Senior Ruby on Rails Developer Contract Job Trends

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Senior RoR Developer)
UK

The median Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Senior RoR Developer) daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 560 628
Rank change year-on-year -11 +68 +199
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.003% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.003% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile £613 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.37%
75th Percentile £638 - £588
90th Percentile - - £700
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 30,597 33,994 44,567
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.88% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,332 20,491 30,405
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,703 1,312 1,533
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.07 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.73% -10.67% +61.82%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% -10.11% +91.73%

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 3 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 27 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
Work from Home +29 1 £625 -
London - 1 £625 -
England - 1 £625 -

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, 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%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) Product Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Resque
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Sidekiq
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) Resque
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) Sidekiq
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Product Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker