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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails (RoR) skills within the West Sussex region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank38-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.449 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£237
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£26.25
% change on same period last year+23.80 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads69156
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.158 %
Daily rates quoted1743
Average minimum daily rate£364£298
Average daily rate£387£308
% change on same period last year+25.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted25
Average minimum hourly rate£34.00£30.75
Average hourly rate£37.00£36.50
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
Ruby on Rails South EastRuby on Rails
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Sussex Ruby on Rails Demand 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GatwickNew entry-1--
Ruby on Rails South EastRuby on Rails
South East

Ruby on Rails
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

14 (100.00 %)MySQL
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XSL
14 (100.00 %)Ruby
14 (100.00 %)AJAX

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XSL
14 (100.00 %)AJAX
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)MySQL
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)Web Developer
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Ruby