Hybrid/Remote Ruby on Rails Developer Contract Job Trends

Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer)
UK > Work from Home

The median Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 329 413
Rank change year-on-year +24 +84 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Ruby on Rails Developer 1 2 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.016% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.017% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile £613 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.95%
75th Percentile £638 - £700
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £525
% change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,101 11,840 19,221
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 93.49% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,001 7,583 13,590
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 291 441
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.59 £16.98
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.38 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.10 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.11% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Ruby on Rails Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Ruby on Rails Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Ruby on Rails Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Ruby on Rails Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancies

Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Ruby on Rails Developer 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Ruby on Rails Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Resque
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Sidekiq
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Product Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

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