The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 23 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 Programming Languages category for the Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 0.306% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.476% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £37,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
210 141 202
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 64.22% 54.65% 67.11%
Number of salaries quoted 205 130 190
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
Suffolk

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby across the Ipswich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Ipswich Ruby Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby across the Ipswich region.

Ipswich Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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.

1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Bash shell
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Puppet
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Bash shell
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCSA
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) MCTS
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) RHCE
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco