Ruby
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Ruby skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 18 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Ruby | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Essex | - | 2.15% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 6.90% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £469 | - | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -29.29% |
All Programming Languages
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 23 | 29 | 103 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 20.18% | 31.18% | 44.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 14 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £313 | £253 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £315 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £318 | £465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.84% | -31.56% | -7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £662 | £324 | £557 |
| 90th Percentile | £680 | £381 | £600 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £465 | £479 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.64% | -3.03% | -4.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.38 | £31.00 | £47.62 |
| 25th Percentile | £54.06 | £32.50 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £35.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +71.43% | -36.36% | +21.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.25 | £117.50 | £66.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.50 | £167.00 | £80.20 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £68.00 | £66.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.03% | +1.54% | - |
Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.
Ruby
Daily Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Ruby.
