The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank 133 132 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 7 18 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.284% 0.715% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.821% 1.679% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 0
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
853 1072 1145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 34.60% 42.56% 33.95%
Number of salaries quoted 712 882 970
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £58,350 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby on Rails
East of England

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Ruby on Rails Salary Histogram

Ruby on Rails
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Stevenage +7 5 £47,500 +26.66%
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £35,000 -
Ruby on Rails
East of England

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 17 (77.27%) Ruby
2 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
2 13 (59.09%) CSS
3 12 (54.55%) HTML
4 11 (50.00%) TDD
5 10 (45.45%) Scrum
5 10 (45.45%) Internet
6 9 (40.91%) HTML5
6 9 (40.91%) Cucumber
7 8 (36.36%) Ajax
7 8 (36.36%) Selenium
8 7 (31.82%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (31.82%) CakePHP
8 7 (31.82%) E-Commerce
8 7 (31.82%) MVC
8 7 (31.82%) Games
8 7 (31.82%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (31.82%) MySQL
8 7 (31.82%) Linux
9 6 (27.27%) SEO
9 6 (27.27%) XHTML
9 6 (27.27%) jQuery
9 6 (27.27%) Git (software)
9 6 (27.27%) Web Design
9 6 (27.27%) CSS3
10 5 (22.73%) RSpec
10 5 (22.73%) Mac OS X
10 5 (22.73%) .NET
10 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
11 4 (18.18%) Java

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 13 (59.09%) CSS
2 12 (54.55%) HTML
3 9 (40.91%) HTML5
4 8 (36.36%) Ajax
5 7 (31.82%) CakePHP
6 6 (27.27%) XHTML
6 6 (27.27%) jQuery
6 6 (27.27%) CSS3
7 5 (22.73%) .NET
7 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
8 4 (18.18%) JSON
8 4 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (13.64%) CodeIgniter
9 3 (13.64%) .NET Framework
10 2 (9.091%) Web Services
10 2 (9.091%) XML
10 2 (9.091%) REST
10 2 (9.091%) KnockoutJS
10 2 (9.091%) LESS
10 2 (9.091%) Semantic HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.545%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Photoshop
1 2 (9.091%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (31.82%) MySQL
2 1 (4.545%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.545%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.545%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Cucumber
2 8 (36.36%) Selenium
3 6 (27.27%) Git (software)
4 5 (22.73%) RSpec
5 2 (9.091%) Subversion
6 1 (4.545%) QUnit
6 1 (4.545%) Jasmine
6 1 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (4.545%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (31.82%) Games
2 3 (13.64%) Marketing
3 2 (9.091%) Multimedia
4 1 (4.545%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (81.82%) Developer
2 5 (22.73%) Ruby Developer
2 5 (22.73%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Front-End Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Designer
4 3 (13.64%) Web Designer
4 3 (13.64%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.545%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.545%) VBA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) W3C
1 2 (9.091%) Smartphone
1 2 (9.091%) Social Media
2 1 (4.545%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.545%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 5 (22.73%) Mac OS X
3 1 (4.545%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) TDD
2 10 (45.45%) Scrum
3 7 (31.82%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (31.82%) E-Commerce
3 7 (31.82%) MVC
4 6 (27.27%) SEO
4 6 (27.27%) Web Design
5 4 (18.18%) Web Development
6 3 (13.64%) OO
7 2 (9.091%) UML
7 2 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (9.091%) Time Management
7 2 (9.091%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (9.091%) Information Architecture
8 1 (4.545%) Mobile Application Development
8 1 (4.545%) Web Application Development
8 1 (4.545%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) Ruby
2 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
3 4 (18.18%) Java
3 4 (18.18%) PHP
4 3 (13.64%) Python
5 2 (9.091%) SQL
6 1 (4.545%) VB6
6 1 (4.545%) MATLAB
6 1 (4.545%) VB
6 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.545%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.091%) Google
1 2 (9.091%) Facebook
1 2 (9.091%) Twitter
2 1 (4.545%) Teradata