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This section looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Oxford 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
Rank101106
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads61
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.620 %0.134 %
Salaries quoted41
Average minimum salary£43,750£30,000
Average salary£48,750£30,000
% change on same period last year+62.50 %
Average maximum salary£53,750£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,404£31,778
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads967747
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.521 %0.311 %
Salaries quoted890671
Average minimum salary£32,119£31,397
Average salary£35,975£34,117
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
Average maximum salary£39,830£36,837
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Ruby OxfordshireRuby
Oxfordshire

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

122 (78.57 %)Ruby on Rails
220 (71.43 %)SQL Server
319 (67.86 %)MySQL
417 (60.71 %)Oracle
417 (60.71 %)DB2
417 (60.71 %)C++
417 (60.71 %)UNIX
417 (60.71 %)Linux
511 (39.29 %)SQL
68 (28.57 %)C
77 (25.00 %)Health
86 (21.43 %)Agile Software Development
86 (21.43 %)Java
95 (17.86 %)Degree
95 (17.86 %)Computer Science
104 (14.29 %)Django
104 (14.29 %)Perl
104 (14.29 %)Python
104 (14.29 %)ISEB
113 (10.71 %).NET
113 (10.71 %)JavaScript
113 (10.71 %)C#
122 (7.143 %)LAMP
122 (7.143 %)Microsoft
122 (7.143 %)AJAX
122 (7.143 %)CSS
122 (7.143 %)CRM
122 (7.143 %)OO
122 (7.143 %)Flash
122 (7.143 %)Silverlight

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (78.57 %)Ruby on Rails
24 (14.29 %)Django
33 (10.71 %).NET
42 (7.143 %)LAMP
42 (7.143 %)CSS
42 (7.143 %)AJAX
42 (7.143 %)Silverlight
42 (7.143 %)LINQ
42 (7.143 %)WCF
42 (7.143 %)WPF
51 (3.571 %)WF
51 (3.571 %).NET Framework
51 (3.571 %)WebServices
51 (3.571 %)XML
51 (3.571 %)XSLT
51 (3.571 %)Middleware
51 (3.571 %)FpML
51 (3.571 %)Hibernate
51 (3.571 %)WinForms
51 (3.571 %)ASP.NET
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.571 %)BizTalk Server
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (71.43 %)SQL Server
219 (67.86 %)MySQL
317 (60.71 %)DB2
41 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (7.143 %)Flash
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (25.00 %)Health
21 (3.571 %)Finance
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (46.43 %)Developer
26 (21.43 %)C++ Developer
34 (14.29 %)Tester
43 (10.71 %)Junior
43 (10.71 %)Software Engineer
43 (10.71 %)Software Developer
43 (10.71 %)Web Developer
43 (10.71 %)Desktop Engineer
43 (10.71 %)Junior Tester
52 (7.143 %)Python Developer
52 (7.143 %)Python Web Developer
52 (7.143 %)Linux Engineer
52 (7.143 %).NET Developer
52 (7.143 %)SQL Developer
52 (7.143 %)C# Developer
52 (7.143 %)C++ Software Engineer
52 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
52 (7.143 %)Lead Developer
61 (3.571 %)Software Tester
61 (3.571 %)Software Architect
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (17.86 %)Computer Science
21 (3.571 %)Fat Client
21 (3.571 %)Thin Client
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (60.71 %)UNIX
117 (60.71 %)Linux
21 (3.571 %)Windows
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (21.43 %)Agile Software Development
22 (7.143 %)OO
22 (7.143 %)CRM
31 (3.571 %)Data Modelling
31 (3.571 %)Project Management
31 (3.571 %)Workflow
31 (3.571 %)Web Development
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (60.71 %)C++
211 (39.29 %)SQL
38 (28.57 %)C
46 (21.43 %)Java
54 (14.29 %)Python
54 (14.29 %)Perl
63 (10.71 %)JavaScript
63 (10.71 %)C#
71 (3.571 %)PHP
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (17.86 %)Degree
24 (14.29 %)ISEB
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (60.71 %)Oracle
22 (7.143 %)Microsoft