Ruby Job Trends in Scotland

Ruby
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 148 128
Rank change year-on-year -5 -20 -21
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 1 11 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.038% 0.33% 1.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.15% 0.96% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 13
10th Percentile - £36,250 £55,000
25th Percentile - £41,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% -
75th Percentile - £61,250 £80,000
90th Percentile - £65,500 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -6.90%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 669 1,143 983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.48% 34.38% 39.26%
Number of salaries quoted 221 577 799
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% -0.32%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in Scotland

Ruby
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ruby

Ruby
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 October 2025. 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
Glasgow - 1 £75,000 -
Ruby
UK

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Scala