Ruby Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Ruby
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Ruby skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 114 120
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +38
Contract jobs citing Ruby 4 9 25
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.23% 0.43% 0.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 1.21% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile £328 £354 £450
25th Percentile £358 £409 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £484 £619 £625
90th Percentile £569 £690 £690
Central London median daily rate £413 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -17.50% -16.67% +7.14%

All Programming Languages
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 627 743 982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 36.03% 35.10% 35.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 474 679
10th Percentile £385 £408 £400
25th Percentile £434 £482 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £685 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £823 £831
Central London median daily rate £575 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £23.90 £51.80 £15.65
25th Percentile £26.25 £74.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £112.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.64% +273.33% -42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £39.75
90th Percentile £68.75 - £45.15
Central London median hourly rate £39.50 £41.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -4.82% +38.33% -42.86%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Ruby job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ruby.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ruby

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ruby in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ruby in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ruby.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ruby

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Ruby Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Ruby Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (50.00%) GraphQL
2 2 (50.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) Node.js
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (25.00%) API Design
3 1 (25.00%) API Development
3 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes