Ruby
West Midlands > Birmingham
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 57 | 88 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +31 | -29 |
| Contract jobs citing Ruby | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | - | 1.94% | 0.30% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 7.69% | 1.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £620 | £521 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £521 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £700 | £545 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +28.44% | +11.79% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £571 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £574 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £999 | £700 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.71% | +28.44% | +26.74% |
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
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 advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 185 | 221 | 311 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 25.14% | 25.26% | 23.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 142 | 146 | 236 |
| 10th Percentile | £234 | £313 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £311 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £513 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +13.89% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £688 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £700 | £647 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £450 | £525 | £465 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +12.90% | +16.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.20 | £21.70 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £40.50 | £24.31 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £33.39 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +64.74% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £56.25 | £75.63 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £98.50 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £57.50 | £29.32 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +96.13% | +67.53% | -37.50% |
Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Ruby
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ruby in Birmingham.