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This section looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7586
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads31
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.527 %0.192 %
Salaries quoted31
Average minimum salary£30,000£25,000
Average salary£30,000£32,500
% change on same period last year-7.69 %
Average maximum salary£30,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,404£31,778
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads569521
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.306 %0.217 %
Salaries quoted479443
Average minimum salary£28,511£28,415
Average salary£30,667£30,867
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
Average maximum salary£32,822£33,319
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Ruby North WestRuby
North West

Ruby
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Merseyside Ruby Demand Trend

Ruby
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Merseyside Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
WirralNew entry-3£30,000-
Ruby North WestRuby
North West

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

112 (100.00 %)Java
112 (100.00 %)PHP
112 (100.00 %)Ruby on Rails
210 (83.33 %)SQL
38 (66.67 %)SQL Server
38 (66.67 %)MySQL
47 (58.33 %)C++
56 (50.00 %).NET
65 (41.67 %)JavaScript
65 (41.67 %)Python
74 (33.33 %)Health
74 (33.33 %)Perl
74 (33.33 %)VBScript
83 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
83 (25.00 %)OO
92 (16.67 %)ASP
92 (16.67 %)CSS
92 (16.67 %)VB
92 (16.67 %)VB6
101 (8.333 %)AJAX
101 (8.333 %)Robotics
101 (8.333 %)HTML
101 (8.333 %)UNIX
101 (8.333 %)Linux
101 (8.333 %)C
101 (8.333 %)Oracle
101 (8.333 %)XHTML
101 (8.333 %)RDBMS
101 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
101 (8.333 %)Zope

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (100.00 %)Ruby on Rails
26 (50.00 %).NET
33 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (16.67 %)CSS
42 (16.67 %)ASP
51 (8.333 %)HTML
51 (8.333 %)XHTML
51 (8.333 %)AJAX
Merseyside IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)Apache
11 (8.333 %)Zope
11 (8.333 %)Plone
Merseyside IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (66.67 %)MySQL
18 (66.67 %)SQL Server
21 (8.333 %)RDBMS
21 (8.333 %)PostgreSQL
Merseyside IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Health
21 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
21 (8.333 %)Automotive
21 (8.333 %)Education
21 (8.333 %)Electric
Merseyside IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Developer
24 (33.33 %)Java Developer
24 (33.33 %)C++/Java Developer
33 (25.00 %)C++ Developer
33 (25.00 %)PHP Developer
42 (16.67 %).NET Developer
51 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
51 (8.333 %)SQL Developer
51 (8.333 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
Merseyside IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Robotics
Merseyside IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)UNIX
11 (8.333 %)Linux
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)OO
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)Java
112 (100.00 %)PHP
210 (83.33 %)SQL
37 (58.33 %)C++
45 (41.67 %)JavaScript
45 (41.67 %)Python
54 (33.33 %)Perl
54 (33.33 %)VBScript
62 (16.67 %)VB
62 (16.67 %)VB6
71 (8.333 %)C
Merseyside IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)Oracle