Ruby on Rails Contracts in the Thames Valley

Ruby on Rails (RoR)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Contract jobs citing Ruby on Rails 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% - 0.070%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.92%
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £450 - £538
% change year-on-year - - -32.81%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 316 381 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.00% 16.23% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 267 325
10th Percentile £325 £363 £313
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £575 £624 £625
90th Percentile £628 £655 £704
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 11
10th Percentile £13.25 £53.76 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.05 - -
Median hourly rate £27.76 £61.60 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.94% +23.20% +42.86%
75th Percentile £32.53 - £74.60
90th Percentile £56.65 - £79.19
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -18.83% +2.67% -

Ruby on Rails
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails in the Thames Valley

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the Thames Valley

Ruby on Rails
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Ruby on Rails in the Thames Valley

Ruby on Rails
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £450 -
Ruby on Rails
South East

Ruby on Rails
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) SQL