Ruby on Rails Developer Job Trends

Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer)
UK

The median Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer) salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 726 651 859
Rank change year-on-year -75 +208 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Ruby on Rails Developer 11 7 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.015% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.017% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 28
10th Percentile - £68,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £82,500 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £85,000 £78,138
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +8.78% +30.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £105,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £105,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +61.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 89,596 40,763 99,991
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.50% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 61,466 23,272 72,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,849 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,528 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -6.54%

Ruby on Rails Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Ruby on Rails Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Ruby on Rails Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Ruby on Rails Developer job vacancies in the UK

Ruby on Rails Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby on Rails Developer over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Ruby on Rails Developer in the UK

Ruby on Rails Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby on Rails Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 June 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
England -73 10 £62,500 -26.47% 1
London -23 8 £60,000 -12.73%
Work from Home +6 3 £80,000 -23.81% 1
UK excluding London -49 3 £80,000 -23.81% 1
East of England -15 2 £80,000 -23.81% 1
Wales - 1 £75,000 -

Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 June 2026, Ruby on Rails Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Ruby on Rails Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Ruby
1 11 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 7 (63.64%) E-Commerce
3 4 (36.36%) AWS
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 3 (27.27%) CSS
4 3 (27.27%) Docker
4 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 3 (27.27%) MySQL
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) TypeScript
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
5 2 (18.18%) Linux
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) React
5 2 (18.18%) Ubuntu
6 1 (9.09%) AI
6 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (9.09%) BDD
6 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Deployment
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (9.09%) CSS3
6 1 (9.09%) DevOps

Ruby on Rails Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) MySQL
2 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) Mocha
1 1 (9.09%) RSpec
General
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 3 (27.27%) CSS
2 3 (27.27%) HTML
3 2 (18.18%) React
4 1 (9.09%) CSS3
4 1 (9.09%) HTML5
4 1 (9.09%) Jest
4 1 (9.09%) Next.js
4 1 (9.09%) Node.js
4 1 (9.09%) RESTful
4 1 (9.09%) Spring
4 1 (9.09%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) E-Commerce
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
2 3 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (27.27%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) AI
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Observability
4 1 (9.09%) TDD
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Ruby
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 3 (27.27%) TypeScript
3 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) OneLogin