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The table looks at the demand for Ruby skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby 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 Programming Languages category.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank245375
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+130
Matching permanent IT job ads491877
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.721 %0.440 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.492 %0.959 %
Salaries quoted434759
Average salary£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£28,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,000
% change on same period last year+6.060 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

Ruby Demand Trend

Ruby
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby within the UK.

Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Ruby Salary Histogram

Ruby
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 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+126476£37,500-6.25 %
LondonUp+98282£44,000-12.00 %
City of LondonUp+115106£43,250-8.94 %
South EastUp+17886£35,000-12.50 %
YorkshireUp+4832£32,000-8.57 %
SurreyUp+12728£35,000-24.32 %
South YorkshireUp+1426£35,000-
North WestUp+11125£31,000-3.12 %
East of EnglandUp+7025£32,750-3.67 %
BerkshireUp+11024£45,000+12.50 %
ManchesterUp+7222£31,250-2.34 %
WindsorUp+2121£47,500+58.33 %
HampshireUp+9719£30,000-4.00 %
SheffieldUp+1019£35,000-
BromleyNew entry-19£60,000-
CambridgeshireUp+7718£32,750+9.16 %
FarnhamNew entry-18£35,000-
South WestUp+9817£35,000-
ScotlandUp+7815£35,500+16.39 %
CambridgeUp+5512£30,000-
OxfordshireUp+6211£37,500-6.25 %
SomersetUp+4010£35,000-
AldershotNew entry-10£30,000-
East MidlandsUp+709£31,500-10.00 %
GlasgowUp+519£35,000+2.94 %
BathUp+269£35,000-
GodalmingNew entry-8£32,500-
LeicestershireNew entry-8£31,500-
OxfordUp+547£37,500-6.25 %
West YorkshireUp+806£32,000-14.66 %

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1716 (66.36 %)Ruby on Rails
2521 (48.29 %)Linux
3479 (44.39 %)MySQL
4441 (40.87 %)PHP
5437 (40.50 %)JavaScript
6402 (37.26 %)Java
7374 (34.66 %)Perl
8358 (33.18 %)CSS
9325 (30.12 %)Python
10232 (21.50 %)OO
11229 (21.22 %)HTML
12223 (20.67 %)UNIX
13214 (19.83 %)AJAX
14202 (18.72 %)SQL
15181 (16.77 %)Web Development
16167 (15.48 %)XHTML
17166 (15.38 %)C++
18151 (13.99 %)Degree
19140 (12.97 %)Subversion
20137 (12.70 %)Agile Software Development
20137 (12.70 %).NET
20137 (12.70 %)XML
21136 (12.60 %)TDD
22125 (11.58 %)E-Commerce
23122 (11.31 %)Scrum
24108 (10.01 %)C#
25102 (9.453 %)Apache
26100 (9.268 %)Oracle
26100 (9.268 %)Finance
26100 (9.268 %)jQuery

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1716 (66.36 %)Ruby on Rails
2358 (33.18 %)CSS
3229 (21.22 %)HTML
4214 (19.83 %)AJAX
5167 (15.48 %)XHTML
6137 (12.70 %).NET
6137 (12.70 %)XML
7100 (9.268 %)jQuery
882 (7.600 %)WebServices
962 (5.746 %)JSP
1056 (5.190 %)LAMP
1154 (5.005 %)J2EE
1250 (4.634 %)ASP.NET
1345 (4.171 %)Flash
1443 (3.985 %)SOAP
1542 (3.892 %)MVC
1640 (3.707 %)Adobe Flex
1739 (3.614 %)Django
1838 (3.522 %)Spring
1937 (3.429 %)Hibernate
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1102 (9.453 %)Apache
241 (3.800 %)Tomcat
338 (3.522 %)ColdFusion
433 (3.058 %)CMS
522 (2.039 %)Drupal
68 (0.741 %)SAS
75 (0.463 %)IIS
83 (0.278 %)Documentum
92 (0.185 %)nginx
101 (0.093 %)Apache Solr
101 (0.093 %)WebLogic
101 (0.093 %)SharePoint
101 (0.093 %)WordPress
101 (0.093 %)GlassFish
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (1.483 %)MS Visio
116 (1.483 %)MS Excel
214 (1.297 %)Photoshop
38 (0.741 %)MATLAB
38 (0.741 %)SPSS
38 (0.741 %)S-PLUS
47 (0.649 %)MS Office
55 (0.463 %)Fireworks
64 (0.371 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.093 %)ImageReady
71 (0.093 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.371 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
150 (4.634 %)TCP/IP
247 (4.356 %)Internet
341 (3.800 %)DNS
431 (2.873 %)SMTP
518 (1.668 %)IMAP
617 (1.576 %)POP3
715 (1.390 %)HTTP
814 (1.297 %)Network Security
910 (0.927 %)Intranet
107 (0.649 %)LDAP
107 (0.649 %)FTP
116 (0.556 %)SSL
124 (0.371 %)SSH
124 (0.371 %)HTTPS
124 (0.371 %)NNTP
133 (0.278 %)Firewall
133 (0.278 %)Extranet
133 (0.278 %)MPLS
133 (0.278 %)SNMP
133 (0.278 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1479 (44.39 %)MySQL
274 (6.858 %)SQL Server
342 (3.892 %)RDBMS
426 (2.410 %)PostgreSQL
513 (1.205 %)Data Mining
612 (1.112 %)MS Access
612 (1.112 %)DB2
76 (0.556 %)SQL Server 2005
76 (0.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (0.463 %)Oracle 10g
93 (0.278 %)SQLPlus
102 (0.185 %)BusinessObjects XI
102 (0.185 %)SQL Server Integration Services
102 (0.185 %)Ingres
102 (0.185 %)Datawarehouse
102 (0.185 %)BusinessObjects
111 (0.093 %)OLAP
111 (0.093 %)SQLite
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1140 (12.97 %)Subversion
237 (3.429 %)Git (software)
323 (2.132 %)Selenium
417 (1.576 %)WATIR
515 (1.390 %)Eclipse
610 (0.927 %)Visual Studio
75 (0.463 %)Mercurial
84 (0.371 %)Dreamweaver
84 (0.371 %)QuickTest Pro
93 (0.278 %)JIRA
102 (0.185 %)LoadRunner
111 (0.093 %)JMeter
111 (0.093 %)MSI
111 (0.093 %)Ant
111 (0.093 %)JUnit
111 (0.093 %)SilkTest
111 (0.093 %)CruiseControl
111 (0.093 %)QARun
111 (0.093 %)WebLOAD
111 (0.093 %)FitNesse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1100 (9.268 %)Finance
284 (7.785 %)Marketing
374 (6.858 %)Education
424 (2.224 %)Pensions
424 (2.224 %)Health
520 (1.854 %)Banking
619 (1.761 %)Multimedia
717 (1.576 %)Publishing
814 (1.297 %)Games
912 (1.112 %)Telecoms
1011 (1.019 %)Investment Banking
1110 (0.927 %)Back Office
129 (0.834 %)Advertising
129 (0.834 %)Government
129 (0.834 %)Retail
138 (0.741 %)Music
138 (0.741 %)Graphic Design
147 (0.649 %)Online Banking
156 (0.556 %)Music Industry
165 (0.463 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1768 (71.18 %)Developer
2278 (25.76 %)Ruby on Rails Developer
3181 (16.77 %)Senior Developer
4153 (14.18 %)Web Developer
592 (8.526 %)PHP Developer
682 (7.600 %)Java Developer
766 (6.117 %)Ruby Developer
864 (5.931 %)Software Engineer
953 (4.912 %)Senior PHP Developer
1042 (3.892 %)Software Developer
1042 (3.892 %)Senior Web Developer
1134 (3.151 %)PHP Web Developer
1134 (3.151 %)Analyst
1233 (3.058 %)Perl Developer
1331 (2.873 %)C++ Developer
1429 (2.688 %)Applications Support
1524 (2.224 %)Team Leader
1621 (1.946 %)Lead Developer
1621 (1.946 %)MySQL Developer
1720 (1.854 %)C++ Software Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
177 (7.136 %)Web 2.0
271 (6.580 %)Computer Science
339 (3.614 %)Social Network
434 (3.151 %)Blog
525 (2.317 %)Equities
622 (2.039 %)Client/Server
715 (1.390 %)Interactive TV
812 (1.112 %)Mathematics
911 (1.019 %)Fixed Income
109 (0.834 %)Grid Computing
109 (0.834 %)N-Tier
118 (0.741 %)Physics
118 (0.741 %)Replication
127 (0.649 %)Wiki
136 (0.556 %)Data Protection Act
136 (0.556 %)Economics
136 (0.556 %)W3C
145 (0.463 %)RIA
154 (0.371 %)Spanish Language
154 (0.371 %)Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1521 (48.29 %)Linux
2223 (20.67 %)UNIX
385 (7.878 %)Windows
446 (4.263 %)Solaris
525 (2.317 %)Red Hat Linux
69 (0.834 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (0.834 %)FreeBSD
78 (0.741 %)Ubuntu
85 (0.463 %)AIX
85 (0.463 %)Embedded Linux
94 (0.371 %)Mac OS X
94 (0.371 %)Fedora
103 (0.278 %)Windows XP
103 (0.278 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.185 %)Windows CE
112 (0.185 %)Debian
121 (0.093 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1232 (21.50 %)OO
2181 (16.77 %)Web Development
3137 (12.70 %)Agile Software Development
4136 (12.60 %)TDD
5125 (11.58 %)E-Commerce
6122 (11.31 %)Scrum
770 (6.487 %)SEO
851 (4.727 %)OOP
944 (4.078 %)Web Design
1032 (2.966 %)Electronic Trading
1125 (2.317 %)OOD
1125 (2.317 %)Unit Testing
1223 (2.132 %)B2B
1223 (2.132 %)Strategic Planning
1223 (2.132 %)Content Management
1322 (2.039 %)Data Analysis
1421 (1.946 %)Pair Programming
1518 (1.668 %)Technical Architecture
1617 (1.576 %)Project Management
1716 (1.483 %)Release Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1441 (40.87 %)PHP
2437 (40.50 %)JavaScript
3402 (37.26 %)Java
4374 (34.66 %)Perl
5325 (30.12 %)Python
6202 (18.72 %)SQL
7166 (15.38 %)C++
8108 (10.01 %)C#
989 (8.248 %)C
1036 (3.336 %)PHP5
1125 (2.317 %)PL/SQL
1224 (2.224 %)Scala
1322 (2.039 %)Jython
1419 (1.761 %)ActionScript
1518 (1.668 %)Shell Script
1617 (1.576 %)Groovy
1714 (1.297 %)Smalltalk
1813 (1.205 %)VB
1912 (1.112 %)XPath
1912 (1.112 %)Erlang
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1151 (13.99 %)Degree
214 (1.297 %)Security Cleared
311 (1.019 %)ISEB
311 (1.019 %)PhD
48 (0.741 %)SC Cleared
48 (0.741 %)MBA
57 (0.649 %)CCNA
57 (0.649 %)Cisco Certification
66 (0.556 %)RHCE
73 (0.278 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
144 (4.078 %)QA
25 (0.463 %)WAI
34 (0.371 %)PCI DSS
43 (0.278 %)WCAG
51 (0.093 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (0.741 %)Postfix
25 (0.463 %)Sendmail
25 (0.463 %)qmail
34 (0.371 %)Squid
42 (0.185 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.093 %)Xen
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.185 %)SCCM
12 (0.185 %)SCOM
12 (0.185 %)OpenView
12 (0.185 %)CiscoWorks
12 (0.185 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1100 (9.268 %)Oracle
227 (2.502 %)Microsoft
325 (2.317 %)Red Hat
422 (2.039 %)TIBCO
520 (1.854 %)Zend
616 (1.483 %)Sybase
714 (1.297 %)Yahoo!
812 (1.112 %)Adobe
96 (0.556 %)Agresso
104 (0.371 %)Macromedia
104 (0.371 %)Apple
113 (0.278 %)Ab Initio
113 (0.278 %)Cisco
113 (0.278 %)JBoss
113 (0.278 %)Juniper
113 (0.278 %)Google
122 (0.185 %)Interwoven
122 (0.185 %)HP
122 (0.185 %)EMC
122 (0.185 %)Business Objects