Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank329494
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+165
Matching permanent IT job ads332566
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.488 %0.284 %
As % of the Application Development category1.368 %0.869 %
Salaries quoted296492
Average salary£35,000£38,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-7.890 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,750£34,000
% change on same period last year+2.200 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2427765116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK35.66 %32.64 %
Salaries quoted2094255558
Average salary£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£35,000
% change on same period last year-4.280 %

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 3 July 2009 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 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+173324£35,000-6.66 %
LondonUp+107157£40,000-15.78 %
South EastUp+21983£37,500+11.11 %
City of LondonUp+13253£35,000-9.09 %
YorkshireUp+6833£32,000-8.57 %
SurreyUp+13328£35,000-41.66 %
BerkshireUp+12525£42,500-5.55 %
South YorkshireUp+1525£33,500-4.28 %
WindsorUp+2222£47,500+58.33 %
East of EnglandUp+9119£30,000-14.28 %
BromleyNew entry-19£60,000-
SheffieldUp+1018£35,000-
FarnhamNew entry-18£35,000-
North WestUp+11416£29,000-3.33 %
ManchesterUp+7816£29,000-3.33 %
HampshireUp+10215£30,000-7.69 %
CambridgeshireUp+7812£30,000+9.09 %
OxfordshireUp+7111£37,500-12.28 %
CambridgeUp+6011£30,000+9.09 %
AldershotNew entry-10£30,000-
West YorkshireUp+908£32,000-1.53 %
ScotlandUp+738£35,000+2.94 %
East MidlandsUp+728£31,500-10.00 %
GlasgowUp+508£35,000+2.94 %
GodalmingNew entry-8£32,500-
LeicestershireNew entry-8£31,500-
South WestUp+907£30,750+2.50 %
OxfordUp+597£37,500-12.28 %
GuildfordNew entry-6£38,750-
LeedsUp+795£32,000-

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

1716 (98.62 %)Ruby
2377 (51.93 %)MySQL
3357 (49.17 %)JavaScript
4338 (46.56 %)PHP
5333 (45.87 %)Linux
6320 (44.08 %)CSS
7209 (28.79 %)HTML
8197 (27.13 %)Java
9174 (23.97 %)AJAX
10166 (22.87 %)Web Development
11164 (22.59 %)Perl
12136 (18.73 %)XHTML
13121 (16.67 %)TDD
14112 (15.43 %)E-Commerce
15111 (15.29 %)UNIX
15111 (15.29 %)Subversion
16104 (14.33 %)Degree
17103 (14.19 %)OO
18101 (13.91 %)SQL
1998 (13.50 %)Python
1998 (13.50 %)Agile Software Development
2090 (12.40 %)jQuery
2179 (10.88 %)Scrum
2276 (10.47 %).NET
2372 (9.917 %)XML
2469 (9.504 %)Apache
2568 (9.366 %)SEO
2667 (9.229 %)Marketing
2766 (9.091 %)Web 2.0
2861 (8.402 %)Education

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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
1320 (44.08 %)CSS
2209 (28.79 %)HTML
3174 (23.97 %)AJAX
4136 (18.73 %)XHTML
590 (12.40 %)jQuery
676 (10.47 %).NET
772 (9.917 %)XML
861 (8.402 %)WebServices
948 (6.612 %)JSP
1040 (5.510 %)LAMP
1138 (5.234 %)ASP.NET
1138 (5.234 %)Django
1234 (4.683 %)YUI
1330 (4.132 %)Flash
1427 (3.719 %)script.aculo.us
1526 (3.581 %)MVC
1623 (3.168 %)SOAP
1721 (2.893 %)Adobe Flex
1721 (2.893 %)Grails
1817 (2.342 %)RSS
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
169 (9.504 %)Apache
237 (5.096 %)Tomcat
333 (4.545 %)ColdFusion
426 (3.581 %)CMS
522 (3.030 %)Drupal
63 (0.413 %)Documentum
72 (0.275 %)nginx
81 (0.138 %)WordPress
81 (0.138 %)GlassFish
81 (0.138 %)Apache Solr
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (2.204 %)MS Visio
213 (1.791 %)Photoshop
36 (0.826 %)MS Excel
44 (0.551 %)Fireworks
44 (0.551 %)MS Office
44 (0.551 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.138 %)ImageReady
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.551 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
141 (5.647 %)Internet
221 (2.893 %)DNS
314 (1.928 %)Network Security
413 (1.791 %)TCP/IP
510 (1.377 %)Intranet
69 (1.240 %)Extranet
76 (0.826 %)HTTP
85 (0.689 %)SMTP
85 (0.689 %)FTP
94 (0.551 %)HTTPS
94 (0.551 %)SSL
94 (0.551 %)NNTP
94 (0.551 %)LDAP
102 (0.275 %)VPN
102 (0.275 %)Firewall
111 (0.138 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1377 (51.93 %)MySQL
237 (5.096 %)RDBMS
326 (3.581 %)SQL Server
423 (3.168 %)PostgreSQL
512 (1.653 %)DB2
67 (0.964 %)Data Mining
75 (0.689 %)Oracle 10g
84 (0.551 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.275 %)Ingres
92 (0.275 %)MS Access
101 (0.138 %)SQLite
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1111 (15.29 %)Subversion
236 (4.959 %)Git (software)
37 (0.964 %)Selenium
45 (0.689 %)Mercurial
45 (0.689 %)Eclipse
54 (0.551 %)Dreamweaver
63 (0.413 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.138 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.138 %)JUnit
71 (0.138 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
167 (9.229 %)Marketing
261 (8.402 %)Education
319 (2.617 %)Finance
417 (2.342 %)Publishing
516 (2.204 %)Banking
69 (1.240 %)Investment Banking
69 (1.240 %)Multimedia
69 (1.240 %)Telecoms
78 (1.102 %)Back Office
87 (0.964 %)Graphic Design
87 (0.964 %)Online Banking
95 (0.689 %)Pensions
95 (0.689 %)Games
95 (0.689 %)Government
95 (0.689 %)Pharmaceutical
104 (0.551 %)Retail
104 (0.551 %)Music
104 (0.551 %)Billing
113 (0.413 %)Animation
113 (0.413 %)Interactive Media
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1597 (82.23 %)Developer
2278 (38.29 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
3147 (20.25 %)Web Developer
4133 (18.32 %)Senior Developer
580 (11.02 %)PHP Developer
661 (8.402 %)Ruby Developer
748 (6.612 %)Senior PHP Developer
847 (6.474 %)Java Developer
942 (5.785 %)Senior Web Developer
1031 (4.270 %)PHP Web Developer
1122 (3.030 %)Software Engineer
1122 (3.030 %)Software Developer
1221 (2.893 %)MySQL Developer
1320 (2.755 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
1418 (2.479 %)Lead Developer
1516 (2.204 %)Applications Support
1614 (1.928 %)Web Designer
1614 (1.928 %)Internet Developer
1614 (1.928 %)Analyst
1614 (1.928 %)Applications Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
166 (9.091 %)Web 2.0
234 (4.683 %)Blog
332 (4.408 %)Social Network
422 (3.030 %)Computer Science
515 (2.066 %)Interactive TV
68 (1.102 %)Equities
77 (0.964 %)Client/Server
85 (0.689 %)RIA
93 (0.413 %)Management Information System
101 (0.138 %)iPhone
101 (0.138 %)Mathematics
101 (0.138 %)Physics
101 (0.138 %)Biology
101 (0.138 %)W3C
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1333 (45.87 %)Linux
2111 (15.29 %)UNIX
322 (3.030 %)Windows
420 (2.755 %)Solaris
58 (1.102 %)FreeBSD
67 (0.964 %)Ubuntu
76 (0.826 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (0.551 %)Mac OS X
92 (0.275 %)Windows CE
92 (0.275 %)Debian
92 (0.275 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1166 (22.87 %)Web Development
2121 (16.67 %)TDD
3112 (15.43 %)E-Commerce
4103 (14.19 %)OO
598 (13.50 %)Agile Software Development
679 (10.88 %)Scrum
768 (9.366 %)SEO
842 (5.785 %)Web Design
933 (4.545 %)OOP
1023 (3.168 %)Content Management
1023 (3.168 %)Strategic Planning
1119 (2.617 %)Pair Programming
1215 (2.066 %)Data Analysis
1314 (1.928 %)Penetration Testing
1411 (1.515 %)Technical Architecture
1411 (1.515 %)Requirements Analysis
159 (1.240 %)Internet Marketing
159 (1.240 %)E-business
167 (0.964 %)Unit Testing
167 (0.964 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1716 (98.62 %)Ruby
2357 (49.17 %)JavaScript
3338 (46.56 %)PHP
4197 (27.13 %)Java
5164 (22.59 %)Perl
6101 (13.91 %)SQL
798 (13.50 %)Python
854 (7.438 %)C++
947 (6.474 %)C#
1042 (5.785 %)C
1124 (3.306 %)PHP5
1219 (2.617 %)PL/SQL
1316 (2.204 %)Scala
1413 (1.791 %)Shell Script
1512 (1.653 %)ActionScript
164 (0.551 %)VB
164 (0.551 %)Groovy
164 (0.551 %)PHP4
172 (0.275 %)T-SQL
172 (0.275 %)AWK
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1104 (14.33 %)Degree
210 (1.377 %)Security Cleared
38 (1.102 %)MBA
44 (0.551 %)PhD
44 (0.551 %)SC Cleared
51 (0.138 %)Cisco Certification
51 (0.138 %)CCNA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.551 %)QA
21 (0.138 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.413 %)qmail
13 (0.413 %)Postfix
13 (0.413 %)Sendmail
13 (0.413 %)Squid
21 (0.138 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.138 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.138 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
159 (8.127 %)Oracle
212 (1.653 %)Yahoo!
212 (1.653 %)Zend
39 (1.240 %)Microsoft
47 (0.964 %)Sybase
47 (0.964 %)Adobe
54 (0.551 %)Macromedia
63 (0.413 %)Google
72 (0.275 %)Interwoven
72 (0.275 %)Red Hat
72 (0.275 %)TOWER Software
81 (0.138 %)telerik
81 (0.138 %)VMware
81 (0.138 %)JBoss
81 (0.138 %)Sage
81 (0.138 %)Apple
81 (0.138 %)Sun