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The table below looks at the demand for the Ruby Developer role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Ruby Developer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank577694
Rank change on same period last yearUp+117
Matching permanent IT job ads2613
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.041 %0.014 %
Salaries quoted2610
Average minimum salary£44,115£39,100
Average salary£46,788£41,150
% change on same period last year+13.70 %
Average maximum salary£49,462£43,200
UK excluding London average salary£35,706£25,000
% change on same period last year+42.82 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads6331295283
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.77 %41.01 %
Salaries quoted5310474226
Average minimum salary£45,748£47,139
Average salary£50,056£51,680
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Average maximum salary£54,364£56,221
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Ruby Developer EnglandRuby Developer
England

Ruby Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby Developer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Ruby Developer Demand Trend

Ruby Developer
Salary Trend

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

London Ruby Developer Salary Trend

Ruby Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

London Ruby Developer Salary Histogram

Ruby Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonNew entry-1£37,500-
Ruby Developer EnglandRuby Developer
England

Ruby Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited Ruby Developer in their job title 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 with Ruby Developer in their job title.

154 (100.00 %)Ruby
251 (94.44 %)Ruby on Rails
331 (57.41 %)Java
424 (44.44 %)OO
521 (38.89 %)TDD
619 (35.19 %)Python
716 (29.63 %)Web 2.0
815 (27.78 %)J2EE
914 (25.93 %)SQL
1013 (24.07 %)PHP
1013 (24.07 %)MySQL
1013 (24.07 %)E-Commerce
1112 (22.22 %)MVC
1210 (18.52 %)Perl
1210 (18.52 %)Agile Software Development
138 (14.81 %)AJAX
138 (14.81 %)Linux
147 (12.96 %)B2C
147 (12.96 %)JavaScript
147 (12.96 %)WebServices
147 (12.96 %)XML
147 (12.96 %)Scrum
147 (12.96 %)Technical Architecture
156 (11.11 %)SQL Server
156 (11.11 %)C++
156 (11.11 %).NET
156 (11.11 %)OOD
165 (9.259 %)SQL Server 2000
165 (9.259 %)C#
165 (9.259 %)HTTP

Ruby Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited Ruby Developer in their job title 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 with Ruby Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (94.44 %)Ruby on Rails
215 (27.78 %)J2EE
312 (22.22 %)MVC
48 (14.81 %)AJAX
57 (12.96 %)WebServices
57 (12.96 %)XML
66 (11.11 %).NET
74 (7.407 %).NET Framework
74 (7.407 %)ASP
74 (7.407 %)SOAP
74 (7.407 %)JRuby
83 (5.556 %)Struts
92 (3.704 %)Hibernate
92 (3.704 %)Spring
101 (1.852 %)Grails
101 (1.852 %)Django
101 (1.852 %)XML-RPC
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (5.556 %)Apache
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (9.259 %)HTTP
23 (5.556 %)Internet
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (24.07 %)MySQL
26 (11.11 %)SQL Server
35 (9.259 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (1.852 %)PostgreSQL
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (7.407 %)QuickTest Pro
14 (7.407 %)WATIR
23 (5.556 %)Subversion
31 (1.852 %)Bugzilla
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (7.407 %)Finance
23 (5.556 %)Insurance
23 (5.556 %)Pensions
23 (5.556 %)Marketing
31 (1.852 %)Health
31 (1.852 %)Games
31 (1.852 %)Billing
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (29.63 %)Web 2.0
23 (5.556 %)Blog
23 (5.556 %)Social Network
32 (3.704 %)iPhone
41 (1.852 %)Computer Science
41 (1.852 %)Client/Server
41 (1.852 %)Equities
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (14.81 %)Linux
24 (7.407 %)UNIX
32 (3.704 %)Windows
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (44.44 %)OO
221 (38.89 %)TDD
313 (24.07 %)E-Commerce
410 (18.52 %)Agile Software Development
57 (12.96 %)Technical Architecture
57 (12.96 %)B2C
57 (12.96 %)Scrum
66 (11.11 %)OOD
74 (7.407 %)Web Design
74 (7.407 %)Automated Testing
74 (7.407 %)Unit Testing
82 (3.704 %)Web Development
82 (3.704 %)OOP
82 (3.704 %)Content Management
91 (1.852 %)Extreme Programming
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
154 (100.00 %)Ruby
231 (57.41 %)Java
319 (35.19 %)Python
414 (25.93 %)SQL
513 (24.07 %)PHP
610 (18.52 %)Perl
77 (12.96 %)JavaScript
86 (11.11 %)C++
95 (9.259 %)C#
104 (7.407 %)Lisp
104 (7.407 %)Haskell
111 (1.852 %)PHP5
111 (1.852 %)Smalltalk
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.704 %)Degree
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (1.852 %)Oracle