The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring Ruby skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ruby over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period 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 Chester.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
23
64
52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester
26.44%
32.00%
23.85%
Number of salaries quoted
10
50
29
10th Percentile
£33,850
£36,125
£25,250
25th Percentile
£43,438
£40,000
£42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£55,000
£55,000
£47,500
Median % change year-on-year
-
+15.79%
-2.73%
75th Percentile
£59,688
£65,000
£67,070
90th Percentile
£71,500
£72,723
£82,548
Cheshire median annual salary
£42,500
£50,000
£55,000
% change year-on-year
-15.00%
-9.09%
+22.22%
Ruby Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Ruby Salary Trend in Chester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ruby in Chester.
Ruby Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester
For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, job vacancies citing Ruby also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Chester region with a requirement for Ruby.
Ruby Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:
