The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 163 156 169
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +13
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 1 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.033% 0.293% 0.083%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.060% 0.558% 0.167%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 2
Average salary - £40,000 £41,198
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.90%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1661 1793 1795
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 54.30% 52.60% 49.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1498 1635 1591
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
England

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) PHP
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
3 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
3 3 (60.00%) CSS3
3 3 (60.00%) Games
3 3 (60.00%) Android
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) JSP
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Phone
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Phone 7
5 1 (20.00%) Groovy
5 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
5 1 (20.00%) Backbone.js
5 1 (20.00%) Semantic HTML
5 1 (20.00%) Web Accessibility
5 1 (20.00%) HTML5
5 1 (20.00%) Web Development
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) OOP
5 1 (20.00%) OO
5 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (20.00%) FoxPro (VFP)

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (80.00%) HTML
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) jQuery
2 3 (60.00%) CSS3
2 3 (60.00%) JSP
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Backbone.js
3 1 (20.00%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5
General
1 3 (60.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Delphi Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Phone
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) OOP
1 1 (20.00%) OO
1 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (20.00%) Web Development
1 1 (20.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) PHP
3 3 (60.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (20.00%) Groovy
4 1 (20.00%) Delphi
4 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
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