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

 Ruby
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank130136214
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+78
Matching permanent IT job ads252524
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey0.753 %0.633 %0.266 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.515 %1.281 %0.592 %
Salaries quoted152522
Average salary£35,500£40,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25 %+33.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£32,700£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,500£40,000£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£35,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-5.710 %+16.66 %
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
165019524052
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey49.71 %49.41 %44.85 %
Salaries quoted143817343419
Average salary£40,000£40,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£54,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Ruby South EastRuby
South East

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

Surrey Ruby Salary Histogram

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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
GuildfordUp+208£45,000+12.50 %
EghamUp+61£47,500+46.15 %
Ruby South EastRuby
South East

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

124 (64.86 %)Linux
222 (59.46 %)PHP
320 (54.05 %)Perl
418 (48.65 %)C++
514 (37.84 %)Ruby on Rails
613 (35.14 %)Bash shell
712 (32.43 %)Python
811 (29.73 %)C
811 (29.73 %)Open Source
910 (27.03 %)Agile Software Development
108 (21.62 %)Stress Testing
108 (21.62 %)SQL
108 (21.62 %)Test Automation
117 (18.92 %)LAMP
126 (16.22 %)ISEB
126 (16.22 %)Configuration Management
126 (16.22 %)JavaScript
126 (16.22 %)WATIR
135 (13.51 %)Red Hat
135 (13.51 %)Red Hat Linux
144 (10.81 %)Internet
144 (10.81 %)MySQL
144 (10.81 %)Web Services
144 (10.81 %)Apache
144 (10.81 %)QA
153 (8.108 %)Subversion
153 (8.108 %)Degree
153 (8.108 %)TYPO3
153 (8.108 %)Zend
153 (8.108 %)Zend Framework

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (37.84 %)Ruby on Rails
27 (18.92 %)LAMP
34 (10.81 %)Web Services
43 (8.108 %)Zend Framework
43 (8.108 %)Flash
52 (5.405 %)AJAX
Surrey IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (10.81 %)Apache
23 (8.108 %)TYPO3
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (10.81 %)Internet
21 (2.703 %)AMQP
Surrey IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (10.81 %)MySQL
Surrey IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (16.22 %)WATIR
23 (8.108 %)Subversion
23 (8.108 %)ClearCase
32 (5.405 %)FitNesse
32 (5.405 %)Team Foundation Server
41 (2.703 %)Selenium
Surrey IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (5.405 %)Finance
21 (2.703 %)Marketing
21 (2.703 %)Education
21 (2.703 %)Games
Surrey IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (37.84 %)Developer
114 (37.84 %)Systems Administrator
114 (37.84 %)Administrator
114 (37.84 %)Linux Systems Administrator
114 (37.84 %)Linux Administrator
211 (29.73 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
37 (18.92 %)Analyst
37 (18.92 %)Test Analyst
44 (10.81 %)Junior
44 (10.81 %)Graduate
44 (10.81 %)Lead Developer
53 (8.108 %)PHP Developer
53 (8.108 %)Senior PHP Developer
53 (8.108 %)Senior Developer
62 (5.405 %)Test Engineer
71 (2.703 %)Test Development Engineer
71 (2.703 %)QA Engineer
71 (2.703 %)C++ Programmer
71 (2.703 %)C Programmer
71 (2.703 %)Programmer
Surrey IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (29.73 %)Open Source
23 (8.108 %)Cloud Computing
23 (8.108 %)Amazon AWS
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (64.86 %)Linux
25 (13.51 %)Red Hat Linux
33 (8.108 %)UNIX
Surrey IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (27.03 %)Agile Software Development
28 (21.62 %)Stress Testing
28 (21.62 %)Test Automation
36 (16.22 %)Configuration Management
43 (8.108 %)Web Testing
52 (5.405 %)OOP
52 (5.405 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (5.405 %)Performance Testing
52 (5.405 %)Automated Testing
52 (5.405 %)Software Testing
52 (5.405 %)TDD
61 (2.703 %)Load Testing
61 (2.703 %)Test Management
61 (2.703 %)Test Scripting
61 (2.703 %)Regression Testing
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (59.46 %)PHP
220 (54.05 %)Perl
318 (48.65 %)C++
413 (35.14 %)Bash shell
512 (32.43 %)Python
611 (29.73 %)C
78 (21.62 %)SQL
86 (16.22 %)JavaScript
92 (5.405 %)Java
Surrey IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (16.22 %)ISEB
23 (8.108 %)Degree
Surrey IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (10.81 %)QA
21 (2.703 %)ISO9000
Surrey IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (13.51 %)Red Hat
23 (8.108 %)Zend
31 (2.703 %)Google
31 (2.703 %)HP