Ruby on Rails Contracts in the West Midlands

Ruby on Rails (RoR)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 125 166
Rank change year-on-year +16 +41 -42
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 3 18 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.75% 0.056%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.16% 4.99% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 2
10th Percentile - £630 £531
25th Percentile - - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £999 £700 £588
Median % change year-on-year +42.71% +19.15% +16.34%
75th Percentile - - £641
90th Percentile - - £654
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West 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 West 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 259 361 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.43% 15.09% 17.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 247 452
10th Percentile £311 £357 £363
25th Percentile £375 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +3.54% +23.75%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £557
90th Percentile £750 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £29.60 - -
25th Percentile £39.92 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £55.63 - -
90th Percentile £56.25 - -
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails in the West Midlands

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the West Midlands

Ruby on Rails
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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