Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the London region.

 Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank388295414
Rank change year-on-year
Down-93Up+119
Matching permanent IT job ads209168256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.395 %0.591 %0.352 %
As % of the Application Development category0.980 %1.580 %1.036 %
Salaries quoted166145234
Average salary£40,000£40,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--27.27 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£35,750
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£34,750£34,000
% change year-on-year
-5.030 %+2.200 %
London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
213331063024722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London40.27 %37.41 %33.99 %
Salaries quoted18035882721495
Average salary£50,000£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£67,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %
Ruby on Rails EnglandRuby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Demand Trend

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

London Ruby on Rails Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend

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

London Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the London region over the 3 months to 9 September 2010.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-7563£40,000-
HammersmithDown-144--
SouthwarkNew entry-1£42,500-
Ruby on Rails EnglandRuby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

1376 (94.24 %)Ruby
2202 (50.63 %)JavaScript
3183 (45.86 %)CSS
4160 (40.10 %)Java
5155 (38.85 %)HTML
6137 (34.34 %)OO
7127 (31.83 %)MySQL
8124 (31.08 %)Agile Software Development
9119 (29.82 %)AJAX
10111 (27.82 %)jQuery
11106 (26.57 %)PHP
12105 (26.32 %)TDD
13102 (25.56 %)SQL
1494 (23.56 %)Open Source
1593 (23.31 %)Linux
1593 (23.31 %)MVC
1692 (23.06 %).NET
1790 (22.56 %)Scrum
1885 (21.30 %)XML
1975 (18.80 %)C#
2072 (18.05 %)RSpec
2171 (17.79 %)Web Development
2270 (17.54 %)ASP.NET
2368 (17.04 %)Django
2467 (16.79 %)Perl
2566 (16.54 %)Python
2661 (15.29 %)SQL Server
2760 (15.04 %)Internet
2760 (15.04 %)Subversion
2858 (14.54 %)XHTML

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1183 (45.86 %)CSS
2155 (38.85 %)HTML
3119 (29.82 %)AJAX
4111 (27.82 %)jQuery
592 (23.06 %).NET
685 (21.30 %)XML
770 (17.54 %)ASP.NET
868 (17.04 %)Django
958 (14.54 %)XHTML
1046 (11.53 %)Flash
1144 (11.03 %)Web Services
1144 (11.03 %)Spring
1241 (10.28 %)Struts
1338 (9.524 %)LAMP
1437 (9.273 %)WCF
1534 (8.521 %)ASP.NET MVC
1628 (7.018 %)ASP
1727 (6.767 %)JSON
1727 (6.767 %)Adobe Flex
1826 (6.516 %)memcached
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (5.514 %)Apache
218 (4.511 %)Apache Solr
313 (3.258 %)Drupal
313 (3.258 %)WordPress
313 (3.258 %)ESB
313 (3.258 %)CMS
410 (2.506 %)SharePoint
59 (2.256 %)Documentum
67 (1.754 %)ActiveMQ
67 (1.754 %)Tomcat
67 (1.754 %)BizTalk Server
74 (1.003 %)IIS
83 (0.752 %)nginx
83 (0.752 %)Joomla!
83 (0.752 %)ColdFusion
92 (0.501 %)WebLogic
92 (0.501 %)WebLogic Portal
92 (0.501 %)AquaLogic
92 (0.501 %)Confluence
92 (0.501 %)Umbraco
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
129 (7.268 %)MS Excel
28 (2.005 %)Photoshop
36 (1.504 %)Fireworks
42 (0.501 %)Shockwave
51 (0.251 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.251 %)MS Visio
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (2.256 %)Optimost
21 (0.251 %)Oracle CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
160 (15.04 %)Internet
223 (5.764 %)HTTP
32 (0.501 %)Intranet
32 (0.501 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.251 %)SSH
41 (0.251 %)DVB
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1127 (31.83 %)MySQL
261 (15.29 %)SQL Server
330 (7.519 %)SQL Server 2005
417 (4.261 %)PostgreSQL
515 (3.759 %)RDBMS
613 (3.258 %)CouchDB
711 (2.757 %)SQL Server 2008
87 (1.754 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
87 (1.754 %)Crystal Reports
87 (1.754 %)SQL Server 2000
94 (1.003 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
103 (0.752 %)Oracle 10g
111 (0.251 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.251 %)SimpleDB
111 (0.251 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.251 %)Data Mining
111 (0.251 %)OLAP
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
172 (18.05 %)RSpec
260 (15.04 %)Subversion
354 (13.53 %)Cucumber
451 (12.78 %)Git (software)
533 (8.271 %)Rhino Mocks
533 (8.271 %)NUnit
632 (8.020 %)Selenium
727 (6.767 %)NCover
727 (6.767 %)MbUnit
825 (6.266 %)WATIR
825 (6.266 %)WatiN
825 (6.266 %)OpenSTA
825 (6.266 %)csUnit
825 (6.266 %)NDepend
922 (5.514 %)Eclipse
1010 (2.506 %)Capistrano
118 (2.005 %)VSS/SourceSafe
118 (2.005 %)FitNesse
118 (2.005 %)TeamCity
118 (2.005 %)Team Foundation Server
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
132 (8.020 %)Games
223 (5.764 %)Finance
322 (5.514 %)Publishing
418 (4.511 %)Health
418 (4.511 %)Pensions
510 (2.506 %)Advertising
69 (2.256 %)Social Media
69 (2.256 %)Banking
77 (1.754 %)Back Office
77 (1.754 %)Marketing
77 (1.754 %)Investment Banking
86 (1.504 %)Online Games
94 (1.003 %)Music
94 (1.003 %)Insurance
94 (1.003 %)Retail
94 (1.003 %)Telecoms
94 (1.003 %)Government
103 (0.752 %)Law
111 (0.251 %)Legal
111 (0.251 %)3D Graphics
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1319 (79.95 %)Developer
2108 (27.07 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
378 (19.55 %)Web Developer
443 (10.78 %)Senior Developer
541 (10.28 %).NET Developer
620 (5.013 %)PHP Developer
719 (4.762 %)Java Developer
818 (4.511 %)Project Manager
818 (4.511 %)Lead Developer
917 (4.261 %)Analyst
1016 (4.010 %)Ruby Developer
1115 (3.759 %)Front-End Developer
1115 (3.759 %)Software Engineer
1115 (3.759 %)Flash Developer
1213 (3.258 %)ASP.NET Developer
1312 (3.008 %)Architect
1411 (2.757 %)Web Architect
1411 (2.757 %)Solutions Architect
1411 (2.757 %)Programmer
1510 (2.506 %)Analyst Programmer
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
194 (23.56 %)Open Source
230 (7.519 %)Web 2.0
319 (4.762 %)RIA
417 (4.261 %)Social Network
512 (3.008 %)Computer Science
610 (2.506 %)Cloud Computing
79 (2.256 %)iPhone
79 (2.256 %)Blog
79 (2.256 %)Management Information System
86 (1.504 %)Data Protection Act
95 (1.253 %)Amazon S3
95 (1.253 %)Dependency Injection
95 (1.253 %)Client/Server
104 (1.003 %)W3C
113 (0.752 %)SaaS
113 (0.752 %)Amazon EC2
113 (0.752 %)iPad
122 (0.501 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
122 (0.501 %)Interactive TV
131 (0.251 %)Ergonomics
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
193 (23.31 %)Linux
217 (4.261 %)UNIX
313 (3.258 %)Windows
412 (3.008 %)Ubuntu
55 (1.253 %)Solaris
64 (1.003 %)Windows Server 2008
64 (1.003 %)Android
72 (0.501 %)OpenSolaris
81 (0.251 %)MVS
81 (0.251 %)Mac OS X
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1137 (34.34 %)OO
2124 (31.08 %)Agile Software Development
3105 (26.32 %)TDD
493 (23.31 %)MVC
590 (22.56 %)Scrum
671 (17.79 %)Web Development
757 (14.29 %)OOP
852 (13.03 %)OOD
944 (11.03 %)E-Commerce
1043 (10.78 %)BDD
1138 (9.524 %)Continuous Integration
1230 (7.519 %)SEO
1329 (7.268 %)Pair Programming
1329 (7.268 %)Project Management
1329 (7.268 %)Refactoring
1427 (6.767 %)Load Testing
1526 (6.516 %)UML
1620 (5.013 %)Automated Testing
1719 (4.762 %)Unit Testing
1818 (4.511 %)Product Management
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1376 (94.24 %)Ruby
2202 (50.63 %)JavaScript
3160 (40.10 %)Java
4106 (26.57 %)PHP
5102 (25.56 %)SQL
675 (18.80 %)C#
767 (16.79 %)Perl
866 (16.54 %)Python
946 (11.53 %)ActionScript
1042 (10.53 %)C
1131 (7.769 %)PHP5
1224 (6.015 %)ActionScript 3.0
1224 (6.015 %)VB.NET
1315 (3.759 %)C++
147 (1.754 %)Scala
147 (1.754 %)VB6
147 (1.754 %)VB
156 (1.504 %)IronRuby
164 (1.003 %)Objective-C
164 (1.003 %)ActionScript 2.0
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (8.271 %)Degree
28 (2.005 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (2.005 %)MCP
28 (2.005 %)MCAD
28 (2.005 %)MCSD
28 (2.005 %)MCTS
34 (1.003 %)ISEB
34 (1.003 %)ISTQB
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (3.008 %)QA
24 (1.003 %)WCAG
24 (1.003 %)WAI
33 (0.752 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.754 %)MSMQ
22 (0.501 %)Varnish
31 (0.251 %)Postfix
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (1.504 %)Puppet
24 (1.003 %)HP Quality Center
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
140 (10.03 %)Oracle
221 (5.263 %)Zend
314 (3.509 %)Google
413 (3.258 %)Microsoft
413 (3.258 %)Sybase
59 (2.256 %)Omniture
59 (2.256 %)Vignette
67 (1.754 %)Typemock
67 (1.754 %)ATG
74 (1.003 %)HP
83 (0.752 %)Mediasurface
92 (0.501 %)Adobe
92 (0.501 %)BEA
92 (0.501 %)Yahoo!
92 (0.501 %)NetSuite
101 (0.251 %)Sun
101 (0.251 %)Mercator
101 (0.251 %)Bloomberg
101 (0.251 %)Siebel