Ruby on Rails Contracts in the North West

Ruby on Rails (RoR)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Ruby on Rails skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ruby on Rails 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 118 132 154
Rank change year-on-year +14 +22 +8
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.10% 0.18% 0.094%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.46% 0.99% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile £450 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £625
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -44.00% -
75th Percentile £550 - £656
90th Percentile - - £668
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

Ruby on Rails falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 437 503 592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 22.21% 18.26% 18.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 369 464
10th Percentile £363 £363 £337
25th Percentile £401 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £577
90th Percentile £638 £750 £647
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 3
10th Percentile - £37.63 £39.24
25th Percentile £65.25 £45.88 £41.40
Median hourly rate £67.75 £47.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.22% +5.12% +10.80%
75th Percentile £74.69 £71.87 -
90th Percentile £83.13 £75.05 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Ruby on Rails
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Ruby on Rails as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails in the North West

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ruby on Rails in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the North West

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ruby on Rails in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the North West

Ruby on Rails
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the North West 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
Merseyside +4 2 £500 +42.86% 1
Ruby on Rails
England

Ruby on Rails
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby