Ruby Developer Contract Job Trends in the South West

Ruby Developer
England > South West

The median Ruby Developer daily rate in the South West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Ruby Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.051% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
England median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -1.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,759 2,362 3,057
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.11% 92.66% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1,393 2,074
10th Percentile £222 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -5.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £640
90th Percentile £725 £700 £719
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 245 294
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.84 £18.41
25th Percentile £18.22 £36.00 £45.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.26 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.94
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.44% +74.23%

Ruby Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Ruby Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Ruby Developer job vacancy trend in the South West

Ruby Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Ruby Developer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Ruby Developer job vacancies in the South West

Ruby Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby Developer within the South West 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
Somerset - 1 £450 - 1
Ruby Developer
England

Ruby Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Ruby Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Ruby Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Ruby Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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
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
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby