The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Development category for the Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank 79 68 81
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +13
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 16 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.366% 0.708% 0.308%
As % of the Application Development category 2.614% 1.563% 0.771%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 2
Average salary £33,000 £60,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.00% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
All Application Development
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
612 384 389
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 52.26% 45.28% 39.94%
Number of salaries quoted 355 310 306
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -11.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 29 (100.00%) Ruby
2 23 (79.31%) HTML
2 23 (79.31%) CSS
3 22 (75.86%) Java
3 22 (75.86%) SQL
4 20 (68.97%) JavaScript
5 19 (65.52%) Apache
6 18 (62.07%) Linux
7 17 (58.62%) MySQL
8 11 (37.93%) Agile Software Development
9 8 (27.59%) Oracle
10 7 (24.14%) Tomcat
10 7 (24.14%) Spring
10 7 (24.14%) Hibernate
11 6 (20.69%) Web Services
12 5 (17.24%) XML
12 5 (17.24%) SOAP
12 5 (17.24%) JMS
12 5 (17.24%) SOA
12 5 (17.24%) Scrum
12 5 (17.24%) XML Schema
12 5 (17.24%) Informatica
12 5 (17.24%) ESB
12 5 (17.24%) Oracle Coherence
13 4 (13.79%) TDD
14 3 (10.34%) Marketing
14 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
14 3 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
14 3 (10.34%) Kanban
14 3 (10.34%) BDD

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 23 (79.31%) HTML
1 23 (79.31%) CSS
2 7 (24.14%) Spring
2 7 (24.14%) Hibernate
3 6 (20.69%) Web Services
4 5 (17.24%) XML
4 5 (17.24%) SOAP
4 5 (17.24%) JMS
4 5 (17.24%) XML Schema
5 2 (6.897%) HTML5
5 2 (6.897%) jQuery
5 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
5 2 (6.897%) iBATIS
5 2 (6.897%) J2EE
5 2 (6.897%) JDBC
5 2 (6.897%) JSP
5 2 (6.897%) Servlets
6 1 (3.448%) .NET
6 1 (3.448%) WCF
6 1 (3.448%) Django
Application Platforms
1 19 (65.52%) Apache
2 7 (24.14%) Tomcat
3 5 (17.24%) ESB
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle Coherence
4 2 (6.897%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (6.897%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (58.62%) MySQL
2 2 (6.897%) RDBMS
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) JIRA
1 2 (6.897%) Subversion
1 2 (6.897%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.448%) Jasmine
General
1 3 (10.34%) Marketing
2 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.897%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (89.66%) Developer
2 16 (55.17%) Java Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Ruby Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Web Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Lead Developer
4 2 (6.897%) Lead Java Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Web Applications Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Web 2.0
1 1 (3.448%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Linux
2 2 (6.897%) AIX
2 2 (6.897%) UNIX
3 1 (3.448%) Windows
3 1 (3.448%) Android
3 1 (3.448%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (17.24%) SOA
2 5 (17.24%) Scrum
3 4 (13.79%) TDD
4 3 (10.34%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Kanban
4 3 (10.34%) BDD
5 2 (6.897%) Web Application Development
5 2 (6.897%) Project Management
5 2 (6.897%) MVC
5 2 (6.897%) Web Development
6 1 (3.448%) OOP
6 1 (3.448%) OO
6 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.448%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.448%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) Ruby
2 22 (75.86%) Java
2 22 (75.86%) SQL
3 20 (68.97%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.897%) Python
4 2 (6.897%) PHP
5 1 (3.448%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Oracle
2 5 (17.24%) Informatica
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.897%) Sybase
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
An in-depth knowledge of Ruby and Rails. -Familiarity with agile development processes and test/behaviour driven development. -Full knowledge of the web development stack - from Javascript to...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Having said that, the successful programmer will have the following skills and experience: *Solid commercial experience in at least 2 programming languages (Python/PHP/Ruby on Rails etc) *...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013