Ruby on Rails Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

Note that 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 (RoR)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012		Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank444486447
Rank change year-on-year
Up+42Down-39
Matching contract IT job ads1359589
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.228 %0.155 %0.162 %
As % of the Application Development category0.890 %0.562 %0.577 %
Number of daily rates quoted1035733
Average daily rate£355£315£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.69 %+5.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£254£242£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£391£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£250
% change year-on-year
+8.33 %+20.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted252
Average hourly rate£26.00£27.50£9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.45 %+189.47 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£27.50£9.50
% change year-on-year
-27.27 %+189.47 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		151651690115437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK25.62 %27.54 %28.04 %
Number of daily rates quoted891698148183
Average daily rate£350£400£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+9.58 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£300
% change year-on-year
-+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted380573441
Average hourly rate£32.50£36.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.72 %+20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£19.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£47.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.00£36.50£28.50
% change year-on-year
-12.32 %+28.07 %

Ruby on Rails
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 16 May 2012.

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
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 16 May 2012. 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+55129£355+13.14 %
LondonUp+80100£375+13.63 %
City of LondonUp+5936£425+18.05 %
South EastUp+217£325+4.83 %
BerkshireDown-810£325+5.69 %
East of EnglandDown-36£350+21.73 %
OxfordshireDown-74£275-15.38 %
OxfordDown-134£275-
WindsorNew entry-4£325-
WalesUp+33£325-
GlasgowUp+33--
ScotlandNo change03--
YorkshireDown-133£175-31.37 %
West YorkshireDown-173£175-23.91 %
LeedsDown-203£175-23.91 %
South WalesUp+62£275-
CardiffUp+22£275-
North WestDown-52£263+1.15 %
HertfordshireDown-102£288-
ManchesterDown-172£263+1.15 %
CambridgeNew entry-2--
SloughNew entry-2£400-
CambridgeshireNew entry-2--
EssexNew entry-2£375-
HampshireUp+31£250-28.57 %
SurreyNo change01--
South WestNew entry-1--
Thames ValleyNew entry-1--
SouthamptonNew entry-1£250-
ThatchamNew entry-1£288-

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

1246 (96.85 %)Ruby
2130 (51.18 %)CSS
3122 (48.03 %)JavaScript
4116 (45.67 %)HTML
575 (29.53 %)Java
673 (28.74 %)TDD
760 (23.62 %)MySQL
852 (20.47 %)SQL
951 (20.08 %)Cucumber
1047 (18.50 %)jQuery
1143 (16.93 %)Agile Software Development
1242 (16.54 %)Open Source
1341 (16.14 %)PHP
1439 (15.35 %)Linux
1537 (14.57 %)BDD
1636 (14.17 %)Web Services
1636 (14.17 %)XML
1733 (12.99 %)Scrum
1832 (12.60 %)OO
1930 (11.81 %)Subversion
1930 (11.81 %)Git (software)
2029 (11.42 %)C#
2128 (11.02 %)SOAP
2227 (10.63 %).NET
2227 (10.63 %)HTML5
2323 (9.055 %)Continuous Integration
2422 (8.661 %)JRuby
2422 (8.661 %)RSpec
2521 (8.268 %)HTTP
2620 (7.874 %)Tomcat

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1130 (51.18 %)CSS
2116 (45.67 %)HTML
347 (18.50 %)jQuery
436 (14.17 %)Web Services
436 (14.17 %)XML
528 (11.02 %)SOAP
627 (10.63 %).NET
627 (10.63 %)HTML5
722 (8.661 %)JRuby
819 (7.480 %)Ajax
918 (7.087 %)ASP.NET
1017 (6.693 %)JSON
1116 (6.299 %)Spring
1215 (5.906 %)Sinatra
1313 (5.118 %)WCF
1313 (5.118 %)CSS3
1412 (4.724 %)LAMP
1511 (4.331 %)Flash
1511 (4.331 %)RESTful
1511 (4.331 %)Haml
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (7.874 %)Tomcat
214 (5.512 %)WordPress
313 (5.118 %)CMS
313 (5.118 %)Apache
411 (4.331 %)ColdFusion
59 (3.543 %)Drupal
66 (2.362 %)BizTalk Server
74 (1.575 %)Magento
74 (1.575 %)SharePoint
74 (1.575 %)Amazon S3
83 (1.181 %)nginx
83 (1.181 %)Facebook Platform
83 (1.181 %)Umbraco
92 (0.787 %)ColdFusion MX
92 (0.787 %)RabbitMQ
92 (0.787 %)ExpressionEngine
92 (0.787 %)Amazon EC2
101 (0.394 %)Amazon AWS
101 (0.394 %)Amazon SQS
101 (0.394 %)Apache Solr
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (4.331 %)MS Visio
21 (0.394 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (0.394 %)MS Excel
21 (0.394 %)Photoshop
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (8.268 %)HTTP
210 (3.937 %)Internet
34 (1.575 %)SSH
34 (1.575 %)Kerberos
34 (1.575 %)SNMP
34 (1.575 %)LDAP
34 (1.575 %)SMTP
43 (1.181 %)SSL
43 (1.181 %)DNS
43 (1.181 %)VLAN
52 (0.787 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.394 %)Intranet
61 (0.394 %)FTP
61 (0.394 %)Firewall
61 (0.394 %)LAN
61 (0.394 %)AMQP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
160 (23.62 %)MySQL
214 (5.512 %)PostgreSQL
313 (5.118 %)SQL Server
412 (4.724 %)MongoDB
54 (1.575 %)RDBMS
62 (0.787 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
62 (0.787 %)Data Warehouse
62 (0.787 %)Redis
71 (0.394 %)Mahout
71 (0.394 %)NoSQL
71 (0.394 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.394 %)CouchDB
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
151 (20.08 %)Cucumber
230 (11.81 %)Subversion
230 (11.81 %)Git (software)
322 (8.661 %)RSpec
418 (7.087 %)JUnit
515 (5.906 %)Selenium
612 (4.724 %)JBehave
612 (4.724 %)jMock
78 (3.150 %)TeamCity
86 (2.362 %)Hudson
94 (1.575 %)Atlassian Bamboo
94 (1.575 %)CruiseControl
103 (1.181 %)Capistrano
103 (1.181 %)Ant
112 (0.787 %)NUnit
112 (0.787 %)PhoneGap
121 (0.394 %)PEAR
121 (0.394 %)WebDriver
121 (0.394 %)PHPUnit
121 (0.394 %)Redmine
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (3.150 %)Publishing
26 (2.362 %)Multimedia
26 (2.362 %)Finance
35 (1.969 %)Retail
35 (1.969 %)Marketing
44 (1.575 %)Banking
53 (1.181 %)Telecoms
53 (1.181 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.394 %)Legal
61 (0.394 %)German Language
61 (0.394 %)Japanese Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1225 (88.58 %)Developer
2123 (48.43 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
347 (18.50 %)Ruby Developer
415 (5.906 %)Senior Developer
514 (5.512 %)Software Developer
612 (4.724 %)Mobile Developer
711 (4.331 %)Web Developer
711 (4.331 %)Java Developer
89 (3.543 %)Architect
98 (3.150 %)Designer
107 (2.756 %)Technical Architect
107 (2.756 %)PHP Developer
116 (2.362 %)Technical Designer
116 (2.362 %)Senior Java Developer
116 (2.362 %)Software Engineer
116 (2.362 %)Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
125 (1.969 %)Junior
125 (1.969 %)Junior Developer
125 (1.969 %)Front-End Developer
134 (1.575 %)Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
142 (16.54 %)Open Source
214 (5.512 %)Social Network
39 (3.543 %)Blog
47 (2.756 %)Artificial Intelligence
56 (2.362 %)iPhone
56 (2.362 %)Web 2.0
64 (1.575 %)Digital Media
73 (1.181 %)SaaS
73 (1.181 %)Data Protection Act
73 (1.181 %)Cloud Computing
82 (0.787 %)Mashup
82 (0.787 %)Graphic Design
82 (0.787 %)Informatics
82 (0.787 %)Mathematics
82 (0.787 %)Computer Science
82 (0.787 %)Social Media
82 (0.787 %)iPad
91 (0.394 %)Heroku
91 (0.394 %)New Media
91 (0.394 %)Mainframe
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
139 (15.35 %)Linux
217 (6.693 %)UNIX
314 (5.512 %)Apple iOS
411 (4.331 %)Android
59 (3.543 %)Windows
63 (1.181 %)Windows 7
63 (1.181 %)Ubuntu
63 (1.181 %)Mac OS
72 (0.787 %)Solaris
72 (0.787 %)Mac OS X
81 (0.394 %)FreeBSD
81 (0.394 %)Embedded Linux
81 (0.394 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
173 (28.74 %)TDD
243 (16.93 %)Agile Software Development
337 (14.57 %)BDD
433 (12.99 %)Scrum
532 (12.60 %)OO
623 (9.055 %)Continuous Integration
720 (7.874 %)Pair Programming
819 (7.480 %)Web Development
918 (7.087 %)Kanban
1017 (6.693 %)Automated Testing
1113 (5.118 %)MVC
1212 (4.724 %)Active Record
1212 (4.724 %)Workflow
138 (3.150 %)Content Management
147 (2.756 %)Validation
147 (2.756 %)E-Commerce
147 (2.756 %)Enterprise Architecture
156 (2.362 %)Software Engineering
156 (2.362 %)OOD
156 (2.362 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1246 (96.85 %)Ruby
2122 (48.03 %)JavaScript
375 (29.53 %)Java
452 (20.47 %)SQL
541 (16.14 %)PHP
629 (11.42 %)C#
715 (5.906 %)Perl
715 (5.906 %)Python
89 (3.543 %)Groovy
97 (2.756 %)Clojure
97 (2.756 %)Lisp
97 (2.756 %)Haskell
97 (2.756 %)Erlang
106 (2.362 %)C++
115 (1.969 %)Objective-C
124 (1.575 %)PHP5
124 (1.575 %)PowerShell
133 (1.181 %)Bash shell
133 (1.181 %)Scala
142 (0.787 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (3.150 %)Degree
23 (1.181 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.394 %)PMI Certification
31 (0.394 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.787 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (1.181 %)Varnish
13 (1.181 %)Active Directory
21 (0.394 %)Squid
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (1.181 %)Zenoss
22 (0.787 %)Puppet
31 (0.394 %)Nagios
31 (0.394 %)SCCM
31 (0.394 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (6.299 %)Oracle
211 (4.331 %)Microsoft
36 (2.362 %)Zend
45 (1.969 %)Facebook
45 (1.969 %)Apple
53 (1.181 %)Teradata
62 (0.787 %)Yahoo!
62 (0.787 %)Google
62 (0.787 %)JBoss
62 (0.787 %)Sony
71 (0.394 %)Adobe
71 (0.394 %)Hyperion
71 (0.394 %)NetApp
71 (0.394 %)SAP
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