The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Ruby skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Ruby falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cardiff.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
60
58
79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff
24.00%
23.87%
32.92%
Number of daily rates quoted
50
44
58
10th Percentile
£305
£163
£193
25th Percentile
£375
£346
£217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£500
£425
Median % change year-on-year
-10.00%
+17.65%
-12.82%
75th Percentile
£514
£550
£538
90th Percentile
£601
£568
£626
South Wales median daily rate
£450
£488
£425
% change year-on-year
-7.69%
+14.71%
-22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
3
10th Percentile
-
-
£22.20
25th Percentile
-
-
£23.63
Median hourly rate
-
-
£26.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
+44.44%
75th Percentile
-
-
£39.88
90th Percentile
-
-
£48.20
South Wales median hourly rate
£30.00
£20.24
£51.25
% change year-on-year
+48.26%
-60.52%
+170.38%
Ruby Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Ruby Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Ruby.
Ruby Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Ruby also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region with a requirement for Ruby.
Ruby Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
