Ruby Developer Jobs

Ruby Developer
UK

The median Ruby Developer salary in the UK is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 842 903
Rank change year-on-year +168 +61 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Ruby Developer 18 54 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.055% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.058% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 18 53 67
10th Percentile £55,125 £45,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £85,938 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,500 £99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +60.00% -29.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Ruby Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Ruby Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby Developer in the UK

Ruby Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ruby Developer.

Salary trend for Ruby Developer in the UK

Ruby Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Ruby Developer in the UK

Ruby Developer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Work from Home +188 13 £62,500 -3.85% 7
England +148 13 £65,000 -13.33% 9
London +91 9 £62,500 -23.08% 4
UK excluding London +192 3 £65,000 +8.33% 6
North of England +84 1 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Midlands +82 1 £62,500 +25.00%
West Midlands +50 1 £62,500 +25.00%
North West +31 1 £65,000 +30.00% 2
East of England - 1 £70,000 - 1

Ruby Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Ruby Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Ruby Developer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Ruby
2 13 (72.22%) React
3 12 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 11 (61.11%) Ruby on Rails
5 9 (50.00%) Mentoring
6 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
6 8 (44.44%) RESTful
7 7 (38.89%) AngularJS
7 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
7 7 (38.89%) C#
8 6 (33.33%) Java
8 6 (33.33%) Agile
8 6 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
8 6 (33.33%) Unit Testing
8 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
8 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
8 6 (33.33%) Clean Code
8 6 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (33.33%) Design Patterns
8 6 (33.33%) Coaching
8 6 (33.33%) Microservices
8 6 (33.33%) SOLID
8 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (33.33%) Community of Practice
8 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
9 4 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
9 4 (22.22%) Code Quality
9 4 (22.22%) CSS
9 4 (22.22%) HTML

Ruby Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Health Technology
4 1 (5.56%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (72.22%) React
2 11 (61.11%) Ruby on Rails
3 8 (44.44%) RESTful
4 7 (38.89%) AngularJS
5 4 (22.22%) CSS
5 4 (22.22%) HTML
6 1 (5.56%) .NET
6 1 (5.56%) Node.js
6 1 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
3 6 (33.33%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 6 (33.33%) Coaching
3 6 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 6 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 6 (33.33%) Microservices
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (33.33%) SOLID
3 6 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 4 (22.22%) Code Quality
4 4 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (16.67%) Web Development
6 2 (11.11%) Fintech
7 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (5.56%) Front End Development
7 1 (5.56%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) Ruby
2 12 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 7 (38.89%) C#
4 6 (33.33%) Java
5 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared