Ruby Jobs in the UK excluding London

Ruby
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Ruby skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ruby over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 297 284
Rank change year-on-year -226 -13 -63
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 256 683 895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 1.11% 1.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.14% 2.78% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 150 229 575
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £69,688 £81,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £71,250 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +7.14% +16.67%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

Ruby is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,526 24,591 32,838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.01% 40.07% 46.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16,355 13,845 21,423
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +3.09% +6.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,263
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby in the UK excluding London

Ruby
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ruby in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Ruby in the UK excluding London

Ruby
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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
Scotland -73 66 £52,500 +14.75% 3
North of England -103 54 £54,424 -22.25% 9
South West -61 44 £70,000 +3.70% 13
South East -49 38 £55,000 -15.38% 9
North West -40 33 £55,000 -12.00% 6
Northern Ireland 0 22 £55,000 -17.60%
Yorkshire +17 17 £45,000 -35.71% 3
Midlands -42 17 £53,500 -22.18% 7
East of England -29 11 £85,000 +13.33% 3
East Midlands -42 11 £53,500 +1.90% 3
Wales -5 6 £48,052 +17.91% 2
West Midlands -13 6 £58,750 -16.07% 4
North East -31 4 £42,750 -51.14%
Ruby
UK

Ruby
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (7.81%) Camunda
2 7 (2.73%) Confluence
3 6 (2.34%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.39%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (26.17%) Serverless
2 64 (25.00%) AWS
3 61 (23.83%) Azure
4 27 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (9.38%) SaaS
6 13 (5.08%) GitHub
7 9 (3.52%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.13%) IaaS
9 7 (2.73%) Pulumi
10 6 (2.34%) Azure AKS
10 6 (2.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.34%) Datadog
10 6 (2.34%) GCP
11 5 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.56%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) DNS
1 5 (1.95%) HTTP
2 4 (1.56%) Firewall
3 3 (1.17%) MQTT
3 3 (1.17%) SSL
4 2 (0.78%) Internet
5 1 (0.39%) 5G
5 1 (0.39%) Network Security
5 1 (0.39%) SNMP
5 1 (0.39%) VPN
5 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (16.02%) Relational Database
2 36 (14.06%) Oracle Database
3 30 (11.72%) MySQL
3 30 (11.72%) RDBMS
4 26 (10.16%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (7.03%) MongoDB
6 16 (6.25%) SQL Server
7 12 (4.69%) NoSQL
8 9 (3.52%) Power BI
9 8 (3.13%) Big Data
9 8 (3.13%) Redis
10 7 (2.73%) MariaDB
10 7 (2.73%) Qlik Sense
10 7 (2.73%) Tableau
11 6 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.56%) DynamoDB
14 3 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
15 2 (0.78%) DB2
16 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 77 (30.08%) Git
2 39 (15.23%) Jenkins
3 30 (11.72%) JDeveloper
4 21 (8.20%) Gradle
4 21 (8.20%) Maven
4 21 (8.20%) Travis CI
5 20 (7.81%) CircleCI
6 17 (6.64%) JIRA
7 7 (2.73%) Cucumber
7 7 (2.73%) GitLab
8 6 (2.34%) Appium
8 6 (2.34%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.95%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.56%) Gatling
10 4 (1.56%) JBehave
10 4 (1.56%) JMeter
10 4 (1.56%) JUnit
10 4 (1.56%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (1.17%) Subversion
General
1 48 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 32 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.11%) Finance
4 23 (8.98%) Legal
5 22 (8.59%) Retail
6 20 (7.81%) Law
7 17 (6.64%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.52%) Tech for Good
9 7 (2.73%) Local Government
10 6 (2.34%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.56%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.78%) Billing
12 2 (0.78%) Marketing
12 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Automotive
13 1 (0.39%) Police
13 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (37.89%) Software Engineer
2 89 (34.77%) Developer
3 58 (22.66%) Senior
4 36 (14.06%) Senior Developer
5 33 (12.89%) Software Developer
6 30 (11.72%) Platform Engineer
6 30 (11.72%) Ruby Engineer
7 20 (7.81%) Ruby Developer
8 19 (7.42%) Senior Software Developer
9 18 (7.03%) Java Engineer
9 18 (7.03%) Java Software Engineer
9 18 (7.03%) React Developer
9 18 (7.03%) Senior React Developer
10 16 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (4.69%) Architect
12 12 (4.69%) Ruby on Rails Developer
13 11 (4.30%) Full Stack Developer
14 8 (3.13%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (28.91%) React
2 64 (25.00%) Ruby on Rails
3 57 (22.27%) Node.js
4 47 (18.36%) Spring
5 31 (12.11%) CSS
5 31 (12.11%) HTML
6 28 (10.94%) Spring Boot
7 20 (7.81%) RESTful
8 18 (7.03%) J2EE
9 15 (5.86%) .NET
9 15 (5.86%) AngularJS
10 14 (5.47%) Laravel
10 14 (5.47%) XML
11 12 (4.69%) JSON
12 11 (4.30%) jQuery
12 11 (4.30%) Web Services
13 8 (3.13%) ASP.NET
13 8 (3.13%) REST
14 7 (2.73%) SOAP
14 7 (2.73%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.94%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (4.30%) Life Science
3 8 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.34%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.56%) BBC
6 4 (1.56%) Blog
6 4 (1.56%) Verilog
6 4 (1.56%) VHDL
7 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.17%) IoT
7 3 (1.17%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.78%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.84%) Linux
2 16 (6.25%) Windows
3 14 (5.47%) Unix
4 2 (0.78%) Android
4 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (48.44%) Software Engineering
2 89 (34.77%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (33.20%) Agile
3 85 (33.20%) DevOps
4 82 (32.03%) Containerisation
5 69 (26.95%) Microservices
6 65 (25.39%) Design Patterns
7 62 (24.22%) Continuous Integration
8 52 (20.31%) CI/CD
9 50 (19.53%) Code Quality
10 49 (19.14%) Clean Code
11 48 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
11 48 (18.75%) Unit Testing
12 45 (17.58%) Full Stack Development
13 40 (15.63%) Mentoring
14 38 (14.84%) Open Source
15 32 (12.50%) Coaching
16 31 (12.11%) Front End Development
17 27 (10.55%) Computer Science
17 27 (10.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 166 (64.84%) Python
2 130 (50.78%) Java
3 84 (32.81%) JavaScript
4 61 (23.83%) Bash
5 50 (19.53%) Go
5 50 (19.53%) Perl
6 48 (18.75%) C#
7 43 (16.80%) PowerShell
7 43 (16.80%) SQL
8 24 (9.38%) PHP
9 12 (4.69%) TypeScript
10 11 (4.30%) C
11 9 (3.52%) Groovy
12 6 (2.34%) Rust
13 5 (1.95%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.95%) Tcl
14 4 (1.56%) C++
14 4 (1.56%) Lua
14 4 (1.56%) Scala
15 3 (1.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (8.98%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.81%) Degree
3 18 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.13%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.34%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.39%) OCA
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (13.67%) QA
2 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.39%) MISRA
System Software
1 38 (14.84%) Docker
2 4 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 47 (18.36%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.81%) Terraform
3 15 (5.86%) Puppet
4 13 (5.08%) Ansible
5 12 (4.69%) Progress Chef
6 8 (3.13%) Grafana
6 8 (3.13%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.56%) vRealize
8 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.17%) SCCM
9 1 (0.39%) Consul
9 1 (0.39%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.39%) Packer
9 1 (0.39%) Podman
Vendors
1 40 (15.63%) Oracle
2 20 (7.81%) Pega
3 14 (5.47%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.91%) SaltStack
5 8 (3.13%) Facebook
6 6 (2.34%) New Relic
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco
7 4 (1.56%) Google
7 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.56%) VMware
8 3 (1.17%) iManage
8 3 (1.17%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (1.17%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.78%) Apple
9 2 (0.78%) IBM
9 2 (0.78%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.39%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.39%) Intel
10 1 (0.39%) Parasoft