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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 168 183
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 0
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 19 17 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.28% 0.47% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.82% 2.30% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 7
10th Percentile £28,500 £52,500 -
25th Percentile - £63,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £42,500
90th Percentile - £97,500 £49,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +75.00% -33.33%

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 1,044 739 1,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.63% 20.43% 25.98%
Number of salaries quoted 794 434 990
10th Percentile £36,625 £36,900 £38,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,750 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,188 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -6.78%

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 10 August 2026.

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 10 August 2026. 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 - 15 £100,000 - 1
Oxfordshire -25 4 £29,000 -58.57%
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) AWS
2 4 (21.05%) GitHub
General
1 6 (31.58%) Automotive
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
2 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Senior
2 9 (47.37%) Developer
2 9 (47.37%) Full-Stack Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Ruby Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Ruby Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 6 (31.58%) Senior Ruby Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Graduate
5 3 (15.79%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Principal Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (78.95%) Ruby on Rails
2 9 (47.37%) Node.js
2 9 (47.37%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) Debian
2 3 (15.79%) Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (21.05%) AI
2 4 (21.05%) Open Source
2 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (21.05%) Web Development
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
3 3 (15.79%) Configuration Management
3 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
3 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) TypeScript
2 4 (21.05%) Bash
2 4 (21.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Ansible
1 3 (15.79%) Podman