The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Ruby skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
6 months to 19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
114
122
121
Rank change year-on-year
+8
-1
+16
Contract jobs citing Ruby
3
6
33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London
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 the City of London.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
647
745
1,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
36.91%
35.39%
37.78%
Number of daily rates quoted
453
500
752
10th Percentile
£386
£406
£407
25th Percentile
£456
£484
£499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£600
£588
£608
Median % change year-on-year
+2.13%
-3.41%
+1.38%
75th Percentile
£688
£708
£727
90th Percentile
£775
£825
£825
Central London median daily rate
£575
£575
£605
% change year-on-year
-
-4.96%
+2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted
7
1
1
10th Percentile
£22.05
-
-
25th Percentile
£26.00
£36.75
£12.25
Median hourly rate
£34.00
£38.50
£12.50
Median % change year-on-year
-11.69%
+208.00%
-76.19%
75th Percentile
£63.75
£40.25
£12.75
90th Percentile
£73.75
-
-
Central London median hourly rate
£42.72
£41.50
£12.50
% change year-on-year
+2.94%
+232.00%
-76.19%
Ruby Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Ruby Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ruby.
Ruby Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ruby.
Ruby Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Ruby also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Ruby.
Ruby Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:
