Ruby Job Trends in England

Ruby
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England 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 605 476 554
Rank change year-on-year -129 +78 -267
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 85 156 282
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.40% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.58% 1.23% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61 92 234
10th Percentile £52,500 - £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -4.84% +3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,500 £114,625
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,550 12,686 27,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.70% 32.20% 32.07%
Number of salaries quoted 10,297 8,850 22,385
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in England

Ruby
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ruby

Ruby
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Ruby in England

Ruby
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -43 34 £75,000 -3.23% 28
South East -27 20 £75,000 -21.05% 10
North of England -52 11 £55,000 -21.43% 13
East of England -14 9 £100,000 - 3
North West -7 8 £55,000 -21.43% 11
South West -59 4 £44,100 +10.25% 3
Yorkshire -51 3 - -
Ruby
UK

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 41 (48.24%) AWS
2 11 (12.94%) PaaS
2 11 (12.94%) SaaS
3 6 (7.06%) GCP
4 4 (4.71%) Azure
4 4 (4.71%) Heroku
5 3 (3.53%) GitHub
5 3 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.35%) Google Compute Engine
6 2 (2.35%) Serverless
7 1 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.18%) Datadog
7 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) Network Security
2 1 (1.18%) Internet
2 1 (1.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.94%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.06%) Redis
3 2 (2.35%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.18%) Big Data
4 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Git
2 2 (2.35%) GitLab
3 1 (1.18%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.18%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.65%) Finance
3 6 (7.06%) Legal
4 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Banking
6 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.53%) Tech for Good
7 2 (2.35%) Marketing
7 2 (2.35%) Public Speaking
8 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (38.82%) Developer
2 24 (28.24%) Software Engineer
3 22 (25.88%) Senior
4 20 (23.53%) Ruby Developer
5 17 (20.00%) Lead
6 11 (12.94%) Senior Developer
7 10 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (10.59%) Senior Ruby Developer
9 8 (9.41%) Lead Software Engineer
9 8 (9.41%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (8.24%) Ruby on Rails Developer
11 6 (7.06%) Ruby Engineer
11 6 (7.06%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 4 (4.71%) Architect
13 3 (3.53%) 1st Line Support
13 3 (3.53%) Principal Developer
13 3 (3.53%) Python Engineer
13 3 (3.53%) Python Software Engineer
13 3 (3.53%) Testing Manager
14 2 (2.35%) GCP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (65.88%) Ruby on Rails
2 16 (18.82%) React
3 13 (15.29%) React Native
4 11 (12.94%) Node.js
5 9 (10.59%) Next.js
6 6 (7.06%) .NET
6 6 (7.06%) JSON
6 6 (7.06%) JWT
6 6 (7.06%) RESTful
6 6 (7.06%) Sidekiq
7 5 (5.88%) GraphQL
8 4 (4.71%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (4.71%) REST
8 4 (4.71%) Visualforce
9 1 (1.18%) ASP.NET
9 1 (1.18%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (1.18%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.94%) Cloud Native
2 9 (10.59%) Mobile App
3 7 (8.24%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.71%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.53%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.53%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.18%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.88%) Linux
2 3 (3.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.47%) Software Engineering
2 25 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 14 (16.47%) Roadmaps
6 13 (15.29%) Agile
6 13 (15.29%) CI/CD
6 13 (15.29%) Containerisation
6 13 (15.29%) Test Automation
7 12 (14.12%) Customer-Centricity
8 11 (12.94%) Clean Code
9 10 (11.76%) Scrum
10 9 (10.59%) DevOps
11 8 (9.41%) Architectural Patterns
11 8 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (9.41%) Product Strategy
12 7 (8.24%) API Design
12 7 (8.24%) Design Patterns
12 7 (8.24%) Product Roadmap
12 7 (8.24%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 28 (32.94%) Python
2 12 (14.12%) TypeScript
3 9 (10.59%) Java
4 7 (8.24%) Bash
4 7 (8.24%) Rust
5 6 (7.06%) Go
6 5 (5.88%) Perl
6 5 (5.88%) PowerShell
7 4 (4.71%) Apex Code
7 4 (4.71%) C#
7 4 (4.71%) Elixir
7 4 (4.71%) Scala
8 3 (3.53%) C
8 3 (3.53%) C++
8 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
8 3 (3.53%) Objective-C
8 3 (3.53%) SQL
9 1 (1.18%) F#
Qualifications
1 13 (15.29%) Degree
2 5 (5.88%) OSCP
3 3 (3.53%) CCSAM
3 3 (3.53%) CREST Certified
3 3 (3.53%) GPEN
3 3 (3.53%) GXPN
3 3 (3.53%) OSCE
4 2 (2.35%) CEH
4 2 (2.35%) CISA
4 2 (2.35%) CISSP
4 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.71%) QA
2 3 (3.53%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.18%) GDPR
3 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (9.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.88%) Terraform
2 4 (4.71%) Ansible
2 4 (4.71%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.18%) Grafana
3 1 (1.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.35%) Google
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle
4 1 (1.18%) Splunk