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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank205281
Rank change on same period last yearUp+76
Matching permanent IT job ads355
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.974 %0.096 %
Salaries quoted355
Average minimum salary£35,971£29,000
Average salary£40,743£30,000
% change on same period last year+35.80 %
Average maximum salary£45,514£31,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,696£32,721
% change on same period last year+12.14 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads35925221
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.317 %2.337 %
Salaries quoted31094398
Average minimum salary£36,820£36,405
Average salary£40,307£40,145
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
Average maximum salary£43,794£43,885
UK excluding London average salary£35,690£35,938
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
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 21 November 2008.

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 21 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+4526£41,942+79.75 %
SloughNew entry-2£36,500-
WindsorNew entry-1£35,000-
Ruby South EastRuby
South East

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

167 (74.44 %)Java
167 (74.44 %)Perl
264 (71.11 %)Linux
363 (70.00 %)Python
456 (62.22 %)J2EE
545 (50.00 %)Tomcat
643 (47.78 %)Apache
735 (38.89 %)JBoss
834 (37.78 %)EJB
928 (31.11 %)Agile Software Development
928 (31.11 %)Subversion
1026 (28.89 %)CSS
1026 (28.89 %)Eclipse
1124 (26.67 %)Struts
1124 (26.67 %)Web Development
1222 (24.44 %)Ruby on Rails
1222 (24.44 %)OO
1320 (22.22 %)Hibernate
1419 (21.11 %)Ant
1419 (21.11 %)PHP
1517 (18.89 %)AJAX
1616 (17.78 %)JavaScript
1616 (17.78 %)UNIX
1714 (15.56 %)XHTML
1714 (15.56 %)OOD
1714 (15.56 %)Oracle
1714 (15.56 %)MVC
1812 (13.33 %)MySQL
1812 (13.33 %)HTML
1812 (13.33 %)Security Cleared

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (62.22 %)J2EE
234 (37.78 %)EJB
326 (28.89 %)CSS
424 (26.67 %)Struts
522 (24.44 %)Ruby on Rails
620 (22.22 %)Hibernate
717 (18.89 %)AJAX
814 (15.56 %)XHTML
814 (15.56 %)MVC
912 (13.33 %)HTML
106 (6.667 %)JSP
106 (6.667 %)Servlets
114 (4.444 %)Swing
114 (4.444 %)Oracle Coherence
123 (3.333 %)XML
132 (2.222 %)Zend Framework
132 (2.222 %)CakePHP
132 (2.222 %)XML-RPC
141 (1.111 %)LAMP
141 (1.111 %)Spring
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
145 (50.00 %)Tomcat
243 (47.78 %)Apache
335 (38.89 %)JBoss
410 (11.11 %)WebLogic
410 (11.11 %)WebLogic Portal
410 (11.11 %)Movable Type
410 (11.11 %)Mambo
54 (4.444 %)ColdFusion
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (7.778 %)DNS
23 (3.333 %)Firewall
23 (3.333 %)TCP/IP
31 (1.111 %)IMAP
31 (1.111 %)Internet
31 (1.111 %)SMTP
31 (1.111 %)HTTP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (13.33 %)MySQL
26 (6.667 %)RDBMS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (31.11 %)Subversion
226 (28.89 %)Eclipse
319 (21.11 %)Ant
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (11.11 %)Telecoms
25 (5.556 %)Pensions
34 (4.444 %)Government
41 (1.111 %)Marketing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (34.44 %)Software Engineer
131 (34.44 %)Developer
220 (22.22 %)Integration Engineer
220 (22.22 %)Software Integration Engineer
310 (11.11 %)Web Development Manager
310 (11.11 %)Web Manager
310 (11.11 %)Development Manager
310 (11.11 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
48 (8.889 %)J2EE Software Engineer
57 (7.778 %)Software Developer
57 (7.778 %)Web Developer
57 (7.778 %)Senior Developer
57 (7.778 %)Java Software Engineer
57 (7.778 %)Senior Web Developer
65 (5.556 %)Administrator
74 (4.444 %)J2EE Developer
74 (4.444 %)ColdFusion Developer
83 (3.333 %)Linux Administrator
83 (3.333 %)Linux Systems Administrator
83 (3.333 %)Windows Systems Administrator
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (11.11 %)W3C
110 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
26 (6.667 %)Fat Client
26 (6.667 %)Thin Client
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
164 (71.11 %)Linux
216 (17.78 %)UNIX
311 (12.22 %)Windows
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (31.11 %)Agile Software Development
224 (26.67 %)Web Development
322 (24.44 %)OO
414 (15.56 %)OOD
512 (13.33 %)Security Cleared
610 (11.11 %)Content Management
610 (11.11 %)Performance Management
75 (5.556 %)OOP
84 (4.444 %)Problem Management
93 (3.333 %)SC Cleared
102 (2.222 %)Web Design
111 (1.111 %)TDD
111 (1.111 %)Email Marketing
111 (1.111 %)Test Scripting
111 (1.111 %)Automated Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
167 (74.44 %)Java
167 (74.44 %)Perl
263 (70.00 %)Python
319 (21.11 %)PHP
416 (17.78 %)JavaScript
510 (11.11 %)C
510 (11.11 %)C++
67 (7.778 %)VBScript
72 (2.222 %)SQL
72 (2.222 %)DHTML
72 (2.222 %)Tcl
72 (2.222 %)PHP5
81 (1.111 %)Erlang
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.111 %)QA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (5.556 %)NFS
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (15.56 %)Oracle
210 (11.11 %)FatWire
32 (2.222 %)Zend
41 (1.111 %)Sybase