Ruby Job Trends in Manchester

Ruby
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 166 204
Rank change year-on-year -6 +38 -6
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 5 2 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.089% 0.088% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.57% 0.23% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £57,681
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,500 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -10.77% -3.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £59,000 - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -12.00%

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 884 858 1,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.77% 37.95% 33.44%
Number of salaries quoted 708 555 1,403
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £48,938 £49,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.04% -5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,375 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in Manchester

Ruby
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Ruby

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Lead
3 2 (40.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Python Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Next.js
1 5 (100.00%) React Native
1 5 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (20.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Design Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Product Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Software Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk