Senior Ruby on Rails Developer Contract Job Trends

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Senior RoR Developer)
UK

As of 10 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Senior RoR Developer) daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 531 589
Rank change year-on-year -57 +58 +183
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.003% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.003% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.52%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £670
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 33,434 29,568 39,993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.68% 93.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,144 18,103 26,697
10th Percentile £300 £291 £280
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% -4.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 890 1,643
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.22 £18.95
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +35.79%
75th Percentile £59.38 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.81% -29.42% +66.64%

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Top 1 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Ruby on Rails Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
England - 1 - -

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Senior 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 featuring Senior Ruby on Rails Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) HAProxy
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) nginx
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) VMware

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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%) nginx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HAProxy
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware