The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 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 Sheffield.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
92
210
114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield
20.18%
29.83%
33.24%
Number of salaries quoted
87
76
105
10th Percentile
£25,250
£30,000
£26,250
25th Percentile
£28,250
£39,103
£35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£40,000
£50,000
£50,000
Median % change year-on-year
-20.00%
-
-4.76%
75th Percentile
£55,250
£66,716
£58,750
90th Percentile
£68,750
£88,125
£78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary
£40,000
£50,000
£50,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00%
-
-4.76%
Ruby Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.
Ruby Salary Trend in Sheffield
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Ruby.
Ruby Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield
For the 6 months to 28 November 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 Sheffield region with a requirement for Ruby.
Ruby Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:
