Ruby
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ruby skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ruby over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 413 | 329 | 336 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -84 | +7 | -81 |
| Contract jobs citing Ruby | 188 | 461 | 719 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.43% | 0.77% | 0.81% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.47% | 2.20% | 2.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 131 | 323 | 521 |
| 10th Percentile | £388 | £425 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £475 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +4.35% | +14.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £700 | £743 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £563 | £613 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.16% | +6.52% | +21.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £28.45 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32.88 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £40.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £47.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £52.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £40.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
Ruby is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,747 | 20,965 | 32,275 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.44% | 35.05% | 36.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,054 | 15,147 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 480 | 477 | 511 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.39 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.07 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.88 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.25 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.90% | +15.88% |
Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Ruby
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ruby.
Ruby
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ruby over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
Ruby
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ruby.
Ruby
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -70 | 148 | £525 | -11.76% | 101 |
| London | -40 | 107 | £525 | -12.50% | 63 |
| Work from Home | +4 | 83 | £525 | -12.50% | 80 |
| UK excluding London | +14 | 52 | £563 | -8.16% | 50 |
| North of England | -12 | 25 | £538 | -14.00% | 9 |
| North West | -15 | 19 | £450 | -26.53% | 5 |
| Scotland | +43 | 12 | £623 | +24.50% | 9 |
| South East | +19 | 8 | £475 | -13.64% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 6 | £550 | -21.43% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 4 | £999 | +42.71% | 6 |
| Midlands | +7 | 4 | £999 | +42.71% | 8 |
| Wales | +16 | 2 | £488 | -15.22% | 3 |
| South West | +19 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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