Ruby Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 85 97 92
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -5
Contract jobs citing Ruby 10 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.606% 0.269% 0.106%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.965% 0.798% 0.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 2
Average daily rate £425 £330 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £305 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £383 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 509 752 622
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.83% 33.71% 32.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 383 318
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 32
Average hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.50 £13.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £32.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Ruby
England

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwickshire +2 5 £294 -26.56%
Ruby
England

Ruby
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 13 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 9 (69.23%) OpenID
2 9 (69.23%) LDAP
2 9 (69.23%) SAML
2 9 (69.23%) Middleware
3 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (30.77%) OAuth
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (23.08%) Lotus
5 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Google
6 2 (15.38%) Linux
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
7 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
7 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.692%) Web Services
7 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
7 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
7 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
7 1 (7.692%) Open Source
7 1 (7.692%) Analytics
7 1 (7.692%) Data Management
7 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 13 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 9 (69.23%) SAML
2 9 (69.23%) Middleware
2 9 (69.23%) OpenID
3 4 (30.77%) OAuth
4 1 (7.692%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.692%) MS Visio
1 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) LDAP
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Developer
1 9 (69.23%) Ruby on Rails Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.692%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.692%) Data Management
4 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.692%) Analytics
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Lotus
2 2 (15.38%) Google
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
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