The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 21 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank 195 166 -
Rank change year-on-year
-29 -
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 8 15 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.160% 0.332% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.393% 0.778% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 0
Average salary £46,250 £48,125 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.89% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.25% +6.66%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2037 1929 1555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 40.66% 42.73% 38.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1819 1733 1420
Average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands Ruby on Rails Jobs Demand Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Ruby on Rails Salary Histogram

Ruby on Rails
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Warwickshire 0 4 £37,500 -
Birmingham - 3 £50,000 -
Coventry - 1 £47,500 -
Ruby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 47 (94.00%) Ruby
2 45 (90.00%) PHP
3 40 (80.00%) Linux
4 37 (74.00%) C++
4 37 (74.00%) Java
5 34 (68.00%) JavaScript
5 34 (68.00%) CSS
6 31 (62.00%) ActionScript
7 30 (60.00%) Perl
7 30 (60.00%) HTML
8 27 (54.00%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (52.00%) Apache
10 25 (50.00%) UNIX
11 22 (44.00%) Web Services
11 22 (44.00%) Ajax
12 18 (36.00%) LAMP
12 18 (36.00%) Subversion
13 17 (34.00%) DHCP
13 17 (34.00%) Open Source
14 15 (30.00%) Modbus
15 11 (22.00%) Selenium
16 10 (20.00%) Python
16 10 (20.00%) SQL
16 10 (20.00%) Web Application Development
17 8 (16.00%) Device Driver
17 8 (16.00%) MVC
18 6 (12.00%) HTML5
19 5 (10.00%) RSpec
19 5 (10.00%) Cucumber
19 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Software

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 34 (68.00%) CSS
2 30 (60.00%) HTML
3 22 (44.00%) Web Services
3 22 (44.00%) Ajax
4 18 (36.00%) LAMP
5 6 (12.00%) HTML5
6 4 (8.000%) ASP.NET
6 4 (8.000%) .NET
6 4 (8.000%) CSS3
7 3 (6.000%) jQuery
7 3 (6.000%) XHTML
8 2 (4.000%) CakePHP
9 1 (2.000%) Haml
9 1 (2.000%) Memcached
9 1 (2.000%) Sinatra
9 1 (2.000%) Node.js
9 1 (2.000%) Kohana
9 1 (2.000%) PostGIS
9 1 (2.000%) Django
9 1 (2.000%) Zend Framework
Application Platforms
1 26 (52.00%) Apache
2 2 (4.000%) nginx
3 1 (2.000%) WordPress
3 1 (2.000%) Joomla!
3 1 (2.000%) Drupal
3 1 (2.000%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.000%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 17 (34.00%) DHCP
2 15 (30.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (54.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (6.000%) MySQL
3 1 (2.000%) Redis
3 1 (2.000%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.000%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.000%) SQLite
3 1 (2.000%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (36.00%) Subversion
2 11 (22.00%) Selenium
3 5 (10.00%) RSpec
3 5 (10.00%) Cucumber
4 3 (6.000%) Git (software)
4 3 (6.000%) WATIR
5 2 (4.000%) Capistrano
6 1 (2.000%) PHPUnit
6 1 (2.000%) Phing
6 1 (2.000%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (2.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 46 (92.00%) Developer
2 18 (36.00%) Applications Developer
3 17 (34.00%) Senior Developer
4 11 (22.00%) Team Leader
5 10 (20.00%) Ruby on Rails Developer
6 8 (16.00%) Ruby Developer
7 7 (14.00%) Senior Applications Developer
7 7 (14.00%) Lead Developer
8 6 (12.00%) Web Developer
9 5 (10.00%) Software Developer
10 3 (6.000%) Software Engineer
11 2 (4.000%) PHP Developer
11 2 (4.000%) Web Team Leader
11 2 (4.000%) Web Engineer
11 2 (4.000%) Front-End Developer
11 2 (4.000%) Lead Web Developer
12 1 (2.000%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 1 (2.000%) Head of Development
12 1 (2.000%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
12 1 (2.000%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.00%) Open Source
2 8 (16.00%) Device Driver
3 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.000%) Mathematics
4 2 (4.000%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.000%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.000%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.000%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 40 (80.00%) Linux
2 25 (50.00%) UNIX
3 1 (2.000%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.000%) Android
3 1 (2.000%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.000%) Gentoo
3 1 (2.000%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.00%) Web Application Development
2 8 (16.00%) MVC
3 4 (8.000%) Web Development
3 4 (8.000%) BDD
4 3 (6.000%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (6.000%) Automated Testing
5 2 (4.000%) Software Engineering
5 2 (4.000%) Mobile Application Development
5 2 (4.000%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.000%) Static Code Analysis
6 1 (2.000%) Active Record
6 1 (2.000%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.000%) TDD
6 1 (2.000%) Data Management
6 1 (2.000%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.000%) OO
Programming Languages
1 47 (94.00%) Ruby
2 45 (90.00%) PHP
3 37 (74.00%) C++
3 37 (74.00%) Java
4 34 (68.00%) JavaScript
5 31 (62.00%) ActionScript
6 30 (60.00%) Perl
7 10 (20.00%) Python
7 10 (20.00%) SQL
8 1 (2.000%) CoffeeScript
8 1 (2.000%) Scala
8 1 (2.000%) Bash shell
8 1 (2.000%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.000%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (4.000%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (2.000%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (6.000%) Zend
2 1 (2.000%) IBM
West Midlands
Ruby Developer x2 (NEW ROLE) Can provide sponsorship! Commutable from: Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Northampton, Warwick, West Midlands. Key words: Ruby on Rails, PHP, Javascript, HTML, Perl/Python.
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Key Skills* Comprehensive Ruby on Rails web development experience* Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix platforms* Java or C++ programming ability* UI Design with HTML, CSS & Javascript* Experience delivering...
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
OOP, MVC, Node.JS, NoSQL, MongoDB, Ruby... OOP, MVC, Node.JS, NoSQL, MongoDB, Ruby A software developer / PHP Developer is required by my client an exciting new venture...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £50000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Time Management Monitor the work completed and work to be done to ensure that it is realistic and within capability... Quality Management Ensure that the commissioning is delivered...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Time Management Monitor the work completed and work to be done to ensure that it is realistic and within capability... Human Resource Management In conjunction with the department...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
Time Management Monitor the work completed and work to be done to ensure that it is realistic and within capability... Quality Management Ensure that the commissioning is delivered...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013