Ruby on Rails Contracts in the South East

Ruby on Rails (RoR)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 188 216
Rank change year-on-year - +28 +31
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 0 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East - 0.054% 0.052%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.42% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile - £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% -31.25%
75th Percentile - £475 £625
90th Percentile - - £670
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 493 718 1,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.42% 12.95% 17.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 462 730
10th Percentile £350 £313 £363
25th Percentile £413 £407 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £594 £619 £638
90th Percentile £663 £661 £715
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 37 38
10th Percentile £29.31 £35.00 £41.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £56.50 £53.13
Median hourly rate £56.25 £61.60 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% -4.50% +43.33%
75th Percentile £62.25 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £67.78 £76.00 £79.51
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +31.31%

Ruby on Rails
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails in the South East

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the South East

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the South East