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This section looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Coventry 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6357
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads149
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.004 %
As % of the category below2.911 %2.239 %
Salaries quoted148
Average minimum salary£30,857£28,000
Average salary£32,821£30,375
% change on same period last year+8.05 %
Average maximum salary£34,786£32,750
UK excluding London average salary£34,404£31,778
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Coventry
Matching permanent IT job ads481402
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.259 %0.168 %
Salaries quoted446363
Average minimum salary£28,622£31,176
Average salary£30,961£33,096
% change on same period last year-6.44 %
Average maximum salary£33,300£35,015
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Ruby West MidlandsRuby
West Midlands

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Coventry Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

120 (95.24 %)SQL Server
120 (95.24 %)Ruby on Rails
218 (85.71 %)C#
317 (80.95 %)MySQL
416 (76.19 %)Microsoft
515 (71.43 %)PHP
515 (71.43 %)Internet
614 (66.67 %)MVC
614 (66.67 %)Fusebox
713 (61.90 %)SQL
812 (57.14 %).NET
812 (57.14 %)Java
812 (57.14 %)ColdFusion
910 (47.62 %)Macromedia
107 (33.33 %)Flash
116 (28.57 %)HTML
116 (28.57 %)Adobe Flex
116 (28.57 %)Web Development
124 (19.05 %)Software Engineering
132 (9.524 %)Content Management
132 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2005
132 (9.524 %)CMS
132 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
132 (9.524 %)UNIX
132 (9.524 %)Windows
132 (9.524 %)Linux
141 (4.762 %)OO
141 (4.762 %)RUP
141 (4.762 %)MS Excel
141 (4.762 %)SharePoint

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (95.24 %)Ruby on Rails
214 (66.67 %)MVC
214 (66.67 %)Fusebox
312 (57.14 %).NET
46 (28.57 %)HTML
46 (28.57 %)Adobe Flex
52 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
61 (4.762 %)AJAX
61 (4.762 %).NET Framework
Coventry IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (57.14 %)ColdFusion
22 (9.524 %)CMS
31 (4.762 %)SharePoint
31 (4.762 %)MS Exchange
Coventry IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.762 %)MS Excel
Coventry IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (71.43 %)Internet
Coventry IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (95.24 %)SQL Server
217 (80.95 %)MySQL
32 (9.524 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2000
Coventry IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (33.33 %)Flash
Coventry IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.762 %)Banking
Coventry IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (90.48 %)Developer
212 (57.14 %)Web Developer
36 (28.57 %)Senior Developer
45 (23.81 %)Applications Developer
54 (19.05 %)Internet Developer
54 (19.05 %)Senior Web Developer
61 (4.762 %)Software Test Engineer
61 (4.762 %)Senior C# Developer
61 (4.762 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (4.762 %)C# Developer
61 (4.762 %)Test Engineer
61 (4.762 %)Software Engineer
61 (4.762 %)Systems Engineer
Coventry IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)E-Learning
Coventry IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (9.524 %)UNIX
12 (9.524 %)Windows
12 (9.524 %)Linux
21 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2003
Coventry IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (28.57 %)Web Development
24 (19.05 %)Software Engineering
32 (9.524 %)Content Management
41 (4.762 %)Network Design
41 (4.762 %)Automated Testing
41 (4.762 %)Software Testing
41 (4.762 %)OO
41 (4.762 %)RUP
41 (4.762 %)E-Commerce
41 (4.762 %)Unified Process
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (85.71 %)C#
215 (71.43 %)PHP
313 (61.90 %)SQL
412 (57.14 %)Java
Coventry IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.762 %)ISEB
Coventry IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.762 %)Active Directory
Coventry IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (76.19 %)Microsoft
210 (47.62 %)Macromedia
31 (4.762 %)Cisco
31 (4.762 %)IBM