The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 18 June 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank - 39 68
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 0 33 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East - 3.910% 0.549%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 8.354% 1.102%
Number of salaries quoted 0 21 4
Average salary - £32,500 £49,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -34.01%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
356 395 363
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 53.94% 46.80% 49.86%
Number of salaries quoted 318 315 292
Average salary £34,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
England

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 11 (91.67%) Java
3 9 (75.00%) .NET
4 6 (50.00%) OOP
4 6 (50.00%) Law
4 6 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (50.00%) QA
4 6 (50.00%) Selenium
4 6 (50.00%) Android
4 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
5 5 (41.67%) iPhone
5 5 (41.67%) iPad
5 5 (41.67%) Scrum
5 5 (41.67%) Python
5 5 (41.67%) Symbian
6 4 (33.33%) C#
6 4 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (16.67%) Automotive
7 2 (16.67%) C++
7 2 (16.67%) Perl
7 2 (16.67%) SQL
7 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
7 2 (16.67%) Retail
8 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (8.333%) TDD
8 1 (8.333%) Banking
8 1 (8.333%) Ubuntu
8 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
8 1 (8.333%) Degree
8 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 9 (75.00%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
3 1 (8.333%) Node.js
3 1 (8.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Apache
1 1 (8.333%) nginx
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) MySQL
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (16.67%) Automotive
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (8.333%) Finance
3 1 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Tester
2 5 (41.67%) Test Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Junior Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Product Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Junior Java Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Product Development Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Python Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Junior Python Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Ruby Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Development Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Junior
5 1 (8.333%) Test Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) QA Manager
5 1 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (41.67%) iPhone
2 5 (41.67%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (8.333%) CentOS
2 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (8.333%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) OOP
1 6 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Scrum
3 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (8.333%) TDD
3 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
3 1 (8.333%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 11 (91.67%) Java
3 5 (41.67%) Python
4 4 (33.33%) C#
5 2 (16.67%) C++
5 2 (16.67%) Perl
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
6 1 (8.333%) Jython
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Symbian
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Red Hat
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