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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby 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 Programming Languages category for the Berkshire region.

 Ruby
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank144143258
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+115
Matching permanent IT job ads222019
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire0.562 %0.432 %0.161 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.211 %1.119 %0.417 %
Salaries quoted222019
Average salary£37,500£40,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.250 %+33.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,250£72,250£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£35,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %+16.66 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
181717884552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire46.39 %38.62 %38.55 %
Salaries quoted159915043928
Average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Ruby South EastRuby
South East

Ruby
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire Ruby Demand Trend

Ruby
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Berkshire Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WindsorUp+16£35,000-22.22 %
ReadingUp+245£45,000-35.71 %
SloughUp+55£37,500+15.38 %
Ruby South EastRuby
South East

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ruby.

130 (90.91 %)Ruby on Rails
225 (75.76 %)CSS
324 (72.73 %)HTML
324 (72.73 %)JavaScript
324 (72.73 %)Linux
423 (69.70 %)UNIX
519 (57.58 %)MySQL
618 (54.55 %)ColdFusion
712 (36.36 %)Perl
712 (36.36 %)Open Source
810 (30.30 %)Pensions
810 (30.30 %)TDD
99 (27.27 %)RDBMS
108 (24.24 %)script.aculo.us
117 (21.21 %)Git (software)
117 (21.21 %)Subversion
117 (21.21 %)Insurance
126 (18.18 %)Blog
126 (18.18 %)Scrum
135 (15.15 %)AJAX
135 (15.15 %)Web Development
135 (15.15 %)Java
135 (15.15 %)Photoshop
135 (15.15 %)Kanban
144 (12.12 %)Cloud Computing
144 (12.12 %)XHTML
144 (12.12 %)Social Network
144 (12.12 %)Health
144 (12.12 %)CMS
144 (12.12 %)Web Design

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ruby. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (90.91 %)Ruby on Rails
225 (75.76 %)CSS
324 (72.73 %)HTML
48 (24.24 %)script.aculo.us
55 (15.15 %)AJAX
64 (12.12 %)XHTML
72 (6.061 %)Haml
72 (6.061 %)jQuery
72 (6.061 %).NET
72 (6.061 %)ASP.NET
81 (3.030 %)Cocoa
81 (3.030 %)XMPP
81 (3.030 %)Web Services
81 (3.030 %)J2EE
81 (3.030 %)JRuby
81 (3.030 %)OAuth
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (54.55 %)ColdFusion
24 (12.12 %)CMS
31 (3.030 %)Apache
31 (3.030 %)nginx
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (15.15 %)Photoshop
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (3.030 %)HTTP
11 (3.030 %)SNMP
11 (3.030 %)TCP/IP
11 (3.030 %)DNS
11 (3.030 %)Internet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (57.58 %)MySQL
29 (27.27 %)RDBMS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (21.21 %)Git (software)
17 (21.21 %)Subversion
23 (9.091 %)RSpec
32 (6.061 %)Selenium
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (30.30 %)Pensions
27 (21.21 %)Insurance
34 (12.12 %)Health
43 (9.091 %)Social Media
52 (6.061 %)Games
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
127 (81.82 %)Developer
211 (33.33 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
36 (18.18 %)ColdFusion Developer
44 (12.12 %)Front-End Developer
53 (9.091 %)Web Developer
53 (9.091 %)Software Engineer
53 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
62 (6.061 %)Designer
71 (3.030 %)Systems Tester
71 (3.030 %)Senior Software Engineer
71 (3.030 %)Helpdesk Support
71 (3.030 %)Web Designer
71 (3.030 %)Systems Support
71 (3.030 %)Administrator
71 (3.030 %)Systems Administrator
71 (3.030 %)Software Architect
71 (3.030 %)Senior Software Architect
71 (3.030 %)Photoshop Designer
71 (3.030 %)Linux Systems Administrator
71 (3.030 %)Graduate Developer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (36.36 %)Open Source
26 (18.18 %)Blog
34 (12.12 %)Cloud Computing
34 (12.12 %)Social Network
41 (3.030 %)Computer Science
41 (3.030 %)SaaS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (72.73 %)Linux
223 (69.70 %)UNIX
32 (6.061 %)Solaris
41 (3.030 %)Mac OS X
41 (3.030 %)Windows
41 (3.030 %)CentOS
41 (3.030 %)Red Hat Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (30.30 %)TDD
26 (18.18 %)Scrum
35 (15.15 %)Web Development
35 (15.15 %)Kanban
44 (12.12 %)Web Design
53 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
62 (6.061 %)E-Commerce
62 (6.061 %)Automated Testing
71 (3.030 %)Load Balancing
71 (3.030 %)OO
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
124 (72.73 %)JavaScript
212 (36.36 %)Perl
35 (15.15 %)Java
43 (9.091 %)Python
43 (9.091 %)C++
43 (9.091 %)PHP
52 (6.061 %)Scala
52 (6.061 %)SQL
52 (6.061 %)C#
61 (3.030 %)C
61 (3.030 %)Erlang
61 (3.030 %)PHP5
61 (3.030 %)Bash shell
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (3.030 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (3.030 %)Zenoss
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (3.030 %)Adobe
11 (3.030 %)Red Hat