Ruby on Rails Jobs

The first 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 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

Location

3 months to
20 May 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Rank

382

349

504

Rank change year-on-year

-33

+155

Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails

644

841

410

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

0.600%

0.694%

0.337%

As % of the Application Development category

1.479%

1.665%

0.841%

Number of salaries quoted

546

776

369

Average salary

£47,500

£45,000

£42,500

Average salary % change year-on-year

+5.55%

+5.88%

90% offered a salary of more than

£30,000

£32,500

£29,500

10% offered a salary of more than

£60,000

£62,500

£60,000

UK excluding London average salary

£35,500

£40,000

£37,500

% change year-on-year

-11.25%

+6.66%

All Application Development
UK

Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category

43529

50523

48732

As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK

40.54%

41.72%

40.04%

Number of salaries quoted

37840

44944

43044

Average salary

£40,000

90% offered a salary of more than

£28,000

£27,500

10% offered a salary of more than

£60,000

£65,000

£62,500

UK excluding London average salary

£37,500

£35,000

% change year-on-year

+7.14%

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total 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
Salary Trend

This 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 Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

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 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location (Click each for more statistics)	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
England	-43	613	£50,000	+11.11%
London	-15	448	£52,500	+5.00%
City of London	+16	101	£55,000	-
North West	+52	75	£35,000	+4.47%
Manchester	+28	64	£35,000	+4.47%
South East	-35	50	£46,250	+2.77%
Scotland	+17	26	£30,000	-28.57%
Surrey	+20	23	£42,500	+4.93%
East of England	0	22	£46,250	+23.33%
Glasgow	-6	18	£29,500	-50.83%
Cambridgeshire	+14	14	£47,500	-
Cambridge	+10	14	£47,500	-
Docklands, London	-	9	£55,000	-
Edinburgh	+9	8	£30,000	-27.71%
Berkshire	-20	8	£55,000	+22.22%
West Midlands	-25	8	£46,250	-3.89%
Kent	-	8	£47,500	-
Hertfordshire	-12	7	£45,000	+20.00%
Cheshire	+2	6	£37,500	-
Hampshire	+1	6	£40,000	-24.52%
South West	-1	6	£28,750	-20.68%
Stevenage	+3	5	£47,500	+26.66%
Bristol	-	5	£30,000	-
Lancashire	-	5	£32,500	-
Farnborough	-	5	£40,000	-
Warwickshire	+2	4	£37,500	-
Guildford	-17	4	£38,750	-4.32%
Oxford	-14	3	£42,500	+41.66%
Oxfordshire	-17	3	£42,500	+41.66%
Buckinghamshire	-	3	£23,500	-

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

1	1489 (95.82%)	Ruby
2	859 (55.28%)	JavaScript
3	783 (50.39%)	CSS
4	617 (39.70%)	Java
5	596 (38.35%)	HTML
6	594 (38.22%)	TDD
7	462 (29.73%)	jQuery
8	454 (29.21%)	MySQL
9	412 (26.51%)	PHP
10	396 (25.48%)	OO
11	391 (25.16%)	Git (software)
12	390 (25.10%)	Agile Software Development
13	374 (24.07%)	HTML5
14	366 (23.55%)	Linux
15	316 (20.33%)	C#

16	315 (20.27%)	SQL
17	294 (18.92%)	.NET
18	286 (18.40%)	Web Services
19	261 (16.80%)	CSS3
20	258 (16.60%)	Open Source
20	258 (16.60%)	Scrum
21	254 (16.34%)	Degree
22	248 (15.96%)	Apache
23	244 (15.70%)	Python
24	242 (15.57%)	Continuous Integration
25	241 (15.51%)	MongoDB
26	221 (14.22%)	E-Commerce
26	221 (14.22%)	Node.js
27	220 (14.16%)	Ajax
28	219 (14.09%)	Web Development

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1	783 (50.39%)	CSS
2	596 (38.35%)	HTML
3	462 (29.73%)	jQuery
4	374 (24.07%)	HTML5
5	294 (18.92%)	.NET
6	286 (18.40%)	Web Services
7	261 (16.80%)	CSS3
8	221 (14.22%)	Node.js
9	220 (14.16%)	Ajax
10	169 (10.88%)	JSON
10	169 (10.88%)	XML
11	113 (7.272%)	ASP.NET
11	113 (7.272%)	REST
12	103 (6.628%)	Sinatra
13	101 (6.499%)	RESTful
14	100 (6.435%)	Backbone.js
14	100 (6.435%)	Spring
15	99 (6.371%)	JSP
16	95 (6.113%)	Sass
17	93 (5.985%)	J2EE

Application Platforms
1	248 (15.96%)	Apache
2	146 (9.395%)	nginx
3	106 (6.821%)	Amazon AWS
4	88 (5.663%)	Force.com
5	62 (3.990%)	WordPress
6	60 (3.861%)	Amazon EC2
7	47 (3.024%)	Tomcat
8	45 (2.896%)	CMS
9	36 (2.317%)	RabbitMQ
10	21 (1.351%)	Drupal
10	21 (1.351%)	Confluence
11	19 (1.223%)	Rackspace Cloud
12	16 (1.030%)	Apache Solr
13	12 (0.772%)	Magento
14	10 (0.644%)	ActiveMQ
15	9 (0.579%)	ESB
16	8 (0.515%)	IIS
16	8 (0.515%)	Amazon S3
17	5 (0.322%)	Oracle Coherence
18	4 (0.257%)	BizTalk Server

Applications
1	26 (1.673%)	Photoshop
2	21 (1.351%)	MS Excel
3	12 (0.772%)	Spreadsheet
4	10 (0.644%)	Adobe Illustrator
5	2 (0.129%)	MS Office

Business Applications
1	1 (0.064%)	Optimost
1	1 (0.064%)	SiteCatalyst

Communications & Networking
1	84 (5.405%)	Internet
2	39 (2.510%)	HTTP
3	24 (1.544%)	LDAP
4	18 (1.158%)	DHCP
5	16 (1.030%)	BIG-IP
6	15 (0.965%)	Modbus
7	11 (0.708%)	DNS
8	5 (0.322%)	Kerberos
9	4 (0.257%)	SMTP
9	4 (0.257%)	FTP
9	4 (0.257%)	TACACS
9	4 (0.257%)	Firewall
9	4 (0.257%)	Wi-Fi
10	2 (0.129%)	HTTPS
10	2 (0.129%)	SSL
10	2 (0.129%)	SAN
10	2 (0.129%)	TCP/IP
10	2 (0.129%)	VLAN
11	1 (0.064%)	SNMP
11	1 (0.064%)	LAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	454 (29.21%)	MySQL
2	241 (15.51%)	MongoDB
3	175 (11.26%)	NoSQL
4	166 (10.68%)	PostgreSQL
5	126 (8.108%)	Redis
6	86 (5.534%)	SQL Server
7	40 (2.574%)	Hadoop
8	38 (2.445%)	Big Data
9	25 (1.609%)	Riak
10	21 (1.351%)	Neo4j
11	19 (1.223%)	Apache Cassandra
12	18 (1.158%)	RDBMS
12	18 (1.158%)	Oracle 10g
13	15 (0.965%)	SQL Server 2008
14	10 (0.644%)	CouchDB
15	6 (0.386%)	Data Mining
15	6 (0.386%)	Oracle 8/8i
16	4 (0.257%)	Data Warehouse
16	4 (0.257%)	DB2
16	4 (0.257%)	Firebird

Development Applications
1	391 (25.16%)	Git (software)
2	170 (10.94%)	Subversion
2	170 (10.94%)	Cucumber
3	169 (10.88%)	RSpec
4	56 (3.604%)	Jenkins
5	45 (2.896%)	Selenium
6	36 (2.317%)	Capistrano
7	35 (2.252%)	JIRA
8	25 (1.609%)	Maven
8	25 (1.609%)	Capybara
9	24 (1.544%)	Jasmine
10	23 (1.480%)	Visual Studio
11	21 (1.351%)	Ant
12	18 (1.158%)	Appcelerator Titanium
13	17 (1.094%)	Hudson
13	17 (1.094%)	CruiseControl
14	13 (0.837%)	GitHub
15	12 (0.772%)	Phing
15	12 (0.772%)	PHPUnit
15	12 (0.772%)	JUnit

General
1	102 (6.564%)	Finance
2	87 (5.598%)	Banking
3	76 (4.891%)	Investment Banking
4	75 (4.826%)	Marketing
5	46 (2.960%)	Games
6	44 (2.831%)	Back Office
7	41 (2.638%)	Retail
8	24 (1.544%)	Publishing
9	18 (1.158%)	Legal
10	17 (1.094%)	Telecoms
11	15 (0.965%)	Billing
12	9 (0.579%)	Front Office
12	9 (0.579%)	Multimedia
13	7 (0.450%)	Advertising
14	6 (0.386%)	Pharmaceutical
15	5 (0.322%)	Law
15	5 (0.322%)	Music
15	5 (0.322%)	Music Industry
16	2 (0.129%)	Electronics
17	1 (0.064%)	Automotive

Job Titles
1	1269 (81.66%)	Developer
2	378 (24.32%)	Ruby on Rails Developer
3	284 (18.28%)	Senior Developer
4	228 (14.67%)	Ruby Developer
5	189 (12.16%)	Web Developer
6	96 (6.178%)	Java Developer
7	83 (5.341%)	Front-End Developer
8	82 (5.277%)	Software Engineer
9	71 (4.569%)	Software Developer
10	64 (4.118%)	Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
11	53 (3.411%)	PHP Developer
11	53 (3.411%)	JavaScript Developer
12	50 (3.218%)	Architect
13	48 (3.089%)	.NET Developer
14	45 (2.896%)	Junior
15	44 (2.831%)	Junior Developer
16	43 (2.767%)	C# Developer
16	43 (2.767%)	Lead Developer
17	41 (2.638%)	DevOps Engineer
18	38 (2.445%)	Applications Developer

Miscellaneous
1	258 (16.60%)	Open Source
2	178 (11.45%)	Computer Science
3	82 (5.277%)	SaaS
3	82 (5.277%)	PaaS
4	60 (3.861%)	Heroku
5	56 (3.604%)	Mobile App
6	45 (2.896%)	Web 2.0
7	44 (2.831%)	Digital Media
8	43 (2.767%)	W3C
9	38 (2.445%)	Social Network
10	37 (2.381%)	Cloud Computing
11	36 (2.317%)	Social Media
12	34 (2.188%)	Mathematics
13	30 (1.931%)	iPhone
13	30 (1.931%)	New Media
14	23 (1.480%)	Online Games
15	21 (1.351%)	iPad
16	19 (1.223%)	Data Integration
17	15 (0.965%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
18	13 (0.837%)	Replication

Operating Systems
1	366 (23.55%)	Linux
2	133 (8.559%)	UNIX
3	74 (4.762%)	Ubuntu
4	70 (4.505%)	Android
5	69 (4.440%)	Apple iOS
6	65 (4.183%)	Windows
7	36 (2.317%)	Mac OS X
8	29 (1.866%)	CentOS
9	27 (1.737%)	Debian
10	26 (1.673%)	Solaris
11	19 (1.223%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12	15 (0.965%)	Gentoo
13	14 (0.901%)	Windows XP
14	13 (0.837%)	Windows 7
15	2 (0.129%)	Fedora
15	2 (0.129%)	SUSE
15	2 (0.129%)	AIX
16	1 (0.064%)	FreeBSD
16	1 (0.064%)	Windows Vista
16	1 (0.064%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	594 (38.22%)	TDD
2	396 (25.48%)	OO
3	390 (25.10%)	Agile Software Development
4	258 (16.60%)	Scrum
5	242 (15.57%)	Continuous Integration
6	221 (14.22%)	E-Commerce
7	219 (14.09%)	Web Development
8	212 (13.64%)	MVC
9	177 (11.39%)	BDD
10	91 (5.856%)	OOP
11	86 (5.534%)	Unit Testing
12	76 (4.891%)	Pair Programming
13	63 (4.054%)	Kanban
14	53 (3.411%)	Refactoring
15	50 (3.218%)	Test Scripting
16	46 (2.960%)	Software Engineering
17	42 (2.703%)	SOA
18	39 (2.510%)	Project Management
19	37 (2.381%)	Business Analysis
20	33 (2.124%)	OOD

Programming Languages
1	1489 (95.82%)	Ruby
2	859 (55.28%)	JavaScript
3	617 (39.70%)	Java
4	412 (26.51%)	PHP
5	316 (20.33%)	C#
6	315 (20.27%)	SQL
7	244 (15.70%)	Python
8	145 (9.331%)	C++
9	115 (7.400%)	Perl
10	68 (4.376%)	Apex Code
11	66 (4.247%)	C
12	55 (3.539%)	Clojure
13	44 (2.831%)	Shell Script
14	43 (2.767%)	Scala
15	37 (2.381%)	ActionScript
16	36 (2.317%)	R
17	35 (2.252%)	Bash shell
18	23 (1.480%)	CoffeeScript
19	21 (1.351%)	Erlang
19	21 (1.351%)	Groovy

Qualifications
1	254 (16.34%)	Degree
2	12 (0.772%)	Security Cleared
3	4 (0.257%)	PhD
4	1 (0.064%)	ISEB

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	32 (2.059%)	QA
2	12 (0.772%)	WAI

System Software
1	39 (2.510%)	Varnish
2	16 (1.030%)	Xen
3	15 (0.965%)	Active Directory
4	12 (0.772%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	5 (0.322%)	VirtualBox
6	2 (0.129%)	VMware ESX
7	1 (0.064%)	Apache ZooKeeper

Systems Management
1	118 (7.593%)	Puppet
2	15 (0.965%)	Nagios
3	10 (0.644%)	ZABBIX
4	9 (0.579%)	CFEngine
5	4 (0.257%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
6	1 (0.064%)	YUM
6	1 (0.064%)	AppManager
6	1 (0.064%)	Opalis
6	1 (0.064%)	SCCM

Vendors
1	76 (4.891%)	Oracle
2	75 (4.826%)	Microsoft
3	72 (4.633%)	Google
4	68 (4.376%)	Salesforce.com
5	59 (3.797%)	Facebook
6	45 (2.896%)	Rackspace
6	45 (2.896%)	VMware
7	40 (2.574%)	Twitter
8	36 (2.317%)	Red Hat
9	24 (1.544%)	Apple
9	24 (1.544%)	Zend
10	18 (1.158%)	Appcelerator
11	16 (1.030%)	Cisco
12	13 (0.837%)	Joyent
13	12 (0.772%)	JBoss
13	12 (0.772%)	Bloomberg
14	11 (0.708%)	F5
15	8 (0.515%)	Adobe
16	6 (0.386%)	HP
16	6 (0.386%)	Mercator

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