Ruby on Rails Contracts in the South East

Ruby on Rails (RoR)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 220 248
Rank change year-on-year +19 +28 -52
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 3 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.054% 0.051% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.40% 0.28% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £400 £503
25th Percentile £425 £456 £694
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £800
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -31.25% +77.78%
75th Percentile £475 £625 -
90th Percentile - £670 -
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 South East 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 752 1,058 1,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.49% 18.03% 20.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 752 1,039
10th Percentile £315 £363 £350
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £600
90th Percentile £671 £725 £669
England median daily rate £550 £568 £563
% change year-on-year -3.08% +0.89% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 35 42
10th Percentile £35.00 £39.00 £21.65
25th Percentile £55.75 £53.75 £32.19
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +51.35% +11.45%
75th Percentile £67.50 £75.00 £64.66
90th Percentile £76.50 £79.83 £67.80
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails in the South East

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the South East

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the South East

Ruby on Rails
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Thames Valley +8 3 £450 -2.70%
Berkshire - 3 £450 -
Ruby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Ruby Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Ruby
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes