Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 18 March 2010 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 for the West Midlands region.

 Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7786123
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+37
Matching contract IT job ads411
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.269 %0.058 %0.030 %
As % of the Application Development category1.117 %0.287 %0.151 %
Daily rates quoted000
Average daily rate---
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£475£290
% change year-on-year
-52.63 %+63.79 %
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£9.50£12.00£31.75
% change year-on-year
-20.83 %-62.20 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
358348662
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands24.11 %20.09 %20.12 %
Daily rates quoted152105153
Average daily rate£263£280£290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.250 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£198£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£375£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted343250
Average hourly rate£24.00£22.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.00£8.00£22.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.10£35.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£30.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
-8.330 %-7.690 %
Ruby on Rails EnglandRuby on Rails
England

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. 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
WarwickshireNew entry-4--
Ruby on Rails EnglandRuby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)JavaScript
15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)OO
15 (100.00 %)HTTP
15 (100.00 %)Ruby
15 (100.00 %)Performance Testing

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)CSS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (100.00 %)HTTP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
15 (100.00 %)Web Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)OO
15 (100.00 %)Performance Testing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)JavaScript
15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %)Ruby