Ruby Jobs in the Thames Valley

Ruby
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 230 203
Rank change year-on-year +68 -27 +56
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 16 23 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.53% 0.34% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.04% 1.17% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 12 18 11
10th Percentile £56,500 - £45,512
25th Percentile £92,500 £37,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -1.87% -28.67%
75th Percentile £113,125 £59,313 £57,625
90th Percentile £115,000 £75,000 £61,250
South East median annual salary £105,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +90.91% -15.38% -

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 784 1,965 2,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.79% 29.13% 40.06%
Number of salaries quoted 530 1,605 1,432
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,350 £34,324
25th Percentile £47,125 £42,500 £44,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby in the Thames Valley

Ruby
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ruby in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Ruby in the Thames Valley

Ruby
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Ruby in the Thames Valley

Ruby
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +49 7 £105,000 +100.00% 9
Oxfordshire +38 5 £95,000 +137.50% 13
Buckinghamshire +49 4 - - 11
Ruby
South East

Ruby
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (25.00%) Legal
2 3 (18.75%) Tech for Good
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Principal Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Principal Software Engineer
3 6 (37.50%) Senior
3 6 (37.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Lead
4 3 (18.75%) Lead Software Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Ruby Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) Flutter
2 6 (37.50%) React
3 5 (31.25%) Ruby on Rails
4 3 (18.75%) Node.js
5 2 (12.50%) CSS
5 2 (12.50%) HTML
5 2 (12.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (12.50%) IoT
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Android
1 4 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (43.75%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (43.75%) Microservices
2 7 (43.75%) Roadmaps
3 5 (31.25%) Agile
4 4 (25.00%) Analytics
4 4 (25.00%) Android Development
4 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Coaching
4 4 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 4 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
4 4 (25.00%) Information Security
4 4 (25.00%) iOS Development
4 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (18.75%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) Python
2 11 (68.75%) Go
3 7 (43.75%) C
3 7 (43.75%) C++
3 7 (43.75%) Perl
3 7 (43.75%) Rust
4 3 (18.75%) SQL
5 2 (12.50%) Bash
5 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) Kubernetes
2 7 (43.75%) Terraform