The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 17 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.146% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.244% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £37,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
410 316 417
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 59.77% 57.25% 64.45%
Number of salaries quoted 381 279 369
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby
East of England

Ruby
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Ruby Salary Trend

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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 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
Ipswich - 1 £37,500 -
Ruby
East of England

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Bash shell
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Puppet
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Bash shell
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) RHCE
1 1 (50.00%) CCSA
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco