Ruby Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ruby
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 463 549
Rank change year-on-year -30 +86 -172
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 122 96 179
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.07% 1.12% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 98 40 127
10th Percentile £28,350 £52,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,313 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,563 £73,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,401 8,589 21,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.04% 25.55% 29.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8,253 5,520 15,780
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £73,171 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,751 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Ruby job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ruby
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ruby

Ruby
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Ruby in the UK excluding London

Ruby
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
South East -8 51 £65,000 -7.14% 8
Wales -23 24 £72,500 +92.14% 7
North of England -49 17 £55,000 -21.43% 3
East of England -4 16 £80,000 -20.00% 2
North West -16 14 £55,000 -21.43% 1
South West -56 6 £42,500 +6.25%
Isle of Man - 6 - -
Yorkshire -31 3 £90,000 - 2
Midlands -53 2 £38,000 - 5
West Midlands -28 1 £35,000 - 4
East Midlands -40 1 £41,000 - 1
Ruby
UK

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (4.10%) Confluence
1 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.28%) Skype for Business
3 3 (2.46%) WordPress
4 2 (1.64%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.82%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 66 (54.10%) AWS
2 23 (18.85%) Serverless
3 21 (17.21%) GitHub
4 20 (16.39%) AWS Lambda
4 20 (16.39%) SaaS
5 15 (12.30%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (11.48%) Azure
6 14 (11.48%) PaaS
7 13 (10.66%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (9.84%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (7.38%) Amazon S3
10 6 (4.92%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (4.92%) CloudFront
11 5 (4.10%) Amazon EventBridge
11 5 (4.10%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.64%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 2 (1.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.10%) Firewall
1 5 (4.10%) LAN
1 5 (4.10%) WAN
2 4 (3.28%) Cisco Wireless
2 4 (3.28%) Network Security
2 4 (3.28%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (3.28%) Skype
2 4 (3.28%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.28%) VLAN
2 4 (3.28%) Wireless
3 1 (0.82%) DHCP
3 1 (0.82%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.74%) MySQL
3 6 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.46%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.64%) Big Data
6 2 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.82%) Adabas
7 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (9.02%) Jenkins
2 9 (7.38%) JIRA
3 8 (6.56%) Git
4 7 (5.74%) Selenium
5 6 (4.92%) JUnit
6 4 (3.28%) Claude Code
6 4 (3.28%) Cypress.io
6 4 (3.28%) GitLab
6 4 (3.28%) Postman
6 4 (3.28%) REST Assured
6 4 (3.28%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.46%) Newman
7 3 (2.46%) TestRail
8 2 (1.64%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.82%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.82%) Gatling
9 1 (0.82%) JMeter
9 1 (0.82%) Mocha
9 1 (0.82%) Pa11y
9 1 (0.82%) RSpec
General
1 31 (25.41%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.85%) Public Sector
3 18 (14.75%) Finance
4 8 (6.56%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.10%) Automotive
6 4 (3.28%) Banking
6 4 (3.28%) Legal
6 4 (3.28%) Legal Technology
7 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 36 (29.51%) Senior
2 27 (22.13%) Lead
3 26 (21.31%) Developer
4 25 (20.49%) Software Engineer
5 17 (13.93%) Senior Developer
6 16 (13.11%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (9.02%) Ruby Developer
7 11 (9.02%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (8.20%) 1st Line Support
9 9 (7.38%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (5.74%) 1st Line Support Technician
10 7 (5.74%) Senior Ruby Developer
10 7 (5.74%) Software Developer
10 7 (5.74%) Support Technician
11 6 (4.92%) Architect
11 6 (4.92%) Python Engineer
11 6 (4.92%) Python Software Engineer
11 6 (4.92%) Senior Software Developer
11 6 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (4.10%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (67.21%) Ruby on Rails
2 33 (27.05%) React
3 29 (23.77%) Node.js
4 23 (18.85%) Spring Boot
5 18 (14.75%) Next.js
6 16 (13.11%) Spring
7 15 (12.30%) React Native
8 11 (9.02%) AWS CDK
8 11 (9.02%) REST
9 8 (6.56%) CSS
9 8 (6.56%) GraphQL
9 8 (6.56%) HTML
10 6 (4.92%) FastAPI
10 6 (4.92%) Serverless Framework
11 5 (4.10%) AWS SAM
11 5 (4.10%) Kafka
12 4 (3.28%) .NET
12 4 (3.28%) CSS3
12 4 (3.28%) HTML5
12 4 (3.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 29 (23.77%) Cloud Native
2 18 (14.75%) Mainframe
3 14 (11.48%) Product Ownership
4 12 (9.84%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (6.56%) Mobile App
6 6 (4.92%) Digital Wallet
7 4 (3.28%) Educational Technology
8 3 (2.46%) Clustering
8 3 (2.46%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.82%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.57%) Linux
2 9 (7.38%) Windows
3 7 (5.74%) Ubuntu
4 6 (4.92%) Debian
5 5 (4.10%) Windows Server
6 4 (3.28%) AIX
6 4 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.46%) Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.07%) Software Engineering
2 40 (32.79%) Agile
3 39 (31.97%) CI/CD
3 39 (31.97%) Full-Stack Development
4 29 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (19.67%) Mentoring
6 21 (17.21%) DevOps
6 21 (17.21%) Scrum
7 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (16.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 19 (15.57%) AI
8 19 (15.57%) Test Automation
9 18 (14.75%) Roadmaps
10 16 (13.11%) Containerisation
10 16 (13.11%) Kanban
10 16 (13.11%) Microservices
11 14 (11.48%) Architectural Patterns
11 14 (11.48%) Customer-Centricity
12 13 (10.66%) Event-Driven
12 13 (10.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 37 (30.33%) Python
2 28 (22.95%) Java
3 16 (13.11%) JavaScript
4 13 (10.66%) TypeScript
5 10 (8.20%) Bash
6 6 (4.92%) COBOL
6 6 (4.92%) SQL
7 5 (4.10%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.28%) Apex Code
8 4 (3.28%) Elixir
8 4 (3.28%) Rust
8 4 (3.28%) Scala
9 3 (2.46%) C#
9 3 (2.46%) PHP
10 1 (0.82%) Go
10 1 (0.82%) Natural
Qualifications
1 15 (12.30%) Degree
2 10 (8.20%) AWS Certification
3 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (6.56%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.56%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.74%) A+ Certification
4 7 (5.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 6 (4.92%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.28%) ISTQB
6 4 (3.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.82%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.66%) Accessibility
2 12 (9.84%) WCAG
3 6 (4.92%) Government Security Classifications
3 6 (4.92%) NCSC
4 5 (4.10%) QA
5 4 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (18.03%) Docker
2 5 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (22.13%) Terraform
2 16 (13.11%) Ansible
3 11 (9.02%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.28%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.28%) ZABBIX
5 3 (2.46%) Podman
5 3 (2.46%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.64%) Grafana
6 2 (1.64%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.56%) Cisco
3 6 (4.92%) Splunk
4 5 (4.10%) OneLogin
4 5 (4.10%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.10%) VMware
5 4 (3.28%) HP
5 4 (3.28%) Oracle
6 2 (1.64%) New Relic
6 2 (1.64%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.82%) Citrix
7 1 (0.82%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.82%) Informatica
7 1 (0.82%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.82%) SAP
7 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.82%) Thycotic