The first table below looks at the demand for Ruby on Rails skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 3 months to 24 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ruby on Rails (RoR)
Rank - - 111
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex - - 0.069%
As % of the Application Development category - - 0.170%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £20,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
All Application Development
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
604 541 587
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 40.29% 38.10% 40.45%
Number of salaries quoted 515 465 541
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,100 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Ruby on Rails
South East

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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex Ruby on Rails Salary Trend

Ruby on Rails
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) Ruby
2 6 (85.71%) Technical Architecture
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) Mathematics
2 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
2 6 (85.71%) Salesforce.com
2 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) Spring
2 6 (85.71%) JSF
2 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Force.com
2 6 (85.71%) Visualforce
2 6 (85.71%) Apex Code
2 6 (85.71%) Java
2 6 (85.71%) Struts
2 6 (85.71%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008

Ruby on Rails
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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 6 (85.71%) Spring
1 6 (85.71%) JSF
1 6 (85.71%) Visualforce
1 6 (85.71%) Struts
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) Force.com
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Developer
2 6 (85.71%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Mathematics
1 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Technical Architecture
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
1 6 (85.71%) Business Analysis
1 6 (85.71%) OO
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) Ruby
2 6 (85.71%) Apex Code
2 6 (85.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Salesforce.com