Ruby on Rails Contracts in the Midlands

Ruby on Rails (RoR)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Ruby on Rails skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 145 193
Rank change year-on-year +11 +48 -38
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 3 18 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.52% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.77% 2.98% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 5
10th Percentile - £630 £331
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £999 £700 £520
Median % change year-on-year +42.71% +34.62% +36.84%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - £628
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

Ruby on Rails is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 389 605 915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.18% 17.49% 18.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 472 713
10th Percentile £287 £313 £356
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £622 £576 £545
90th Percentile £725 £700 £635
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.31% +0.09% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 11
10th Percentile £10.90 - -
25th Percentile £14.13 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.85%
75th Percentile £40.00 - £36.25
90th Percentile £56.25 - £46.67
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

Ruby on Rails
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Ruby on Rails as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails in the Midlands

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ruby on Rails in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the Midlands

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ruby on Rails in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the Midlands

Ruby on Rails
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +13 3 £999 +42.71% 2
Ruby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA