The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills 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 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 118 177 205
Rank change year-on-year
+59 +28
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 137 70 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.907% 0.986% 0.422%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.175% 1.613% 0.816%
Number of salaries quoted 116 47 29
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £46,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4315 4340 3552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.06% 61.14% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3788 3911 3227
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

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

North West Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby 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 +59 107 £35,000 +4.47%
Cheshire -3 12 £40,000 +14.28%
Lancashire - 12 £32,500 -
Merseyside -1 7 £45,000 +24.13%
Ruby
England

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 185 (60.06%) Ruby on Rails
2 164 (53.25%) JavaScript
3 140 (45.45%) Java
4 126 (40.91%) TDD
5 114 (37.01%) C#
6 113 (36.69%) SQL
7 110 (35.71%) Scrum
8 108 (35.06%) CSS
9 97 (31.49%) HTML
10 92 (29.87%) PHP
11 91 (29.55%) MySQL
12 89 (28.90%) .NET
13 81 (26.30%) Git (software)
14 78 (25.32%) Agile Software Development
15 67 (21.75%) E-Commerce
16 64 (20.78%) Linux
17 54 (17.53%) Apache
18 51 (16.56%) Open Source
19 50 (16.23%) Kanban
20 47 (15.26%) Python
20 47 (15.26%) C++
21 45 (14.61%) MVC
21 45 (14.61%) Degree
22 43 (13.96%) Web Development
23 41 (13.31%) jQuery
24 40 (12.99%) Unit Testing
25 39 (12.66%) XML
26 38 (12.34%) nginx
27 35 (11.36%) Web Services
27 35 (11.36%) Continuous Integration

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 185 (60.06%) Ruby on Rails
2 108 (35.06%) CSS
3 97 (31.49%) HTML
4 89 (28.90%) .NET
5 41 (13.31%) jQuery
6 39 (12.66%) XML
7 35 (11.36%) Web Services
8 32 (10.39%) ASP.NET
9 29 (9.416%) REST
10 28 (9.091%) XHTML
11 25 (8.117%) SOAP
12 24 (7.792%) LAMP
13 23 (7.468%) Grails
14 21 (6.818%) HTML5
14 21 (6.818%) Spring
15 17 (5.519%) Node.js
16 16 (5.195%) Sinatra
17 15 (4.870%) J2EE
18 14 (4.545%) soapUI
19 13 (4.221%) Underscore.js
Application Platforms
1 54 (17.53%) Apache
2 38 (12.34%) nginx
3 8 (2.597%) Amazon ELB
3 8 (2.597%) Amazon EC2
3 8 (2.597%) Amazon AWS
4 6 (1.948%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.623%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (1.299%) IIS
7 3 (0.974%) CMS
7 3 (0.974%) ESB
7 3 (0.974%) Windows Azure
8 2 (0.649%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.649%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.649%) WordPress
8 2 (0.649%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.273%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.299%) ZBrush
2 4 (1.299%) 3ds Max
2 4 (1.299%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.325%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.649%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.844%) Internet
2 15 (4.870%) HTTP
3 9 (2.922%) DNS
3 9 (2.922%) Firewall
4 1 (0.325%) VoIP
4 1 (0.325%) Wireless
4 1 (0.325%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.325%) SNMP
4 1 (0.325%) VPN
4 1 (0.325%) SSL
4 1 (0.325%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (29.55%) MySQL
2 25 (8.117%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (7.143%) Riak
4 18 (5.844%) SQL Server
4 18 (5.844%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.922%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.597%) Redis
6 8 (2.597%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (1.948%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (0.974%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (0.649%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (0.325%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.325%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.325%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.325%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 81 (26.30%) Git (software)
2 23 (7.468%) Subversion
3 16 (5.195%) WATIR
3 16 (5.195%) Selenium
4 14 (4.545%) FitNesse
5 13 (4.221%) Capistrano
5 13 (4.221%) Cucumber
6 10 (3.247%) JUnit
7 9 (2.922%) Maven
7 9 (2.922%) Hudson
8 8 (2.597%) Jenkins
9 6 (1.948%) RSpec
10 4 (1.299%) Ant
11 3 (0.974%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.974%) Dreamweaver
11 3 (0.974%) JIRA
12 2 (0.649%) Capybara
12 2 (0.649%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.649%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.649%) Eclipse
General
1 27 (8.766%) Back Office
2 25 (8.117%) Games
3 20 (6.494%) Marketing
4 9 (2.922%) Retail
5 8 (2.597%) Finance
6 3 (0.974%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.325%) Advertising
7 1 (0.325%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 206 (66.88%) Developer
2 56 (18.18%) Ruby on Rails Developer
3 47 (15.26%) Software Engineer
4 36 (11.69%) Software Developer
5 29 (9.416%) Java Developer
6 25 (8.117%) .NET Developer
6 25 (8.117%) Web Developer
6 25 (8.117%) Analyst
7 24 (7.792%) Consultant
8 23 (7.468%) Business Analyst
9 22 (7.143%) PHP Developer
10 16 (5.195%) C# Developer
11 15 (4.870%) Test Consultant
12 14 (4.545%) C# .NET Developer
13 12 (3.896%) Development Team Leader
13 12 (3.896%) Team Leader
13 12 (3.896%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.922%) Senior Software Engineer
15 8 (2.597%) Principal Software Developer
15 8 (2.597%) Business Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.56%) Open Source
2 32 (10.39%) Computer Science
3 23 (7.468%) BBC
4 22 (7.143%) Mobile App
5 17 (5.519%) New Media
6 14 (4.545%) Semantic Web
7 12 (3.896%) Ontologies
8 10 (3.247%) Interactive TV
8 10 (3.247%) NHS
9 9 (2.922%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.597%) Digital Media
10 8 (2.597%) Social Network
11 7 (2.273%) Physics
11 7 (2.273%) MHEG
12 4 (1.299%) Streaming Video
13 3 (0.974%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.974%) IPTV
14 2 (0.649%) Psychology
14 2 (0.649%) iPhone
14 2 (0.649%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 64 (20.78%) Linux
2 33 (10.71%) UNIX
3 16 (5.195%) Windows
4 8 (2.597%) Ubuntu
4 8 (2.597%) Solaris
5 6 (1.948%) Android
6 4 (1.299%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.299%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (40.91%) TDD
2 110 (35.71%) Scrum
3 78 (25.32%) Agile Software Development
4 67 (21.75%) E-Commerce
5 50 (16.23%) Kanban
6 45 (14.61%) MVC
7 43 (13.96%) Web Development
8 40 (12.99%) Unit Testing
9 35 (11.36%) Continuous Integration
10 26 (8.442%) Service Delivery
10 26 (8.442%) Pair Programming
11 25 (8.117%) Business Analysis
12 24 (7.792%) OO
13 22 (7.143%) Software Engineering
14 20 (6.494%) PRINCE2
14 20 (6.494%) OOP
14 20 (6.494%) Extreme Programming
15 19 (6.169%) Digital Marketing
15 19 (6.169%) B2C
16 17 (5.519%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 164 (53.25%) JavaScript
2 140 (45.45%) Java
3 114 (37.01%) C#
4 113 (36.69%) SQL
5 92 (29.87%) PHP
6 47 (15.26%) Python
6 47 (15.26%) C++
7 21 (6.818%) C
8 20 (6.494%) ActionScript
9 15 (4.870%) XAML
10 10 (3.247%) Bash shell
10 10 (3.247%) Groovy
11 8 (2.597%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.273%) VB
12 7 (2.273%) PL/SQL
12 7 (2.273%) Perl
12 7 (2.273%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.948%) Scala
14 4 (1.299%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.299%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (14.61%) Degree
2 9 (2.922%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.325%) MCP
3 1 (0.325%) MCAD
3 1 (0.325%) MCSD
3 1 (0.325%) ISEB
3 1 (0.325%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.325%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.325%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.792%) QA
2 3 (0.974%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (2.597%) VirtualBox
1 8 (2.597%) Varnish
1 8 (2.597%) Postfix
1 8 (2.597%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.649%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 8 (2.597%) Puppet
2 3 (0.974%) Nagios
Vendors
1 32 (10.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.195%) Oracle
3 11 (3.571%) Twitter
4 8 (2.597%) VMware
4 8 (2.597%) JBoss
5 6 (1.948%) Zend
6 5 (1.623%) Apple
7 2 (0.649%) AccuRev
7 2 (0.649%) Google
7 2 (0.649%) Remedy
7 2 (0.649%) Adobe
8 1 (0.325%) Facebook
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