Ruby Engineer Contracts in Swansea

Ruby Engineer
West Wales > Swansea

The median Ruby Engineer daily rate in Swansea is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Ruby Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swansea 3.57% - 2.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% - 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £463
75th Percentile £538 - £519
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median daily rate £525 - £463

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Swansea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swansea. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Swansea with a recognized job title 28 14 34
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 10 26
10th Percentile £198 £193 £157
25th Percentile £206 £416 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £218
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% +121.26% -20.91%
75th Percentile £488 £520 £392
90th Percentile £615 £533 £516
West Wales median daily rate £475 £475 £218
% change year-on-year - +118.39% -17.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £14.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £11.75 £14.89
Median hourly rate £18.50 £13.50 £15.21
Median % change year-on-year +37.04% -11.23% +1.38%
75th Percentile £19.25 £15.25 £15.73
90th Percentile - - £15.88
West Wales median hourly rate £18.50 £13.50 £15.21
% change year-on-year +37.04% -11.23% +1.38%

Ruby Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Job postings that featured Ruby Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby Engineer in Swansea

Ruby Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Ruby Engineer job vacancies in Swansea.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Ruby Engineer job vacancies in Swansea

Ruby Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Ruby Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Swansea region featuring Ruby Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector

Ruby Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared