Ruby contractor daily rates (London)

daily_rates.rb

require 'nokogiri'
require 'open-uri'

doc = Nokogiri::HTML.parse open('http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/contracts/london/ruby.do')

# Inside London...
cells = doc.css('table.summary>tr').find {|tr| tr.css('>td').text =~ /Average daily rate/ }.css 'td'
daily_rates = { three_months: cells[1].text, last_year: cells[2].text, two_years_ago: cells[3].text }
# => {:three_months=>"£425", :last_year=>"£400", :two_years_ago=>"£375"}

# Outside London...
cells = doc.css('table.summary>tr').find {|tr| tr.css('>td').text =~ /UK excluding London average daily rate/ }.css 'td'
daily_rates = { three_months: cells[1].text, last_year: cells[2].text, two_years_ago: cells[3].text }
# => {:three_months=>"£325", :last_year=>"£325", :two_years_ago=>"£400"}