Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the South East region.

 Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank267254412
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Up+158
Matching permanent IT job ads557477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East0.361 %0.412 %0.182 %
As % of the Application Development category0.989 %1.354 %0.578 %
Salaries quoted557472
Average salary£32,500£37,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33 %+25.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£30,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£35,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %+16.66 %
South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
5560546713314
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East36.45 %30.42 %31.42 %
Salaries quoted4906477211448
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.630 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Ruby on Rails EnglandRuby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East Ruby on Rails Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the South East region.

South East Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the South East region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

South East Ruby on Rails Salary Histogram

Ruby on Rails
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 within the South East region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+1325£37,500-3.22 %
OxfordshireNew entry-12£34,500-
West SussexUp+138£28,500+1.78 %
HampshireUp+138£28,500-18.57 %
East SussexNew entry-8£28,500-
SurreyUp+46£45,000+12.50 %
Isle of WightNew entry-1£19,000-
Ruby on Rails EnglandRuby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East region citing Ruby on Rails 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 on Rails.

195 (100.00 %)Ruby
266 (69.47 %)JavaScript
352 (54.74 %)CSS
352 (54.74 %)Linux
446 (48.42 %)MySQL
539 (41.05 %)HTML
628 (29.47 %)UNIX
726 (27.37 %)AJAX
823 (24.21 %)PHP
920 (21.05 %)XHTML
1019 (20.00 %)MVC
1019 (20.00 %)jQuery
1118 (18.95 %)ColdFusion
1118 (18.95 %)Open Source
1216 (16.84 %)Web Services
1315 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
1315 (15.79 %)Zend
1315 (15.79 %)Subversion
1414 (14.74 %)Agile Software Development
1414 (14.74 %)TDD
1414 (14.74 %)Web Development
1414 (14.74 %)Zend Framework
1414 (14.74 %)Git (software)
1414 (14.74 %)Java
1414 (14.74 %)Perl
1513 (13.68 %)CMS
1611 (11.58 %)Pensions
1611 (11.58 %)Games
1611 (11.58 %)XML
1611 (11.58 %)OOP

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East region citing Ruby on Rails 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 on Rails. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
152 (54.74 %)CSS
239 (41.05 %)HTML
326 (27.37 %)AJAX
420 (21.05 %)XHTML
519 (20.00 %)MVC
519 (20.00 %)jQuery
616 (16.84 %)Web Services
714 (14.74 %)Zend Framework
811 (11.58 %)XML
910 (10.53 %)SOAP
109 (9.474 %)Django
109 (9.474 %)script.aculo.us
118 (8.421 %)Google Maps API
127 (7.368 %)LAMP
127 (7.368 %)Flash
136 (6.316 %)MooTools
142 (2.105 %)Haml
142 (2.105 %).NET
142 (2.105 %)ASP.NET
151 (1.053 %)OAuth
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (18.95 %)ColdFusion
213 (13.68 %)CMS
36 (6.316 %)TYPO3
45 (5.263 %)Apache
51 (1.053 %)ExpressionEngine
51 (1.053 %)ActiveMQ
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (5.263 %)Photoshop
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.053 %)AMQP
11 (1.053 %)VoIP
11 (1.053 %)Internet
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
146 (48.42 %)MySQL
210 (10.53 %)RDBMS
31 (1.053 %)SQL Server
31 (1.053 %)Informix
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (15.79 %)Subversion
214 (14.74 %)Git (software)
36 (6.316 %)Selenium
36 (6.316 %)Mercurial
44 (4.211 %)RSpec
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (11.58 %)Pensions
111 (11.58 %)Games
210 (10.53 %)Finance
210 (10.53 %)Education
210 (10.53 %)Music
38 (8.421 %)Insurance
45 (5.263 %)Health
53 (3.158 %)Social Media
62 (2.105 %)Music Industry
62 (2.105 %)Marketing
71 (1.053 %)Banking
71 (1.053 %)Telecoms
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
183 (87.37 %)Developer
232 (33.68 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
317 (17.89 %)Web Developer
413 (13.68 %)PHP Developer
56 (6.316 %)ColdFusion Developer
56 (6.316 %)Designer
65 (5.263 %)Ruby Developer
65 (5.263 %)Web Designer
65 (5.263 %)Java Developer
65 (5.263 %)Senior Developer
74 (4.211 %)Lead Developer
74 (4.211 %)Front-End Developer
83 (3.158 %)Senior PHP Developer
83 (3.158 %)Software Engineer
92 (2.105 %)LAMP Developer
92 (2.105 %)Junior
92 (2.105 %)Junior Developer
101 (1.053 %)IT Support
101 (1.053 %)Middleware Developer
101 (1.053 %)Senior Architect
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (18.95 %)Open Source
210 (10.53 %)Cloud Computing
36 (6.316 %)Blog
36 (6.316 %)Amazon AWS
45 (5.263 %)Multithreading
45 (5.263 %)Social Network
51 (1.053 %)SaaS
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
152 (54.74 %)Linux
228 (29.47 %)UNIX
33 (3.158 %)Solaris
42 (2.105 %)FreeBSD
51 (1.053 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (1.053 %)Windows
51 (1.053 %)Mac OS X
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
214 (14.74 %)Agile Software Development
214 (14.74 %)TDD
214 (14.74 %)Web Development
311 (11.58 %)OOP
48 (8.421 %)Web Design
57 (7.368 %)Scrum
65 (5.263 %)Kanban
65 (5.263 %)Unit Testing
65 (5.263 %)Web Testing
72 (2.105 %)SEO
81 (1.053 %)Web Analytics
81 (1.053 %)Enterprise Architecture
81 (1.053 %)OO
81 (1.053 %)UML
81 (1.053 %)Business Intelligence
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
195 (100.00 %)Ruby
266 (69.47 %)JavaScript
323 (24.21 %)PHP
414 (14.74 %)Java
414 (14.74 %)Perl
59 (9.474 %)PHP5
64 (4.211 %)SQL
64 (4.211 %)Python
72 (2.105 %)C
72 (2.105 %)C++
72 (2.105 %)Scala
81 (1.053 %)Erlang
81 (1.053 %)C#
81 (1.053 %)Shell Script
81 (1.053 %)Bash shell
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (7.368 %)Degree
21 (1.053 %)SC Cleared
21 (1.053 %)DV Cleared
21 (1.053 %)Security Cleared
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.158 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (15.79 %)Zend
29 (9.474 %)Google
31 (1.053 %)Adobe