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This section looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank135120
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads78
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.339 %0.425 %
Salaries quoted74
Average minimum salary£27,143£28,000
Average salary£32,500£31,000
% change on same period last year+4.83 %
Average maximum salary£37,857£34,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,655£31,884
% change on same period last year+8.69 %
Programming Languages CambridgeProgramming Languages
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads20631881
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.077 %0.776 %
Salaries quoted18201570
Average minimum salary£32,344£32,592
Average salary£36,098£36,149
% change on same period last year-0.13 %
Average maximum salary£39,853£39,706
UK excluding London average salary£35,189£35,554
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Ruby CambridgeshireRuby
Cambridgeshire

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cambridge Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

119 (100.00 %)Perl
119 (100.00 %)Python
210 (52.63 %)Linux
210 (52.63 %)PHP
210 (52.63 %)C
210 (52.63 %)Degree
38 (42.11 %)PKI
38 (42.11 %)Groovy
38 (42.11 %)SSL
38 (42.11 %)Cryptography
43 (15.79 %)SQL
43 (15.79 %)XML
43 (15.79 %)Apache
52 (10.53 %)C++
52 (10.53 %)Back Office
61 (5.263 %)Health
61 (5.263 %)LAMP
61 (5.263 %)XML-RPC
61 (5.263 %)Insurance
61 (5.263 %)AJAX
61 (5.263 %)SQL Server 7
61 (5.263 %)Firewall
61 (5.263 %)Pensions
61 (5.263 %)Web Development
61 (5.263 %)JSON
61 (5.263 %)Computer Science
61 (5.263 %)Network Security
61 (5.263 %)HTML
61 (5.263 %)JavaScript
61 (5.263 %)Transact-SQL

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Application Development
13 (15.79 %)XML
21 (5.263 %)XSLT
21 (5.263 %)LAMP
21 (5.263 %)XML-RPC
21 (5.263 %)AJAX
21 (5.263 %)JSON
21 (5.263 %)HTML
21 (5.263 %)CSS
21 (5.263 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
13 (15.79 %)Apache
Communications & Networking
18 (42.11 %)SSL
21 (5.263 %)Firewall
21 (5.263 %)Network Security
21 (5.263 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)MySQL
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server
11 (5.263 %)Oracle 8/8i
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server 7
General
12 (10.53 %)Back Office
21 (5.263 %)Health
21 (5.263 %)Insurance
21 (5.263 %)Pensions
Job Titles
18 (42.11 %)Software Engineer
18 (42.11 %)Security Engineer
22 (10.53 %)Systems Programmer
22 (10.53 %)Developer
22 (10.53 %)Programmer
31 (5.263 %)Systems Developer
31 (5.263 %)Web Developer
Miscellaneous
18 (42.11 %)Cryptography
18 (42.11 %)PKI
21 (5.263 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
110 (52.63 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
11 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
11 (5.263 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
119 (100.00 %)Perl
119 (100.00 %)Python
210 (52.63 %)PHP
210 (52.63 %)C
38 (42.11 %)Groovy
43 (15.79 %)SQL
52 (10.53 %)C++
61 (5.263 %)JavaScript
61 (5.263 %)PL/SQL
61 (5.263 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
110 (52.63 %)Degree
Vendors
11 (5.263 %)Oracle
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