Senior Ruby Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Ruby Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Ruby Developer daily rate in Manchester is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Ruby Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.093% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 992 1,120 1,519
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 93.88% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 648 1,121
10th Percentile £301 £313 £285
25th Percentile £391 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £669
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 37 66
10th Percentile £15.92 £15.79 £15.21
25th Percentile £18.97 £22.00 £16.92
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +68.83% -4.06%
75th Percentile £31.40 £58.00 £46.09
90th Percentile £56.39 £70.45 £65.63
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £31.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year -5.28% -5.30% +51.52%

Senior Ruby Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Ruby Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Senior Ruby Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Ruby Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, Senior Ruby Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Senior Ruby Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services

Senior Ruby Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
4 Senior Ruby Developer jobs Nationwide