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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the Suffolk 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6689
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads13
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.251 %0.497 %
Salaries quoted03
Average minimum salary-£35,000
Average salary-£35,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,469£32,857
% change on same period last year+10.99 %
Suffolk IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Suffolk
Matching permanent IT job ads399604
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.269 %
Salaries quoted323518
Average minimum salary£31,911£32,097
Average salary£34,922£35,769
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum salary£37,932£39,440
UK excluding London average salary£35,731£35,965
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Ruby East of EnglandRuby
East of England

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

17 (100.00 %)PHP
25 (71.43 %)JavaScript
25 (71.43 %)Linux
25 (71.43 %)Web Development
34 (57.14 %)VB6
34 (57.14 %)AJAX
34 (57.14 %)Windows 2000 Server
34 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (57.14 %)Perl
34 (57.14 %)C#
34 (57.14 %)SQL
34 (57.14 %)VB
34 (57.14 %)ASP
34 (57.14 %)CSS
34 (57.14 %)SOAP
34 (57.14 %)XML
34 (57.14 %)Windows
34 (57.14 %)E-Commerce
34 (57.14 %)Microsoft
42 (28.57 %)WinRunner
42 (28.57 %)QuickTest Pro
42 (28.57 %)LoadRunner
42 (28.57 %)Java
42 (28.57 %)Health
42 (28.57 %)Internet
42 (28.57 %)Automated Testing
42 (28.57 %)Data Protection Act
42 (28.57 %)QA
42 (28.57 %)Performance Testing
42 (28.57 %)Data Protection

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

Suffolk IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)ASP
14 (57.14 %)CSS
14 (57.14 %)SOAP
14 (57.14 %)XML
14 (57.14 %)AJAX
21 (14.29 %)Ruby on Rails
Suffolk IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)Apache
Suffolk IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)Internet
Suffolk IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)MySQL
Suffolk IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)WinRunner
12 (28.57 %)QuickTest Pro
12 (28.57 %)LoadRunner
Suffolk IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Health
Suffolk IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
24 (57.14 %)Analyst
24 (57.14 %)Software Developer
24 (57.14 %)Senior Developer
24 (57.14 %)Senior Analyst
24 (57.14 %)Analyst Developer
24 (57.14 %)Senior Software Developer
24 (57.14 %)Senior Analyst Developer
32 (28.57 %)QA Tester
32 (28.57 %)QA Engineer
32 (28.57 %)Software Tester
32 (28.57 %)Test Engineer
32 (28.57 %)Tester
41 (14.29 %)Web Developer
Suffolk IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (28.57 %)Data Protection Act
Suffolk IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (71.43 %)Linux
24 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (57.14 %)Windows 2000 Server
24 (57.14 %)Windows
Suffolk IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (71.43 %)Web Development
24 (57.14 %)E-Commerce
32 (28.57 %)Automated Testing
32 (28.57 %)Performance Testing
32 (28.57 %)Data Protection
Suffolk IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)PHP
25 (71.43 %)JavaScript
34 (57.14 %)Perl
34 (57.14 %)C#
34 (57.14 %)SQL
34 (57.14 %)VB
34 (57.14 %)VB6
42 (28.57 %)Java
Suffolk IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (28.57 %)QA
Suffolk IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft