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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank139161
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching permanent IT job ads136
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.835 %0.263 %
Salaries quoted125
Average minimum salary£36,250£32,000
Average salary£37,083£35,500
% change on same period last year+4.46 %
Average maximum salary£37,917£39,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,865£32,615
% change on same period last year+9.96 %
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Matching permanent IT job ads15562283
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.901 %0.982 %
Salaries quoted14202024
Average minimum salary£33,875£34,577
Average salary£37,365£37,727
% change on same period last year-0.96 %
Average maximum salary£40,855£40,878
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
High WycombeNew entry-7£35,000-
AylesburyUp+43£33,333+33.33 %
Milton KeynesDown-92£46,250+2.77 %
MarlowNew entry-1£42,500-
Ruby South EastRuby
South East

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

114 (82.35 %)Perl
213 (76.47 %)Java
310 (58.82 %)SQL Server
49 (52.94 %).NET
49 (52.94 %)HTML
58 (47.06 %)Ruby on Rails
67 (41.18 %)PHP
67 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
67 (41.18 %)CSS
67 (41.18 %)Python
67 (41.18 %)XHTML
76 (35.29 %)Linux
76 (35.29 %)UNIX
85 (29.41 %)Firewall
85 (29.41 %)TCP/IP
94 (23.53 %)C#
103 (17.65 %)C++
103 (17.65 %)C
103 (17.65 %)XML
103 (17.65 %)ASP
103 (17.65 %)OO
103 (17.65 %)CRM
103 (17.65 %)DNS
103 (17.65 %)DHCP
112 (11.76 %)WCF
112 (11.76 %)WPF
112 (11.76 %)Silverlight
112 (11.76 %)LINQ
112 (11.76 %)VMware Infrastructure
112 (11.76 %)VMware

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (52.94 %)HTML
19 (52.94 %).NET
28 (47.06 %)Ruby on Rails
37 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
37 (41.18 %)CSS
37 (41.18 %)XHTML
43 (17.65 %)XML
43 (17.65 %)ASP
52 (11.76 %)WinForms
52 (11.76 %)WCF
52 (11.76 %)WPF
52 (11.76 %)Silverlight
52 (11.76 %)LINQ
61 (5.882 %)AJAX
61 (5.882 %)MVC
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.76 %)Apache
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (29.41 %)TCP/IP
15 (29.41 %)Firewall
23 (17.65 %)DHCP
23 (17.65 %)DNS
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (58.82 %)SQL Server
21 (5.882 %)TOAD
21 (5.882 %)Oracle 10g
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (5.882 %)MySQL
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.882 %)TestDirector
11 (5.882 %)Rational Robot
11 (5.882 %)Subversion
11 (5.882 %)JIRA
11 (5.882 %)Selenium
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.882 %)Finance
11 (5.882 %)Education
11 (5.882 %)Multimedia
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (35.29 %)Developer
23 (17.65 %)Senior Developer
32 (11.76 %)Web Developer
32 (11.76 %).NET Developer
32 (11.76 %)C# Developer
32 (11.76 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (11.76 %)PHP Developer
32 (11.76 %)Web Applications Developer
32 (11.76 %)Senior .NET Developer
32 (11.76 %)C# Web Developer
32 (11.76 %)Senior PHP Developer
32 (11.76 %)Linux Engineer
32 (11.76 %)C# Application Developer
32 (11.76 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
32 (11.76 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
32 (11.76 %)Applications Developer
41 (5.882 %)Technical Lead
41 (5.882 %)Release Engineer
41 (5.882 %)QA Analyst
41 (5.882 %)QA Test Analyst
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (35.29 %)UNIX
16 (35.29 %)Linux
21 (5.882 %)Windows
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)OO
13 (17.65 %)CRM
22 (11.76 %)Web Development
31 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.882 %)Project Management
31 (5.882 %)Risk Management
31 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
31 (5.882 %)Content Management
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (82.35 %)Perl
213 (76.47 %)Java
37 (41.18 %)PHP
37 (41.18 %)Python
44 (23.53 %)C#
53 (17.65 %)C++
53 (17.65 %)C
61 (5.882 %)SQL
61 (5.882 %)JavaScript
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.76 %)Degree
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (11.76 %)VMware Infrastructure
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (11.76 %)VMware
21 (5.882 %)Oracle
21 (5.882 %)Empirix