Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the East Midlands region.

 Ruby
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank120116193
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+77
Matching permanent IT job ads2112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands0.084 %0.457 %0.034 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.183 %0.847 %0.073 %
Salaries quoted271
Average salary£38,750£31,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-11.42 %
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£35,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %+16.66 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
109412992742
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands45.79 %53.95 %46.15 %
Salaries quoted98611532395
Average salary£32,500£31,500£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.170 %+1.610 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Ruby EnglandRuby
England

Ruby
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Ruby
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamshireUp+11£47,500+35.71 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1£30,000-
Ruby EnglandRuby
England

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

17 (87.50 %)C#
25 (62.50 %)Ruby on Rails
34 (50.00 %)Degree
34 (50.00 %)C
34 (50.00 %)Automotive
34 (50.00 %)Java
34 (50.00 %)JavaScript
34 (50.00 %)Python
34 (50.00 %)Smalltalk
43 (37.50 %).NET
43 (37.50 %)SQL Server
43 (37.50 %)ASP.NET
52 (25.00 %)C++
52 (25.00 %)HTML
52 (25.00 %)VB6
52 (25.00 %)IIS
52 (25.00 %)MS Office
52 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
52 (25.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (25.00 %)ASP
52 (25.00 %)SQL
52 (25.00 %)VB
52 (25.00 %)VB.NET
52 (25.00 %)DHCP
52 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
52 (25.00 %)DNS
52 (25.00 %)Microsoft
52 (25.00 %)Active Directory
52 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
52 (25.00 %)SketchUp

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (62.50 %)Ruby on Rails
23 (37.50 %).NET
23 (37.50 %)ASP.NET
32 (25.00 %)HTML
32 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (12.50 %)ASP.NET MVC
East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)IIS
East Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Office
12 (25.00 %)SketchUp
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)DHCP
12 (25.00 %)DNS
East Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (37.50 %)SQL Server
22 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
East Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
12 (25.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (25.00 %)Dreamweaver
East Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (50.00 %)Automotive
21 (12.50 %)Banking
21 (12.50 %)Retail
21 (12.50 %)Retail Banking
21 (12.50 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (87.50 %)Developer
24 (50.00 %)Web Developer
24 (50.00 %)Senior Developer
24 (50.00 %)Senior Web Developer
31 (12.50 %)VB6 Developer
31 (12.50 %)Software Developer
31 (12.50 %)Lead Developer
31 (12.50 %).NET Developer
31 (12.50 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (12.50 %)VB Developer
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)MVC
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)C#
24 (50.00 %)Python
24 (50.00 %)Smalltalk
24 (50.00 %)Java
24 (50.00 %)JavaScript
24 (50.00 %)C
32 (25.00 %)SQL
32 (25.00 %)VB
32 (25.00 %)VB.NET
32 (25.00 %)VB6
32 (25.00 %)C++
East Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (50.00 %)Degree
East Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (25.00 %)Active Directory
East Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (25.00 %)Microsoft
12 (25.00 %)Google