 %)Dreamweaver
52 (1.105 %)JUnit
61 (0.552 %)Eclipse
61 (0.552 %)OpenDeploy
61 (0.552 %)Bugzilla
61 (0.552 %)JSUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (6.077 %)Billing
210 (5.525 %)Electronics
210 (5.525 %)Government
39 (4.972 %)Games
48 (4.420 %)Education
48 (4.420 %)Telecoms
56 (3.315 %)Home Office
63 (1.657 %)Finance
63 (1.657 %)Retail
72 (1.105 %)Health
81 (0.552 %)Publishing
81 (0.552 %)Construction
81 (0.552 %)Music
81 (0.552 %)Music Industry
81 (0.552 %)Interactive Media
81 (0.552 %)Online Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1164 (90.61 %)Developer
2109 (60.22 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
318 (9.945 %)Web Developer
49 (4.972 %).NET Developer
57 (3.867 %)PHP Developer
65 (2.762 %)ASP.NET Developer
74 (2.210 %)Technical Architect
74 (2.210 %)HTML Developer
74 (2.210 %)Architect
74 (2.210 %)Ruby Developer
74 (2.210 %)Perl Developer
83 (1.657 %)Front-End Developer
92 (1.105 %)Product Manager
92 (1.105 %)Technical Lead
92 (1.105 %)Analyst
92 (1.105 %)Consultant
92 (1.105 %)Senior Developer
92 (1.105 %)Software Developer
92 (1.105 %)Oracle Developer
92 (1.105 %)Systems Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (6.630 %)Web 2.0
25 (2.762 %)Computer Science
33 (1.657 %)E-Learning
33 (1.657 %)Social Network
33 (1.657 %)Learning Management System
42 (1.105 %)W3C
42 (1.105 %)Handset
42 (1.105 %)Blog
51 (0.552 %)Physics
51 (0.552 %)Replication
51 (0.552 %)IPTV
51 (0.552 %)Data Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (24.31 %)Linux
214 (7.735 %)UNIX
39 (4.972 %)Solaris
42 (1.105 %)Windows
51 (0.552 %)FreeBSD
51 (0.552 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.552 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (13.26 %)TDD
223 (12.71 %)Agile Software Development
322 (12.15 %)OO
419 (10.50 %)Web Development
514 (7.735 %)Content Management
611 (6.077 %)CRM
79 (4.972 %)OOA/OOD
88 (4.420 %)OOP
88 (4.420 %)E-Commerce
88 (4.420 %)Enterprise Architecture
96 (3.315 %)Unit Testing
96 (3.315 %)Scrum
105 (2.762 %)SOA
114 (2.210 %)Web Design
114 (2.210 %)OOD
114 (2.210 %)UML
123 (1.657 %)Refactoring
132 (1.105 %)TOGAF
132 (1.105 %)Data Protection
132 (1.105 %)Web Usability
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1178 (98.34 %)Ruby
259 (32.60 %)JavaScript
342 (23.20 %)Java
441 (22.65 %)SQL
536 (19.89 %)PHP
627 (14.92 %)Perl
719 (10.50 %)C#
813 (7.182 %)C
96 (3.315 %)Python
105 (2.762 %)ActionScript
114 (2.210 %)VB
114 (2.210 %)VB.NET
122 (1.105 %)ECMAScript
122 (1.105 %)PHP5
122 (1.105 %)C++
131 (0.552 %)PL/SQL
131 (0.552 %)Groovy
131 (0.552 %)Scala
131 (0.552 %)Objective-C
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (7.182 %)Degree
211 (6.077 %)Security Cleared
39 (4.972 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.552 %)CCNA
41 (0.552 %)Cisco Certification
41 (0.552 %)RHCE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.657 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (3.867 %)Oracle
25 (2.762 %)Google
32 (1.105 %)Adobe
41 (0.552 %)Interwoven
41 (0.552 %)Red Hat
41 (0.552 %)Apple
41 (0.552 %)Yahoo!
41 (0.552 %)Cisco