The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 24 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 97 - 80
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 9 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.695% - 0.832%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.240% - 1.509%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 7
Average salary £42,500 - £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 - £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 - £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
726 441 530
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 56.06% 43.11% 55.09%
Number of salaries quoted 652 391 494
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
Buckinghamshire

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 10 (90.91%) PHP
1 10 (90.91%) MySQL
1 10 (90.91%) CSS
2 9 (81.82%) HTML
3 8 (72.73%) Java
3 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
3 8 (72.73%) Linux
3 8 (72.73%) Python
4 7 (63.64%) Perl
4 7 (63.64%) jQuery
5 6 (54.55%) Apache
6 5 (45.45%) C++
7 4 (36.36%) Ajax
8 3 (27.27%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (27.27%) Finance
8 3 (27.27%) Node.js
8 3 (27.27%) OOP
8 3 (27.27%) C#
8 3 (27.27%) UNIX
8 3 (27.27%) Photoshop
9 2 (18.18%) ASP
9 2 (18.18%) Windows
9 2 (18.18%) SQL
9 2 (18.18%) .NET
9 2 (18.18%) OO
9 2 (18.18%) Tomcat
9 2 (18.18%) CSS3
9 2 (18.18%) HTML5
9 2 (18.18%) Web Development
9 2 (18.18%) Degree

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 10 (90.91%) CSS
2 9 (81.82%) HTML
3 7 (63.64%) jQuery
4 4 (36.36%) Ajax
5 3 (27.27%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (27.27%) Node.js
6 2 (18.18%) ASP
6 2 (18.18%) .NET
6 2 (18.18%) CSS3
6 2 (18.18%) HTML5
6 2 (18.18%) JSON
7 1 (9.091%) RESTful
7 1 (9.091%) Web Services
7 1 (9.091%) XML
7 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) Apache
2 2 (18.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) MySQL
2 1 (9.091%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (9.091%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) JIRA
1 1 (9.091%) RSpec
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) PHP Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Junior PHP Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Junior Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Junior
4 1 (9.091%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Development Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
2 3 (27.27%) UNIX
3 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 1 (9.091%) Android
4 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) OOP
2 2 (18.18%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) Web Development
3 1 (9.091%) Business Development
3 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.091%) Information Security
3 1 (9.091%) Digital Forensics
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) PHP
2 8 (72.73%) Java
2 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
2 8 (72.73%) Python
3 7 (63.64%) Perl
4 5 (45.45%) C++
5 3 (27.27%) C#
6 2 (18.18%) SQL
7 1 (9.091%) Objective-C
7 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
7 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.091%) GCFA
2 1 (9.091%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) BT
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Ideally but not essentially, you will also have commercial exposure to Apache (Apache Tomcat/ Apache HTTP Server), AJAX, Linux, C or C ++ and MySQL... KEY SKILLS: HTML, JavaScript,...
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013