The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwick region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Warwick region.

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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Ruby 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwick 9.524% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -27.27%
All Programming Languages
Warwick
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 12 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwick 42.86% 26.67% 19.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 5
Average daily rate £325 £290 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -23.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £261 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Ruby
Warwickshire

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby across the Warwick region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Warwick Ruby Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warwick Ruby Daily Rate Trend

Ruby
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwick 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 7 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (42.86%) LDAP
2 3 (42.86%) Lotus
2 3 (42.86%) SAML
2 3 (42.86%) Middleware
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) OAuth
2 3 (42.86%) OpenID
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Google
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management
4 1 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Open Source

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwick 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 7 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 3 (42.86%) SAML
2 3 (42.86%) Middleware
2 3 (42.86%) OAuth
2 3 (42.86%) OpenID
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LDAP
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Lotus
2 2 (28.57%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft