Ruby Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Ruby
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 176 166
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 17 23 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.45% 0.51% 0.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.87% 1.77% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 19
10th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £105,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +100.00% -0.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £112,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £97,500 - £56,450
South East median annual salary £70,000 £105,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +75.00% -7.69%

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 592 1,303 1,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.62% 28.79% 42.68%
Number of salaries quoted 380 736 1,034
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,875 £85,000 £89,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% -2.61% +2.68%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Ruby
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Ruby

Ruby
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 October 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 13 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
Buckinghamshire - 9 - - 2
Oxfordshire +23 8 £70,000 +75.00% 2
Ruby
South East

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (35.29%) CMS
General
1 6 (35.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Software Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Ruby Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (64.71%) HTML
2 8 (47.06%) Ruby on Rails
3 6 (35.29%) React
4 2 (11.76%) CSS
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) AI
1 9 (52.94%) Computer Science
1 9 (52.94%) Data Privacy
1 9 (52.94%) Machine Learning
2 8 (47.06%) Software Engineering
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Architectural Design
3 6 (35.29%) CRM
3 6 (35.29%) TDD
4 2 (11.76%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) Python
2 15 (88.24%) SQL
3 11 (64.71%) JavaScript
4 9 (52.94%) C
4 9 (52.94%) C#
4 9 (52.94%) C++
4 9 (52.94%) Dart
4 9 (52.94%) Java
4 9 (52.94%) MATLAB
4 9 (52.94%) PHP
4 9 (52.94%) R
4 9 (52.94%) Rust
4 9 (52.94%) TypeScript
5 2 (11.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (52.94%) Degree