Ruby on Rails Developer Contract Job Trends in Swansea

Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer)
West Wales > Swansea

The median Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer) daily rate in Swansea is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Ruby on Rails Developer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Swansea 2.63% - 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% - 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £464
25th Percentile £475 - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £488
75th Percentile £525 - £516
90th Percentile - - £521
West Wales median daily rate £500 - £488

All Contract IT Job Roles
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.

Contract vacancies in Swansea with a recognized job title 32 20 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.21% 95.24% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 19 13
10th Percentile - £125 £200
25th Percentile £413 £185 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -1.37%
75th Percentile £497 £550 £525
90th Percentile £541 £578 -
West Wales median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.25 £16.75 £11.75
Median hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +29.63% -10.00%
75th Percentile £18.75 £18.25 £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median hourly rate £13.85 £17.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year -20.89% +29.63% -10.00%

Ruby on Rails Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancy trend in Swansea

Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 25 April 2026, Ruby on Rails 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 Swansea region featuring Ruby on Rails Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) PagerDuty
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow

Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) PagerDuty
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
Ruby on Rails Developer jobs