The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank 111 123 112
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -11
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 7 4 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.388% 0.204% 0.306%
As % of the Application Development category 0.870% 0.382% 0.582%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 5
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -1.31%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.25% +6.66%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
805 1047 859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 44.65% 53.45% 52.51%
Number of salaries quoted 667 939 780
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby on Rails
North West

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire Ruby on Rails Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crewe - 2 £40,000 -
Northwich - 1 £35,000 -
Warrington - 1 £32,500 -
Ruby on Rails
North West

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ruby on Rails.

1 16 (100.00%) Ruby
2 13 (81.25%) E-Commerce
3 9 (56.25%) HTML
3 9 (56.25%) JavaScript
3 9 (56.25%) CSS
4 8 (50.00%) TDD
5 7 (43.75%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
5 7 (43.75%) OO
6 6 (37.50%) SQL
6 6 (37.50%) Scrum
7 5 (31.25%) MVC
7 5 (31.25%) Spring
7 5 (31.25%) PHP
7 5 (31.25%) Java
7 5 (31.25%) Open Source
7 5 (31.25%) jQuery
8 4 (25.00%) Kanban
8 4 (25.00%) JUnit
8 4 (25.00%) JDBC
8 4 (25.00%) Servlets
8 4 (25.00%) Struts
8 4 (25.00%) Apache
8 4 (25.00%) Tomcat
8 4 (25.00%) J2EE
8 4 (25.00%) UNIX
8 4 (25.00%) Maven
8 4 (25.00%) Web Development
8 4 (25.00%) Java EE
8 4 (25.00%) JSTL

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Ruby on Rails. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (56.25%) HTML
1 9 (56.25%) CSS
2 5 (31.25%) Spring
2 5 (31.25%) jQuery
3 4 (25.00%) JDBC
3 4 (25.00%) Servlets
3 4 (25.00%) Struts
3 4 (25.00%) J2EE
3 4 (25.00%) Java EE
3 4 (25.00%) JSTL
4 3 (18.75%) Silverlight
4 3 (18.75%) ASP.NET
4 3 (18.75%) .NET
4 3 (18.75%) HTML5
5 1 (6.250%) XHTML
5 1 (6.250%) XML
5 1 (6.250%) Symfony
5 1 (6.250%) LINQ
5 1 (6.250%) Google Maps API
5 1 (6.250%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Apache
1 4 (25.00%) Tomcat
1 4 (25.00%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) MySQL
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JUnit
1 4 (25.00%) Maven
1 4 (25.00%) Subversion
2 3 (18.75%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.250%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (6.250%) Back Office
1 1 (6.250%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (43.75%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Java Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Web Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Lead Developer
5 1 (6.250%) PHP Web Developer
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Web Developer
5 1 (6.250%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (6.250%) PHP Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) UNIX
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) E-Commerce
2 8 (50.00%) TDD
3 7 (43.75%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (43.75%) OO
4 6 (37.50%) Scrum
5 5 (31.25%) MVC
6 4 (25.00%) Kanban
6 4 (25.00%) Web Development
7 2 (12.50%) MVVM
8 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
8 1 (6.250%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Ruby
2 9 (56.25%) JavaScript
3 6 (37.50%) SQL
4 5 (31.25%) PHP
4 5 (31.25%) Java
5 4 (25.00%) C#
6 3 (18.75%) VB
6 3 (18.75%) VB.NET
7 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Apple
2 1 (6.250%) Zend
2 1 (6.250%) Google
Warrington, Cheshire
In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to cross train onto other platforms / languages including iOS, .Net, PHP and Ruby on Rails... The Skills Java Development...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013