 Ruby on Rails (RoR) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 521 | 579 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +58 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 64 | 76 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.085 % | 0.077 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.365 % | 0.331 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 29 | 14 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £343 | £304 |
| Average daily rate | £368 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +10.68 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £393 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| 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 | £35.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 17514 | 22973 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 23.34 % | 23.24 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5868 | 6997 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £352 | £372 |
| Average daily rate | £378 | £398 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.06 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £405 | £424 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £340 | £336 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.20 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 967 | 1398 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.29 | £30.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.64 | £33.41 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.31 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.98 | £35.92 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.78 | £33.23 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.32 % |
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.
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.
