Ruby Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Ruby
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Ruby skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Ruby 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.54% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South West median daily rate £649 £650 £466
% change year-on-year -0.15% +39.48% -30.96%

All Programming Languages
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 31 37 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 16.85% 18.97% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 25 50
10th Percentile £413 £371 £324
25th Percentile £445 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £649 £588 £688
90th Percentile £715 £600 £738
South West median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 18
10th Percentile £57.90 - £47.28
25th Percentile £58.50 - £48.32
Median hourly rate £64.00 - £52.05
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.31%
75th Percentile £70.50 - £64.48
90th Percentile £71.70 - £65.00
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in Somerset

Ruby
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Ruby

Ruby
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bath - 1 £450 - 1
Ruby
South West

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap