Ruby Job Trends in Cambridge

Ruby
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.47% - 0.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.91% - 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £107,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £115,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile - - £122,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £100,000 - £115,000
% change year-on-year - - +226.24%

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

Ruby falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 209 111 476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 24.76% 42.21% 47.32%
Number of salaries quoted 147 81 350
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £92,625
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% -16.67% -

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Ruby job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Ruby
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Ruby

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Team Leader
2 2 (50.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Insurtech
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Elixir
1 4 (100.00%) Rust
1 4 (100.00%) Scala
2 2 (50.00%) Python