Ruby Contract Job Trends in the South East

Ruby
England > South East

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 173 197
Rank change year-on-year -13 +24 +48
Contract jobs citing Ruby 3 2 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.071% 0.050% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.32% 0.19% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile £460 £508 £429
25th Percentile £475 £519 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £594 £517
90th Percentile - £613 £535
England median daily rate £610 £600 £582
% change year-on-year +1.67% +3.09% -3.00%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 951 1,076 1,208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.42% 27.16% 23.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 680 856
10th Percentile £250 £318 £350
25th Percentile £375 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -4.05% -2.33%
75th Percentile £575 £621 £615
90th Percentile £638 £663 £675
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.57% -1.32% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 43 58
10th Percentile £40.00 £27.15 £43.97
25th Percentile £46.25 £49.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.41
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.87% -4.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £58.60 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.18
% change year-on-year - +4.54% -1.04%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in the South East

Ruby
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ruby.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ruby

Ruby
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ruby.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ruby

Ruby
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Surrey - 2 £550 - 6
Thames Valley -5 1 £500 -9.09% 22
Oxfordshire - 1 £500 - 5
Ruby
England

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Vite
1 2 (66.67%) webpack
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) React Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Node.js
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) Redux
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Go
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript