Not sure if this applies for everyone, seem to remember there was a lot of chat 
on IRC about this a little while back, but entry was around 18-20 for most 
people, add circa 10k for a mid. From memory of that thread and my experience 
so YMMV.
A

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From: "Will Jessop" <[email protected]>
Sent: 24 July 2014 12:02
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NWRUG] Greetings from Japan

On 23 July 2014 15:47, Adam Akhtar <[email protected]> wrote:
> * How is the ruby / rails job scene back in Manchester. Big  or small?
> Growing or shrinking?

I would guess we have the second largest ruby user group, outside of
London (anyone got any numbers for that?) if that's an indication. The
attendance numbers have been pretty static over the years, maybe
increasing slightly (~20 people per month).

> * What is a typical salary for entry ~ mid developers?

I'll let someone else chip in here with more concrete information, but
I'd guess ~35-40k?

> * Who is hiring? Beyond this mailing list are there any other good sources
> for hiring announcements?

I don't know just how many Rails jobs there are available in
Manchester, On The Beach seem to be perpetually hiring, but they're
out in the sticks.

> I have been programming with ruby / rails for over 5 years now individually.
> Since then I've created various rails apps such as

How much of your programming is on GitHub? Proving you can program
Rails effectively is going to be valuable even if you don't have
commercial experience.

Will.

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