Ruby Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Ruby
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Ruby skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Ruby 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.68% - 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.55% - 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.33%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 £538 £509
% change year-on-year -6.98% +5.70% +1.70%

All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22 33 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 14.97% 21.57% 16.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 23
10th Percentile - £344 £139
25th Percentile £350 £394 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £585 £559 £585
South East median daily rate £490 £514 £530
% change year-on-year -4.62% -3.07% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £81.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate - £87.50 £32.31
Median % change year-on-year - +170.81% -12.08%
75th Percentile - £93.75 £32.32
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £64.76 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.07% +17.75% -12.00%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Ruby
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Ruby

Ruby
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Oxford - 1 £450 - 1
Ruby
South East

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL