The first table below looks at the demand for the Ruby on Rails Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR) Developer
Rank 225 236 230
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Ruby on Rails Developer 18 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.251% 0.155% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.262% 0.162% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 4
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -1.40%
UK excluding London average salary £33,750 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-15.62% -
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Ruby on Rails Developer
England

Ruby on Rails Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails Developer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Ruby on Rails Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails Developer across the North West region.

North West Ruby on Rails Developer Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails Developer
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 Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -17 13 £32,500 -7.14%
Lancashire - 4 £32,500 -
Cheshire - 1 £32,500 -
Ruby on Rails Developer
England

Ruby on Rails Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Ruby on Rails 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 on Rails Developer in their job title.

1 56 (100.00%) Ruby
1 56 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 38 (67.86%) Git (software)
3 30 (53.57%) Continuous Integration
4 29 (51.79%) TDD
5 28 (50.00%) nginx
5 28 (50.00%) E-Commerce
5 28 (50.00%) JavaScript
6 22 (39.29%) Open Source
7 20 (35.71%) HTML
7 20 (35.71%) CSS
8 16 (28.57%) XML
8 16 (28.57%) Subversion
8 16 (28.57%) jQuery
8 16 (28.57%) Sinatra
8 16 (28.57%) Node.js
9 15 (26.79%) Riak
9 15 (26.79%) Kanban
9 15 (26.79%) XAML
9 15 (26.79%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (23.21%) Underscore.js
11 12 (21.43%) New Media
11 12 (21.43%) Marketing
11 12 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
11 12 (21.43%) MVC
11 12 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
12 11 (19.64%) MySQL
13 10 (17.86%) SQL
14 6 (10.71%) Back Office
14 6 (10.71%) Pair Programming

Ruby on Rails Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Ruby on Rails 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 on Rails Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 56 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 20 (35.71%) HTML
2 20 (35.71%) CSS
3 16 (28.57%) XML
3 16 (28.57%) jQuery
3 16 (28.57%) Sinatra
3 16 (28.57%) Node.js
4 13 (23.21%) Underscore.js
5 4 (7.143%) .NET
5 4 (7.143%) XHTML
6 3 (5.357%) HTML5
6 3 (5.357%) REST
7 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 28 (50.00%) nginx
2 1 (1.786%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.786%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (26.79%) Riak
1 15 (26.79%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (19.64%) MySQL
3 3 (5.357%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (67.86%) Git (software)
2 16 (28.57%) Subversion
3 6 (10.71%) RSpec
3 6 (10.71%) Capistrano
4 3 (5.357%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.786%) GitHub
5 1 (1.786%) NetBeans
5 1 (1.786%) Eclipse
General
1 12 (21.43%) Marketing
2 6 (10.71%) Back Office
3 1 (1.786%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 22 (39.29%) Open Source
2 12 (21.43%) New Media
3 2 (3.571%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.571%) Linux
2 1 (1.786%) Windows
2 1 (1.786%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (53.57%) Continuous Integration
2 29 (51.79%) TDD
3 28 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 15 (26.79%) Kanban
5 12 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
5 12 (21.43%) MVC
5 12 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (10.71%) Pair Programming
6 6 (10.71%) User Stories
7 5 (8.929%) Scrum
7 5 (8.929%) OO
8 3 (5.357%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 56 (100.00%) Ruby
2 28 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 15 (26.79%) XAML
4 10 (17.86%) SQL
5 4 (7.143%) Java
5 4 (7.143%) PHP
6 1 (1.786%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (3.571%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (5.357%) Apple
2 1 (1.786%) JBoss
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Posted: 21 May 2013