The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 21 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Ruby 11 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 4.977% 0.442% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.28% 2.128% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £269 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £319
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -48.38%
All Programming Languages
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
72 47 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 32.58% 20.80% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 25 33
Average daily rate £325 £263 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.24% +6.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Ruby
West Midlands

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Ruby Daily Rate Trend

Ruby
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Ruby across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Warwickshire Ruby Daily Rate Histogram

Ruby
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Ruby across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Ruby Hourly Rate Trend

Ruby
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warwick - 5 £313 -
Leamington Spa - 1 £450 -
Ruby
West Midlands

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 14 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 7 (50.00%) LDAP
2 7 (50.00%) OpenID
3 6 (42.86%) OAuth
4 5 (35.71%) Linux
4 5 (35.71%) SAML
4 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (28.57%) Middleware
5 4 (28.57%) Web Services
6 3 (21.43%) Lotus
6 3 (21.43%) IBM Notes
6 3 (21.43%) Project Management
6 3 (21.43%) HTML
6 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (21.43%) MySQL
6 3 (21.43%) Photoshop
6 3 (21.43%) CSS
6 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
6 3 (21.43%) Git (software)
6 3 (21.43%) Open Source
6 3 (21.43%) jQuery
6 3 (21.43%) LESS
7 2 (14.29%) Google
7 2 (14.29%) Document Management
7 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) Change Management
7 2 (14.29%) Workflow
8 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
8 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
8 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 14 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 7 (50.00%) OpenID
3 6 (42.86%) OAuth
4 5 (35.71%) SAML
5 4 (28.57%) Middleware
5 4 (28.57%) Web Services
6 3 (21.43%) HTML
6 3 (21.43%) CSS
6 3 (21.43%) jQuery
6 3 (21.43%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Photoshop
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Web Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Front-End Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Front-End Web Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Architect
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Open Source
2 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Document Management
3 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) Workflow
4 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Data Management
4 1 (7.143%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Lotus
2 2 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
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