The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby 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 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 Programming Languages category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 106 109 112
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 12 18 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.666% 0.919% 0.306%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.164% 1.421% 0.498%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 5
Average salary £37,500 £36,250 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% -4.60%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1031 1267 1005
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.18% 64.68% 61.43%
Number of salaries quoted 854 1135 884
Average salary £35,000 £34,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.18% -2.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
North West

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Ruby Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 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
Warrington +22 3 £40,000 +14.28%
Crewe -9 2 £40,000 -
Knutsford - 1 £26,000 -
Northwich - 1 £35,000 -
Ruby
North West

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 16 (66.67%) Ruby on Rails
2 13 (54.17%) E-Commerce
3 12 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 11 (45.83%) CSS
5 10 (41.67%) PHP
5 10 (41.67%) SQL
5 10 (41.67%) HTML
6 9 (37.50%) SQL Server
6 9 (37.50%) UNIX
7 8 (33.33%) Java
7 8 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (33.33%) TDD
8 7 (29.17%) Linux
8 7 (29.17%) OO
8 7 (29.17%) Apache
8 7 (29.17%) MVC
9 6 (25.00%) Scrum
9 6 (25.00%) MySQL
9 6 (25.00%) Open Source
9 6 (25.00%) Spring
10 5 (20.83%) Subversion
10 5 (20.83%) Web Development
10 5 (20.83%) jQuery
10 5 (20.83%) JUnit
10 5 (20.83%) C#
10 5 (20.83%) Python
10 5 (20.83%) Windows
10 5 (20.83%) Struts
10 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
11 4 (16.67%) JDBC

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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
1 16 (66.67%) Ruby on Rails
2 11 (45.83%) CSS
3 10 (41.67%) HTML
4 6 (25.00%) Spring
5 5 (20.83%) jQuery
5 5 (20.83%) Struts
6 4 (16.67%) JDBC
6 4 (16.67%) Servlets
6 4 (16.67%) .NET
6 4 (16.67%) J2EE
6 4 (16.67%) Java EE
6 4 (16.67%) JSTL
7 3 (12.50%) Silverlight
7 3 (12.50%) HTML5
7 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET
8 2 (8.333%) Hibernate
8 2 (8.333%) LAMP
8 2 (8.333%) XML
8 2 (8.333%) XHTML
8 2 (8.333%) Laravel
Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) Apache
2 4 (16.67%) Tomcat
2 4 (16.67%) ActiveMQ
3 2 (8.333%) MS Exchange
3 2 (8.333%) IIS
3 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (4.167%) ESB
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Network Security
1 1 (4.167%) Firewall
1 1 (4.167%) Wireless
1 1 (4.167%) Internet
1 1 (4.167%) VoIP
1 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.167%) SNMP
1 1 (4.167%) VPN
1 1 (4.167%) DNS
1 1 (4.167%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (25.00%) MySQL
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Subversion
1 5 (20.83%) JUnit
2 4 (16.67%) Maven
3 3 (12.50%) Visual Studio
3 3 (12.50%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (4.167%) JIRA
4 1 (4.167%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (4.167%) Mercurial
4 1 (4.167%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (4.167%) Back Office
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
1 1 (4.167%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Developer
2 7 (29.17%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Java Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Web Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (8.333%) Tester
5 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Administrator
5 2 (8.333%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (4.167%) PHP Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.167%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (4.167%) SQL Developer
6 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (4.167%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Release Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.167%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) UNIX
2 7 (29.17%) Linux
3 5 (20.83%) Windows
4 1 (4.167%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.167%) Android
4 1 (4.167%) Solaris
4 1 (4.167%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) E-Commerce
2 8 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (33.33%) TDD
3 7 (29.17%) OO
3 7 (29.17%) MVC
4 6 (25.00%) Scrum
5 5 (20.83%) Web Development
6 4 (16.67%) Kanban
7 2 (8.333%) Information Security
7 2 (8.333%) MVVM
8 1 (4.167%) AOP
8 1 (4.167%) Ethical Hacking
8 1 (4.167%) Penetration Testing
8 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
8 1 (4.167%) Security Testing
8 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
8 1 (4.167%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (4.167%) 3D Modelling
8 1 (4.167%) Change Control
8 1 (4.167%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (41.67%) PHP
2 10 (41.67%) SQL
3 8 (33.33%) Java
4 5 (20.83%) C#
4 5 (20.83%) Python
5 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 3 (12.50%) VB
5 3 (12.50%) VB.NET
5 3 (12.50%) Perl
5 3 (12.50%) C
6 2 (8.333%) T-SQL
6 2 (8.333%) C++
7 1 (4.167%) Groovy
7 1 (4.167%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (8.333%) Sendmail
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.333%) Zend
3 1 (4.167%) Google
3 1 (4.167%) AccuRev
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle
3 1 (4.167%) JBoss
3 1 (4.167%) Apple
3 1 (4.167%) Remedy
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