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This section looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Edinburgh 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank80-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads50
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.750 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£26,500-
Average salary£31,375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£36,250-
UK excluding London average salary£34,384£31,778
% change on same period last year+8.19 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads667821
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.359 %0.342 %
Salaries quoted493624
Average minimum salary£30,843£29,792
Average salary£34,491£33,191
% change on same period last year+3.91 %
Average maximum salary£38,139£36,590
UK excluding London average salary£35,268£35,641
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
Ruby ScotlandRuby
Scotland

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Edinburgh Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

15 (71.43 %)Perl
15 (71.43 %)PHP
15 (71.43 %)Ruby on Rails
24 (57.14 %)SQL
24 (57.14 %)JavaScript
24 (57.14 %)AJAX
33 (42.86 %)CSS
33 (42.86 %)OO
33 (42.86 %)XHTML
33 (42.86 %)MySQL
33 (42.86 %)Oracle
33 (42.86 %)PostgreSQL
42 (28.57 %)SQL Server
42 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
51 (14.29 %)C#
51 (14.29 %)DHTML
51 (14.29 %)Java
51 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
51 (14.29 %)Microsoft
51 (14.29 %)Internet
51 (14.29 %)Apache
51 (14.29 %)Python
51 (14.29 %)Linux
51 (14.29 %).NET
51 (14.29 %)Subversion
51 (14.29 %)Symfony
51 (14.29 %)CakePHP
51 (14.29 %)MVC
51 (14.29 %)3ds Max

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (71.43 %)Ruby on Rails
24 (57.14 %)AJAX
33 (42.86 %)CSS
33 (42.86 %)XHTML
41 (14.29 %)MVC
41 (14.29 %).NET
41 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
41 (14.29 %)Symfony
41 (14.29 %)CakePHP
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)Apache
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)3ds Max
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)Internet
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (42.86 %)MySQL
13 (42.86 %)PostgreSQL
22 (28.57 %)SQL Server
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Subversion
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Software Engineer
32 (28.57 %)PHP Developer
41 (14.29 %)Product Manager
41 (14.29 %)Senior Programmer
41 (14.29 %)Software Manager
41 (14.29 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (14.29 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
41 (14.29 %)Senior Developer
41 (14.29 %)Programmer
41 (14.29 %).NET Developer
41 (14.29 %)C# Developer
41 (14.29 %)Senior Software Engineer
41 (14.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (14.29 %)Perl Developer
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Linux
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)OO
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (71.43 %)Perl
15 (71.43 %)PHP
24 (57.14 %)SQL
24 (57.14 %)JavaScript
32 (28.57 %)PL/SQL
41 (14.29 %)C#
41 (14.29 %)DHTML
41 (14.29 %)Java
41 (14.29 %)Python
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)Microsoft