The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 22 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 13 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.653% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.180% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
311 349 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 63.47% 62.10% 63.54%
Number of salaries quoted 284 330 215
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
North West

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Chorley - 1 £33,000 -
Ruby
North West

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 22 (84.62%) XML
2 14 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 14 (53.85%) jQuery
3 13 (50.00%) C#
3 13 (50.00%) SOAP
3 13 (50.00%) Web Services
4 12 (46.15%) CSS
4 12 (46.15%) HTML
4 12 (46.15%) Java
4 12 (46.15%) Python
4 12 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
4 12 (46.15%) Git (software)
4 12 (46.15%) nginx
4 12 (46.15%) Open Source
4 12 (46.15%) Sinatra
4 12 (46.15%) XAML
4 12 (46.15%) Subversion
4 12 (46.15%) Ruby on Rails
4 12 (46.15%) Node.js
5 11 (42.31%) C++
5 11 (42.31%) PHP
6 10 (38.46%) SQL
6 10 (38.46%) C
6 10 (38.46%) RAD
6 10 (38.46%) HTTP
6 10 (38.46%) soapUI
6 10 (38.46%) Waterfall
6 10 (38.46%) System Testing
6 10 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (38.46%) Unit Testing

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 22 (84.62%) XML
2 14 (53.85%) jQuery
3 13 (50.00%) SOAP
3 13 (50.00%) Web Services
4 12 (46.15%) CSS
4 12 (46.15%) HTML
4 12 (46.15%) Sinatra
4 12 (46.15%) Ruby on Rails
4 12 (46.15%) Node.js
5 10 (38.46%) soapUI
5 10 (38.46%) REST
6 9 (34.62%) Underscore.js
7 2 (7.692%) Ajax
7 2 (7.692%) JSON
7 2 (7.692%) .NET
7 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 12 (46.15%) nginx
2 2 (7.692%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) HTTP
2 2 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Git (software)
1 12 (46.15%) Subversion
2 10 (38.46%) WATIR
2 10 (38.46%) Selenium
2 10 (38.46%) FitNesse
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Developer
1 12 (46.15%) Ruby on Rails Developer
2 11 (42.31%) Test Consultant
2 11 (42.31%) Consultant
3 2 (7.692%) Technical Manager
3 2 (7.692%) Analyst
3 2 (7.692%) Test Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (3.846%) Graduate
4 1 (3.846%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Senior Test Consultant
4 1 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (3.846%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Open Source
2 10 (38.46%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
2 10 (38.46%) RAD
2 10 (38.46%) Waterfall
2 10 (38.46%) System Testing
2 10 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (38.46%) Unit Testing
3 9 (34.62%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.846%) Scrum
4 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 13 (50.00%) C#
3 12 (46.15%) Java
3 12 (46.15%) Python
3 12 (46.15%) XAML
4 11 (42.31%) C++
4 11 (42.31%) PHP
5 10 (38.46%) SQL
5 10 (38.46%) C
6 2 (7.692%) Objective-C
6 2 (7.692%) PowerShell
6 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
6 2 (7.692%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
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