Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 9 September 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 Application Development category.

LinkRuby on Rails (RoR)
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank461348542
Rank change year-on-year
Down-113Up+194
Matching permanent IT job ads392346439
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.362 %0.509 %0.247 %
As % of the Application Development category0.921 %1.335 %0.750 %
Salaries quoted318317381
Average salary£35,000£37,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-16.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£34,750£34,000
% change year-on-year
-5.030 %+2.200 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
425852591358555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK39.33 %38.11 %32.94 %
Salaries quoted363982212050621
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %

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 9 September 2010 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 9 September 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
EnglandDown-120387£35,000-6.66 %
LondonDown-93209£40,000-
North WestUp+669£30,000+7.14 %
City of LondonDown-7563£40,000-
South EastDown-11550£37,000+5.71 %
ManchesterDown-649£27,500-1.78 %
HampshireDown-1222£35,000-12.50 %
BerkshireDown-2020£37,500-26.82 %
YorkshireDown-4617£35,000+9.37 %
CheshireNew entry-17£35,000-
West YorkshireNew entry-13£35,000-
East of EnglandDown-5912£40,000+9.58 %
North EastDown-811£26,250-1.68 %
East MidlandsDown-4010£21,750-27.50 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-10£21,750-
FarnboroughUp+99£35,000+7.69 %
Tyne and WearDown-129£25,000-6.36 %
NorthamptonNew entry-9£21,500-
CambridgeshireDown-258£43,750+18.24 %
West MidlandsDown-197£50,000+5.26 %
CambridgeDown-277£47,500+72.72 %
LeedsNew entry-6£28,000-
PortsmouthNew entry-5£40,000-
WakefieldNew entry-5£55,000-
SuffolkDown-144£22,500-38.35 %
HammersmithDown-144--
South YorkshireDown-304£30,000-6.25 %
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-4£25,000-
CoventryNew entry-4£50,000-
GatesheadNew entry-4£25,000-

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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.

1722 (96.78 %)Ruby
2372 (49.87 %)JavaScript
3329 (44.10 %)CSS
4288 (38.61 %)MySQL
5280 (37.53 %)Java
6265 (35.52 %)HTML
7255 (34.18 %)PHP
8225 (30.16 %)Linux
9219 (29.36 %)OO
10199 (26.68 %)Agile Software Development
11179 (23.99 %)TDD
12177 (23.73 %)Open Source
13173 (23.19 %)SQL
14171 (22.92 %)jQuery
15161 (21.58 %)AJAX
16160 (21.45 %).NET
17148 (19.84 %)Scrum
17148 (19.84 %)Web Development
18146 (19.57 %)MVC
19136 (18.23 %)XHTML
20129 (17.29 %)Perl
21123 (16.49 %)Subversion
22119 (15.95 %)XML
23118 (15.82 %)Python
24109 (14.61 %)C#
2598 (13.14 %)RSpec
2697 (13.00 %)SQL Server
2785 (11.39 %)E-Commerce
2785 (11.39 %)Git (software)
2882 (10.99 %)Cucumber

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1329 (44.10 %)CSS
2265 (35.52 %)HTML
3171 (22.92 %)jQuery
4161 (21.58 %)AJAX
5160 (21.45 %).NET
6136 (18.23 %)XHTML
7119 (15.95 %)XML
879 (10.59 %)ASP.NET
971 (9.517 %)Spring
971 (9.517 %)Django
1066 (8.847 %)LAMP
1164 (8.579 %)Web Services
1251 (6.836 %)Flash
1349 (6.568 %)J2EE
1442 (5.630 %)Struts
1537 (4.960 %)WCF
1634 (4.558 %)ASP.NET MVC
1732 (4.290 %)NHibernate
1829 (3.887 %)JSON
1928 (3.753 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
163 (8.445 %)Apache
240 (5.362 %)Tomcat
339 (5.228 %)ESB
425 (3.351 %)ActiveMQ
521 (2.815 %)ColdFusion
620 (2.681 %)Apache Solr
714 (1.877 %)Drupal
813 (1.743 %)CMS
813 (1.743 %)WordPress
910 (1.340 %)SharePoint
109 (1.206 %)Documentum
117 (0.938 %)BizTalk Server
125 (0.670 %)IIS
134 (0.536 %)Liferay
143 (0.402 %)nginx
143 (0.402 %)Joomla!
152 (0.268 %)AquaLogic
152 (0.268 %)Confluence
152 (0.268 %)Umbraco
152 (0.268 %)Lotus Domino
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (4.558 %)MS Excel
220 (2.681 %)MS Visio
38 (1.072 %)Photoshop
46 (0.804 %)Fireworks
52 (0.268 %)Shockwave
52 (0.268 %)InDesign
61 (0.134 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (1.206 %)Optimost
21 (0.134 %)Oracle CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
168 (9.115 %)Internet
224 (3.217 %)HTTP
33 (0.402 %)TCP/IP
33 (0.402 %)VPN
33 (0.402 %)LAN
33 (0.402 %)FTP
33 (0.402 %)Intranet
33 (0.402 %)DNS
42 (0.268 %)Firewall
51 (0.134 %)DVB
51 (0.134 %)DHCP
51 (0.134 %)VoIP
51 (0.134 %)SSL
51 (0.134 %)Network Security
51 (0.134 %)SSH
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1288 (38.61 %)MySQL
297 (13.00 %)SQL Server
340 (5.362 %)PostgreSQL
433 (4.424 %)SQL Server 2005
523 (3.083 %)CouchDB
523 (3.083 %)RDBMS
611 (1.475 %)SQL Server 2008
710 (1.340 %)SQL Server 2000
87 (0.938 %)Crystal Reports
87 (0.938 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
94 (0.536 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
103 (0.402 %)DTS
103 (0.402 %)Oracle 10g
111 (0.134 %)Data Mining
111 (0.134 %)OLAP
111 (0.134 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.134 %)SimpleDB
111 (0.134 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1123 (16.49 %)Subversion
298 (13.14 %)RSpec
385 (11.39 %)Git (software)
482 (10.99 %)Cucumber
549 (6.568 %)Eclipse
648 (6.434 %)Selenium
733 (4.424 %)NUnit
733 (4.424 %)Rhino Mocks
832 (4.290 %)Ant
927 (3.619 %)NCover
927 (3.619 %)MbUnit
1025 (3.351 %)NDepend
1025 (3.351 %)WatiN
1025 (3.351 %)OpenSTA
1025 (3.351 %)csUnit
1025 (3.351 %)WATIR
1025 (3.351 %)JUnit
1115 (2.011 %)Capistrano
128 (1.072 %)FitNesse
128 (1.072 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
166 (8.847 %)Finance
241 (5.496 %)Pensions
336 (4.826 %)Games
429 (3.887 %)Health
526 (3.485 %)Back Office
622 (2.949 %)Publishing
721 (2.815 %)Marketing
815 (2.011 %)Social Media
912 (1.609 %)Insurance
1011 (1.475 %)Advertising
119 (1.206 %)Telecoms
119 (1.206 %)Banking
127 (0.938 %)Education
127 (0.938 %)Investment Banking
136 (0.804 %)Online Games
136 (0.804 %)Retail
144 (0.536 %)Music
144 (0.536 %)Government
153 (0.402 %)Law
162 (0.268 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1586 (78.55 %)Developer
2221 (29.62 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
3123 (16.49 %)Web Developer
461 (8.177 %)Senior Developer
552 (6.971 %)Applications Developer
641 (5.496 %)Java Developer
641 (5.496 %).NET Developer
740 (5.362 %)Lead Developer
835 (4.692 %)Software Engineer
835 (4.692 %)PHP Developer
835 (4.692 %)Ruby Developer
929 (3.887 %)Analyst
1024 (3.217 %)Project Manager
1121 (2.815 %)Web Manager
1121 (2.815 %)Software Developer
1220 (2.681 %)Applications Support
1220 (2.681 %)LAMP Developer
1318 (2.413 %)Front-End Developer
1318 (2.413 %)Senior Software Engineer
1416 (2.145 %)Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1177 (23.73 %)Open Source
252 (6.971 %)Web 2.0
336 (4.826 %)Cloud Computing
423 (3.083 %)Computer Science
520 (2.681 %)Blog
520 (2.681 %)Social Network
619 (2.547 %)RIA
716 (2.145 %)SaaS
814 (1.877 %)PaaS
912 (1.609 %)iPhone
1010 (1.340 %)Client/Server
119 (1.206 %)Management Information System
127 (0.938 %)W3C
127 (0.938 %)Multithreading
127 (0.938 %)Data Protection Act
127 (0.938 %)Mathematics
135 (0.670 %)Dependency Injection
135 (0.670 %)Amazon S3
144 (0.536 %)Amazon EC2
153 (0.402 %)iPad
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1225 (30.16 %)Linux
280 (10.72 %)UNIX
325 (3.351 %)Windows
416 (2.145 %)Ubuntu
510 (1.340 %)Debian
68 (1.072 %)Solaris
75 (0.670 %)Windows Server 2008
84 (0.536 %)Android
93 (0.402 %)Windows Server 2003
93 (0.402 %)FreeBSD
93 (0.402 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (0.268 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.268 %)OpenSolaris
102 (0.268 %)Mac OS X
102 (0.268 %)Windows XP
111 (0.134 %)MVS
111 (0.134 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1219 (29.36 %)OO
2199 (26.68 %)Agile Software Development
3179 (23.99 %)TDD
4148 (19.84 %)Scrum
4148 (19.84 %)Web Development
5146 (19.57 %)MVC
685 (11.39 %)E-Commerce
774 (9.920 %)OOP
863 (8.445 %)OOD
957 (7.641 %)BDD
1049 (6.568 %)Project Management
1146 (6.166 %)Continuous Integration
1244 (5.898 %)Pair Programming
1342 (5.630 %)SOA
1439 (5.228 %)Refactoring
1536 (4.826 %)SEO
1634 (4.558 %)Automated Testing
1634 (4.558 %)Content Management
1728 (3.753 %)Migration
1827 (3.619 %)Load Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1722 (96.78 %)Ruby
2372 (49.87 %)JavaScript
3280 (37.53 %)Java
4255 (34.18 %)PHP
5173 (23.19 %)SQL
6129 (17.29 %)Perl
7118 (15.82 %)Python
8109 (14.61 %)C#
979 (10.59 %)C
1052 (6.971 %)ActionScript
1141 (5.496 %)PHP5
1234 (4.558 %)C++
1330 (4.021 %)ActionScript 3.0
1425 (3.351 %)VB.NET
1514 (1.877 %)Scala
1610 (1.340 %)VB
178 (1.072 %)Erlang
187 (0.938 %)VB6
196 (0.804 %)IronRuby
205 (0.670 %)ActionScript 2.0
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
167 (8.981 %)Degree
29 (1.206 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (1.072 %)MCTS
38 (1.072 %)MCP
38 (1.072 %)MCAD
38 (1.072 %)MCSD
44 (0.536 %)ISTQB
44 (0.536 %)ISEB
51 (0.134 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (2.413 %)QA
28 (1.072 %)SLA
34 (0.536 %)WCAG
34 (0.536 %)WAI
43 (0.402 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.134 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (1.206 %)Postfix
27 (0.938 %)MSMQ
32 (0.268 %)Varnish
32 (0.268 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.804 %)Puppet
24 (0.536 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
151 (6.836 %)Oracle
232 (4.290 %)Microsoft
324 (3.217 %)Google
423 (3.083 %)Zend
514 (1.877 %)BT
613 (1.743 %)Sybase
79 (1.206 %)Vignette
79 (1.206 %)Omniture
87 (0.938 %)ATG
87 (0.938 %)Typemock
95 (0.670 %)Nokia
95 (0.670 %)Adobe
104 (0.536 %)HP
113 (0.402 %)Mediasurface
113 (0.402 %)JBoss
122 (0.268 %)Yahoo!
122 (0.268 %)NetSuite
122 (0.268 %)IBM
122 (0.268 %)BEA
122 (0.268 %)Red Hat