The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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 Cardiff.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
40
178
156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff
13.84%
31.62%
39.20%
Number of salaries quoted
33
129
132
10th Percentile
£33,282
£23,750
£37,500
25th Percentile
£51,250
£31,250
£42,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£60,000
£50,309
£55,000
Median % change year-on-year
+19.26%
-8.53%
+1.85%
75th Percentile
£65,000
£65,000
£66,250
90th Percentile
£74,500
£77,845
£75,000
South Wales median annual salary
£55,000
£50,309
£50,119
% change year-on-year
+9.33%
+0.38%
-4.54%
Ruby Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Ruby Salary Trend in Cardiff
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Ruby.
Ruby Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, job vacancies citing Ruby also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cardiff region with a requirement for Ruby.
Ruby Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:
