The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 23 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 Application Development category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank 204 212 212
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 6 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.114% 0.036% 0.098%
As % of the Application Development category 0.243% 0.078% 0.243%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 6
Average salary £28,750 £36,250 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.68% +31.81%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
All Application Development
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2469 2550 2468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 47.06% 45.91% 40.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2237 2281 2203
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,200 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Ruby on Rails Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend

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

South West Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol - 5 £30,000 -
Cornwall - 1 £22,500 -
Ruby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 11 (100.00%) Ruby
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
4 7 (63.64%) C#
5 6 (54.55%) CSS
6 5 (45.45%) PHP
6 5 (45.45%) Windows
6 5 (45.45%) HTML
6 5 (45.45%) Java
7 4 (36.36%) C++
7 4 (36.36%) Delphi
7 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
7 4 (36.36%) .NET
7 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
7 4 (36.36%) XML
7 4 (36.36%) Firebird
7 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (36.36%) OO
7 4 (36.36%) XHTML
7 4 (36.36%) Client/Server
7 4 (36.36%) RDBMS
8 3 (27.27%) Subversion
8 3 (27.27%) Python
8 3 (27.27%) Git (software)
9 2 (18.18%) jQuery
9 2 (18.18%) OOP
10 1 (9.091%) Linux
10 1 (9.091%) DOM
10 1 (9.091%) MySQL
10 1 (9.091%) Mac OS X

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 6 (54.55%) CSS
2 5 (45.45%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 4 (36.36%) XML
3 4 (36.36%) XHTML
4 2 (18.18%) jQuery
5 1 (9.091%) DOM
5 1 (9.091%) Ajax
5 1 (9.091%) JSON
5 1 (9.091%) Spring MVC
5 1 (9.091%) CakePHP
5 1 (9.091%) Grails
5 1 (9.091%) Django
5 1 (9.091%) YUI
5 1 (9.091%) HTML5
5 1 (9.091%) CSS3
5 1 (9.091%) Backbone.js
5 1 (9.091%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (9.091%) D3.js
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Firebird
1 4 (36.36%) RDBMS
2 1 (9.091%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Subversion
1 3 (27.27%) Git (software)
2 1 (9.091%) QUnit
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Ruby on Rails Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Web Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Java Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Ruby Developer
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Software Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Website Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Client/Server
2 1 (9.091%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Mac OS X
2 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
2 1 (9.091%) Android
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Vista
2 1 (9.091%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (36.36%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) OOP
3 1 (9.091%) MVC
3 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
3 1 (9.091%) OWASP
3 1 (9.091%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Ruby
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 8 (72.73%) JavaScript
4 7 (63.64%) C#
5 5 (45.45%) PHP
5 5 (45.45%) Java
6 4 (36.36%) C++
6 4 (36.36%) Delphi
6 4 (36.36%) T-SQL
7 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree