The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank 85 87 82
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 7 7 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.598% 0.530% 1.110%
As % of the Application Development category 1.408% 1.667% 3.297%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 13
Average salary £33,750 £41,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.67% +27.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,750 £41,500 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £44,300 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +20.00%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
497 420 546
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 42.48% 31.79% 33.68%
Number of salaries quoted 320 315 405
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Ruby on Rails
Scotland

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Edinburgh Ruby on Rails Salary Histogram

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 14 (100.00%) Ruby
2 13 (92.86%) Linux
3 11 (78.57%) MySQL
4 10 (71.43%) CSS
4 10 (71.43%) HTML
4 10 (71.43%) PHP
5 8 (57.14%) Python
6 7 (50.00%) Java
6 7 (50.00%) Apache
7 6 (42.86%) LAMP
8 5 (35.71%) Web Development
9 4 (28.57%) Network Management
9 4 (28.57%) Billing
9 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
10 3 (21.43%) Perl
10 3 (21.43%) SQL
10 3 (21.43%) J2EE
10 3 (21.43%) Servlets
10 3 (21.43%) SOAP
10 3 (21.43%) Web Services
10 3 (21.43%) XML
10 3 (21.43%) Shell Script
10 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
10 3 (21.43%) Groovy
11 2 (14.29%) Hudson
11 2 (14.29%) soapUI
11 2 (14.29%) Bash shell
11 2 (14.29%) Grails
11 2 (14.29%) jQuery
11 2 (14.29%) GlassFish

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 10 (71.43%) HTML
1 10 (71.43%) CSS
2 6 (42.86%) LAMP
3 3 (21.43%) J2EE
3 3 (21.43%) Servlets
3 3 (21.43%) SOAP
3 3 (21.43%) Web Services
3 3 (21.43%) XML
4 2 (14.29%) XSLT
4 2 (14.29%) EJB
4 2 (14.29%) .NET
4 2 (14.29%) Grails
4 2 (14.29%) jQuery
4 2 (14.29%) soapUI
5 1 (7.143%) JSP
5 1 (7.143%) JPA
5 1 (7.143%) RESTful
5 1 (7.143%) Hibernate
5 1 (7.143%) Spring
5 1 (7.143%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) Apache
2 2 (14.29%) GlassFish
3 1 (7.143%) Tomcat
3 1 (7.143%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (78.57%) MySQL
2 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.143%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Hudson
1 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.143%) Gradle
2 1 (7.143%) JUnit
2 1 (7.143%) JMeter
2 1 (7.143%) CruiseControl
2 1 (7.143%) Subversion
2 1 (7.143%) HttpUnit
2 1 (7.143%) JIRA
2 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (28.57%) Billing
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Systems Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Web Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Java Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Configuration Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Build Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Software Configuration Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Build Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Build Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.143%) Web 2.0
2 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Open Source
2 1 (7.143%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) UNIX
2 1 (7.143%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Web Development
2 4 (28.57%) Network Management
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (14.29%) OO
3 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Content Management
4 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) OOD
4 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (7.143%) Software Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) Web Application Development
4 1 (7.143%) Refactoring
4 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.143%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Ruby
2 10 (71.43%) PHP
3 8 (57.14%) Python
4 7 (50.00%) Java
5 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
6 3 (21.43%) Perl
6 3 (21.43%) Shell Script
6 3 (21.43%) SQL
6 3 (21.43%) Groovy
7 2 (14.29%) Bash shell
7 2 (14.29%) C#
8 1 (7.143%) C++
8 1 (7.143%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco
1 2 (14.29%) Juniper
2 1 (7.143%) Alterian
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle
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