Ruby Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Ruby
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Ruby skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 53 65
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +27
Contract jobs citing Ruby 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.26% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.75% 0.58% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £558
25th Percentile - - £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.07%
75th Percentile - - £606
90th Percentile - - £618
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 - £588
% change year-on-year - - -16.07%

All Programming Languages
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 267 173 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 34.81% 38.36% 27.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 114 170
10th Percentile £313 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £556 £572 £588
90th Percentile £651 £725 £653
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £28.34 £23.70
25th Percentile - £31.47 £30.08
Median hourly rate - £90.42 £41.35
Median % change year-on-year - +118.64% -40.93%
75th Percentile - £102.00 £51.99
90th Percentile - - £58.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £61.61 £26.78
% change year-on-year - +130.07% -61.74%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in Leeds

Ruby
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Ruby.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Ruby

Ruby
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Ruby.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Ruby

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform