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This section looks at the demand for Ruby skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ruby over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRuby
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank174184
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads914
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.359 %0.470 %
Salaries quoted03
Average minimum salary-£24,667
Average salary-£26,833
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£29,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,779£31,743
% change on same period last year+9.56 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads25092981
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.325 %1.221 %
Salaries quoted21692577
Average minimum salary£30,253£30,221
Average salary£32,539£32,310
% change on same period last year+0.70 %
Average maximum salary£34,824£34,399
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
Ruby YorkshireRuby
Yorkshire

Ruby
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Ruby Demand Trend

Ruby
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ruby across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Ruby Salary Trend

Ruby
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+107--
HuddersfieldNew entry-1--
Ruby YorkshireRuby
Yorkshire

Ruby
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

130 (68.18 %)MySQL
130 (68.18 %)Linux
227 (61.36 %)Java
322 (50.00 %).NET
420 (45.45 %)SQL Server
519 (43.18 %)PHP
519 (43.18 %)Apache
618 (40.91 %)UNIX
618 (40.91 %)Perl
717 (38.64 %)DB2
717 (38.64 %)Oracle
717 (38.64 %)XML
717 (38.64 %)Python
717 (38.64 %)JBoss
717 (38.64 %)TCP/IP
717 (38.64 %)DNS
717 (38.64 %)RDBMS
717 (38.64 %)Firewall
717 (38.64 %)Load Balancing
717 (38.64 %)VLAN
814 (31.82 %)Ruby on Rails
814 (31.82 %)SQL
912 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
1011 (25.00 %)C#
1110 (22.73 %)MS Project
129 (20.45 %)UML
129 (20.45 %)SharePoint
129 (20.45 %)MS Visio
129 (20.45 %)Marketing
138 (18.18 %)E-Commerce

Ruby
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (50.00 %).NET
217 (38.64 %)XML
314 (31.82 %)Ruby on Rails
412 (27.27 %)ASP.NET
58 (18.18 %)SOAP
58 (18.18 %)WebServices
66 (13.64 %)WebSphere
75 (11.36 %)ASP
84 (9.091 %).NET Framework
93 (6.818 %)Adobe Flex
102 (4.545 %)LAMP
102 (4.545 %)CSS
111 (2.273 %)XHTML
111 (2.273 %)HTML
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (43.18 %)Apache
217 (38.64 %)JBoss
39 (20.45 %)SharePoint
46 (13.64 %)WebLogic
46 (13.64 %)Tomcat
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (22.73 %)MS Project
29 (20.45 %)MS Visio
35 (11.36 %)MS Excel
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (38.64 %)TCP/IP
117 (38.64 %)DNS
117 (38.64 %)Firewall
117 (38.64 %)VLAN
27 (15.91 %)Intranet
27 (15.91 %)Internet
27 (15.91 %)Extranet
31 (2.273 %)Broadband
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (68.18 %)MySQL
220 (45.45 %)SQL Server
317 (38.64 %)DB2
317 (38.64 %)RDBMS
42 (4.545 %)PostgreSQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (6.818 %)Flash
13 (6.818 %)LoadRunner
13 (6.818 %)WATIR
13 (6.818 %)FitNesse
22 (4.545 %)NUnit
22 (4.545 %)TestDirector
22 (4.545 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (2.273 %)Subversion
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (20.45 %)Marketing
27 (15.91 %)Banking
27 (15.91 %)Online Banking
34 (9.091 %)Games
42 (4.545 %)Legal
42 (4.545 %)Finance
51 (2.273 %)Health
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (38.64 %)Administrator
214 (31.82 %)Linux Administrator
214 (31.82 %)Linux Engineer
39 (20.45 %)Developer
48 (18.18 %)Senior Developer
57 (15.91 %)Development Manager
57 (15.91 %)Web Developer
57 (15.91 %)Project Manager
57 (15.91 %)Senior Web Developer
63 (6.818 %)UNIX Administrator
63 (6.818 %)Technical Manager
63 (6.818 %)Development Project Manager
63 (6.818 %)UNIX Engineer
63 (6.818 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
63 (6.818 %)Technical Project Manager
72 (4.545 %)Tester
81 (2.273 %)Analyst
81 (2.273 %)Applications Developer
81 (2.273 %)Quality Analyst
81 (2.273 %)QA Analyst
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (68.18 %)Linux
218 (40.91 %)UNIX
37 (15.91 %)Solaris
46 (13.64 %)Debian
46 (13.64 %)Fedora
46 (13.64 %)Ubuntu
51 (2.273 %)FreeBSD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (38.64 %)Load Balancing
29 (20.45 %)UML
38 (18.18 %)E-Commerce
47 (15.91 %)E-business
47 (15.91 %)OO
47 (15.91 %)Internet Marketing
54 (9.091 %)Risk Management
63 (6.818 %)Project Management
63 (6.818 %)PRINCE2
63 (6.818 %)Time Management
63 (6.818 %)Automated Testing
72 (4.545 %)Scrum
72 (4.545 %)Extreme Programming
72 (4.545 %)TDD
81 (2.273 %)Agile Software Development
81 (2.273 %)Software Testing
81 (2.273 %)OOP
81 (2.273 %)SEO
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (61.36 %)Java
219 (43.18 %)PHP
318 (40.91 %)Perl
417 (38.64 %)Python
514 (31.82 %)SQL
611 (25.00 %)C#
74 (9.091 %)JavaScript
83 (6.818 %)VBScript
92 (4.545 %)Transact-SQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.273 %)Degree
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (6.818 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (38.64 %)Oracle
26 (13.64 %)Red Hat
32 (4.545 %)HP
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