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The table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails (RoR) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank529739
Rank change on same period last yearUp+210
Matching permanent IT job ads462281
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.256 %0.118 %
As % of the category below0.784 %0.376 %
Salaries quoted399201
Average minimum salary£39,581£34,336
Average salary£43,640£37,984
% change on same period last year+14.88 %
Average maximum salary£47,699£41,633
UK excluding London average salary£33,639£31,577
% change on same period last year+6.52 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5896474762
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.63 %31.35 %
Salaries quoted5087561383
Average minimum salary£36,910£38,628
Average salary£40,487£42,437
% change on same period last year-4.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,063£46,245
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %

Ruby on Rails
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 within the UK.

Ruby on Rails Salary Histogram

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+205450£43,855+15.45 %
LondonUp+183268£50,789+17.25 %
YorkshireUp+2044£32,702+2.19 %
South YorkshireUp+3443£32,915+6.17 %
South EastUp+4439£41,172+19.74 %
South WestUp+1133£33,650-22.79 %
City of LondonUp+129£46,661-18.67 %
DorsetUp+2724£34,421-8.21 %
West MidlandsDown-423£30,860+9.84 %
PooleUp+3523£34,421-8.21 %
East of EnglandUp+2422£33,333-
North WestUp+2818£29,000+5.93 %
CoventryDown-216£32,781+10.49 %
SheffieldUp+1416£31,733+22.05 %
BarnsleyUp+714£33,964+6.13 %
ManchesterUp+3712£29,750+5.77 %
BerkshireUp+5712£43,750+50.86 %
ScotlandNew entry-12£32,688-
HertfordshireUp+2212£33,824-
CambridgeshireNew entry-10£32,500-
OxfordshireUp+810£56,643+74.28 %
ReadingNew entry-9£48,333-
CambridgeNew entry-8£30,625-
St AlbansNew entry-8£33,571-
BathDown-338--
SomersetDown-278--
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-7£33,571-
OxfordUp+85£57,500+91.66 %
GlasgowNew entry-5£33,667-
Thames ValleyNew entry-5--

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11031 (98.10 %)Ruby
2446 (42.44 %)Java
3423 (40.25 %)PHP
4397 (37.77 %)MySQL
5348 (33.11 %)JavaScript
6334 (31.78 %)AJAX
7246 (23.41 %)CSS
8243 (23.12 %)Linux
9222 (21.12 %)OO
10210 (19.98 %)HTML
11203 (19.31 %)Web Development
12199 (18.93 %).NET
13164 (15.60 %)Python
14159 (15.13 %)SQL
15157 (14.94 %)Web 2.0
16154 (14.65 %)SQL Server
17151 (14.37 %)Perl
18148 (14.08 %)J2EE
19147 (13.99 %)XML
20135 (12.84 %)Scrum
21134 (12.75 %)Internet
22125 (11.89 %)MVC
23122 (11.61 %)XHTML
24118 (11.23 %)TDD
25116 (11.04 %)E-Commerce
26110 (10.47 %)Agile Software Development
27104 (9.895 %)Apache
2899 (9.420 %)Social Network
2993 (8.849 %)UNIX
3091 (8.658 %)C#

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1334 (31.78 %)AJAX
2246 (23.41 %)CSS
3210 (19.98 %)HTML
4199 (18.93 %).NET
5148 (14.08 %)J2EE
6147 (13.99 %)XML
7125 (11.89 %)MVC
8122 (11.61 %)XHTML
977 (7.326 %)ASP.NET
1075 (7.136 %)LAMP
1168 (6.470 %)JSP
1242 (3.996 %)Adobe Flex
1341 (3.901 %)Spring
1341 (3.901 %)Hibernate
1438 (3.616 %)WebServices
1536 (3.425 %)ASP
1634 (3.235 %)XSLT
1731 (2.950 %)Django
1827 (2.569 %).NET Framework
1921 (1.998 %)DOM
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1104 (9.895 %)Apache
244 (4.186 %)ColdFusion
324 (2.284 %)JBoss
416 (1.522 %)CMS
514 (1.332 %)SharePoint
67 (0.666 %)OpenCms
76 (0.571 %)ColdFusion MX
85 (0.476 %)BizTalk Server
94 (0.381 %)IIS
94 (0.381 %)WordPress
101 (0.095 %)Zope
101 (0.095 %)Plone
101 (0.095 %)Tomcat
101 (0.095 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
125 (2.379 %)Photoshop
29 (0.856 %)Adobe Illustrator
37 (0.666 %)MS Excel
45 (0.476 %)MS Visio
53 (0.285 %)ImageReady
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1134 (12.75 %)Internet
217 (1.618 %)Intranet
217 (1.618 %)Network Security
315 (1.427 %)HTTP
49 (0.856 %)SMS
49 (0.856 %)Extranet
54 (0.381 %)Wireless
54 (0.381 %)TCP/IP
63 (0.285 %)SAN
71 (0.095 %)Firewall
71 (0.095 %)DNS
71 (0.095 %)SSL
71 (0.095 %)SNMP
71 (0.095 %)SMTP
71 (0.095 %)FTP
71 (0.095 %)LDAP
71 (0.095 %)ADSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1397 (37.77 %)MySQL
2154 (14.65 %)SQL Server
364 (6.089 %)SQL Server 2000
424 (2.284 %)PostgreSQL
523 (2.188 %)RDBMS
614 (1.332 %)DB2
614 (1.332 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (0.381 %)MS Access
82 (0.190 %)GIS
91 (0.095 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.095 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
183 (7.897 %)Flash
279 (7.517 %)Subversion
339 (3.711 %)Ant
432 (3.045 %)Bugzilla
523 (2.188 %)Eclipse
621 (1.998 %)ClearCase
621 (1.998 %)VSS/SourceSafe
716 (1.522 %)Visual Studio
815 (1.427 %)CruiseControl
99 (0.856 %)JUnit
99 (0.856 %)FitNesse
108 (0.761 %)WATIR
117 (0.666 %)Firebug
126 (0.571 %)QuickTest Pro
135 (0.476 %)Selenium
143 (0.285 %)NUnit
152 (0.190 %)TestDirector
152 (0.190 %)Dreamweaver
161 (0.095 %)WinRunner
161 (0.095 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
143 (4.091 %)Marketing
235 (3.330 %)Finance
332 (3.045 %)Pensions
429 (2.759 %)Telecoms
524 (2.284 %)Banking
615 (1.427 %)Advertising
615 (1.427 %)Health
713 (1.237 %)Games
89 (0.856 %)Retail
89 (0.856 %)Online Banking
96 (0.571 %)Investment Banking
96 (0.571 %)Insurance
96 (0.571 %)Government
104 (0.381 %)Education
104 (0.381 %)Billing
113 (0.285 %)Music
113 (0.285 %)Graphic Design
122 (0.190 %)Interactive Media
122 (0.190 %)FMCG
122 (0.190 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1844 (80.30 %)Developer
2360 (34.25 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
3179 (17.03 %)Senior Developer
4168 (15.98 %)Web Developer
5129 (12.27 %)Java Developer
669 (6.565 %)PHP Developer
766 (6.280 %)Ruby Developer
862 (5.899 %)Software Developer
942 (3.996 %)Senior Web Developer
1033 (3.140 %)Technical Lead
1129 (2.759 %)Software Engineer
1226 (2.474 %)Junior
1325 (2.379 %)Lead Developer
1424 (2.284 %)J2EE Developer
1424 (2.284 %)Web Designer
1523 (2.188 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1622 (2.093 %)Senior Software Developer
1721 (1.998 %)Internet Developer
1721 (1.998 %)Junior Developer
1819 (1.808 %)Java Software Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1157 (14.94 %)Web 2.0
299 (9.420 %)Social Network
334 (3.235 %)Computer Science
415 (1.427 %)Blog
514 (1.332 %)Client/Server
610 (0.951 %)Derivative
610 (0.951 %)iPhone
79 (0.856 %)DTV
88 (0.761 %)Thin Client
88 (0.761 %)Fat Client
97 (0.666 %)RIA
106 (0.571 %)IPTV
106 (0.571 %)W3C
115 (0.476 %)STB
115 (0.476 %)Mathematics
122 (0.190 %)Semantic Web
122 (0.190 %)Equity Derivative
122 (0.190 %)Spread Betting
131 (0.095 %)Robotics
131 (0.095 %)Wiki
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1243 (23.12 %)Linux
293 (8.849 %)UNIX
345 (4.282 %)Windows
415 (1.427 %)Solaris
54 (0.381 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.285 %)Debian
72 (0.190 %)FreeBSD
72 (0.190 %)Mac OS X
81 (0.095 %)AIX
81 (0.095 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1222 (21.12 %)OO
2203 (19.31 %)Web Development
3135 (12.84 %)Scrum
4118 (11.23 %)TDD
5116 (11.04 %)E-Commerce
6110 (10.47 %)Agile Software Development
746 (4.377 %)OOP
834 (3.235 %)Pair Programming
930 (2.854 %)Content Management
1027 (2.569 %)Web Design
1125 (2.379 %)Extreme Programming
1220 (1.903 %)UML
1319 (1.808 %)E-business
1319 (1.808 %)Continuous Integration
1417 (1.618 %)Penetration Testing
1514 (1.332 %)Internet Marketing
1612 (1.142 %)Software Engineering
1612 (1.142 %)SEO
1612 (1.142 %)Project Management
1710 (0.951 %)B2C
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11031 (98.10 %)Ruby
2446 (42.44 %)Java
3423 (40.25 %)PHP
4348 (33.11 %)JavaScript
5164 (15.60 %)Python
6159 (15.13 %)SQL
7151 (14.37 %)Perl
891 (8.658 %)C#
988 (8.373 %)C++
1045 (4.282 %)PHP5
1140 (3.806 %)C
1228 (2.664 %)PHP4
1228 (2.664 %)ActionScript
1321 (1.998 %)VB.NET
1416 (1.522 %)VB
1512 (1.142 %)Lisp
168 (0.761 %)Smalltalk
168 (0.761 %)VBScript
177 (0.666 %)VB6
186 (0.571 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
170 (6.660 %)Degree
24 (0.381 %)PhD
31 (0.095 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (0.761 %)QA
21 (0.095 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.095 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
155 (5.233 %)Oracle
233 (3.140 %)Microsoft
310 (0.951 %)Macromedia
47 (0.666 %)Adobe
47 (0.666 %)Zend
53 (0.285 %)Google
62 (0.190 %)Red Hat
62 (0.190 %)Mercator
62 (0.190 %)BT
71 (0.095 %)Sun
71 (0.095 %)Cisco