The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Ruby on Rails 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 Application Development category for the Warwickshire 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 on Rails (RoR)
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.415% - -
As % of the Application Development category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £294 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+23.07% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £20.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+62.50% -27.27%
All Application Development
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
45 46 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 21.74% 18.85% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 28 28
Average daily rate £300 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Ruby on Rails
West Midlands

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Warwickshire Ruby on Rails Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warwickshire Ruby on Rails Daily Rate Trend

Ruby on Rails
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Warwick - 4 £313 -
Ruby on Rails
West Midlands

Ruby on Rails
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

1 8 (100.00%) Ruby
2 4 (50.00%) OAuth
2 4 (50.00%) OpenID
2 4 (50.00%) LDAP
2 4 (50.00%) SAML
2 4 (50.00%) Middleware
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (37.50%) Lotus
3 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (25.00%) Google
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Web Services
5 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Open Source
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) OAuth
1 4 (50.00%) OpenID
1 4 (50.00%) SAML
1 4 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) LDAP
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Ruby on Rails Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Ruby
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Lotus
2 2 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft