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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 46 48 45
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 6 27 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.626% 5.368% 2.154%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.667% 8.385% 3.646%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 7
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
225 322 192
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 60.98% 64.02% 59.08%
Number of salaries quoted 196 280 155
Average salary £33,750 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
Merseyside

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Liverpool Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 9 (100.00%) Java
2 8 (88.89%) Python
3 7 (77.78%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (77.78%) C#
3 7 (77.78%) C++
3 7 (77.78%) Open Source
4 6 (66.67%) Groovy
4 6 (66.67%) Degree
5 5 (55.56%) Flash
5 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
5 5 (55.56%) SQL
5 5 (55.56%) .NET
6 4 (44.44%) HTML
6 4 (44.44%) Photoshop
6 4 (44.44%) CSS
6 4 (44.44%) Internet
6 4 (44.44%) Games
6 4 (44.44%) 3ds Max
6 4 (44.44%) Streaming Video
6 4 (44.44%) Physics
6 4 (44.44%) ZBrush
6 4 (44.44%) HTML5
7 3 (33.33%) Web Development
7 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
7 3 (33.33%) Spring
7 3 (33.33%) MVC
7 3 (33.33%) JUnit
7 3 (33.33%) Struts
8 2 (22.22%) UNIX
8 2 (22.22%) Linux

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 5 (55.56%) Flash
1 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) HTML
2 4 (44.44%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) HTML5
3 3 (33.33%) Spring
3 3 (33.33%) Struts
4 2 (22.22%) JMS
4 2 (22.22%) Hibernate
4 2 (22.22%) EJB
4 2 (22.22%) JSON
4 2 (22.22%) Spring Web Flow
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 2 (22.22%) EJB 3.0
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) RESTful
5 1 (11.11%) Java EE
5 1 (11.11%) JSTL
5 1 (11.11%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Apache
1 2 (22.22%) ESB
2 1 (11.11%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Photoshop
1 4 (44.44%) 3ds Max
1 4 (44.44%) ZBrush
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) SNMP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (11.11%) TeamCity
2 1 (11.11%) CruiseControl
2 1 (11.11%) Subversion
2 1 (11.11%) Maven
General
1 4 (44.44%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Games Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Games Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Open Source
2 4 (44.44%) Streaming Video
2 4 (44.44%) Physics
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Web Development
2 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 3 (33.33%) MVC
3 2 (22.22%) SOA
3 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 2 (22.22%) AOP
3 2 (22.22%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Kanban
4 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) OOP
4 1 (11.11%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 8 (88.89%) Python
3 7 (77.78%) C#
3 7 (77.78%) C++
4 6 (66.67%) Groovy
5 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
5 5 (55.56%) SQL
6 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
6 1 (11.11%) Perl
6 1 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) JBoss
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
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