Ruby
England > East of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Ruby skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ruby over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 80 | - | 111 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +27 |
| Contract jobs citing Ruby | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England | 0.21% | - | 0.58% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.81% | - | 2.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +43.59% |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -12.50% | +4.35% |
All Programming Languages
East of England
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 East of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 247 | 419 | 595 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England | 26.33% | 21.95% | 28.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 142 | 183 | 344 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £308 | £289 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £405 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £479 | £475 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.79% | -2.56% | +2.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £572 | £563 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £635 | £684 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 54 | 145 | 99 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.65 | £52.50 | £48.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £59.00 | £60.00 | £53.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.54% | - | +16.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £88.75 | £77.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ruby in the East of England.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ruby in the East of England.
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Contract Job Locations in the East of England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Ruby England |
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