Ruby on Rails (RoR)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ruby on Rails skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ruby on Rails over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 781 486 351
Rank change year-on-year -295 -135 +156
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 117 601 1,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.59% 1.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.56% 1.98% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 104 205 273
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,807 £38,425
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £49,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +13.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £101,000 £117,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Ruby on Rails is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,074 30,426 64,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.24% 30.12% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 15,767 18,780 29,905
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,853 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,563
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.89% +13.75%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Ruby on Rails
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ruby on Rails as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails in the UK

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Ruby on Rails in the UK

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby on Rails over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ruby on Rails in the UK

Ruby on Rails
Top 14 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England -232 86 £78,138 +2.48% 28
London -2 56 £85,000 - 21
UK excluding London -289 47 £60,000 +6.67% 10
Work from Home -280 29 £70,000 +7.69% 23
Northern Ireland 0 13 £55,000 -
South West -37 13 £60,000 -4.00% 3
South East -48 6 £52,500 -1.87% 2
West Midlands -3 5 £67,500 +14.89%
Midlands -41 5 £67,500 +28.57%
North West -39 4 £65,000 +13.04% 2
North of England -39 4 £65,000 +13.04% 2
Scotland -103 3 - - 2
East of England -39 2 £65,000 -13.33% 1
Wales -4 1 £36,103 -11.41%

Ruby on Rails
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 59 (50.43%) AWS
2 15 (12.82%) GitHub
2 15 (12.82%) SaaS
3 13 (11.11%) Azure
4 12 (10.26%) GCP
5 11 (9.40%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (5.13%) Serverless
7 4 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.56%) Amazon ECR
8 3 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (2.56%) Amazon ELB
9 1 (0.85%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.85%) Linode
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) HTTP
2 3 (2.56%) MQTT
3 2 (1.71%) DNS
3 2 (1.71%) Internet
3 2 (1.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.95%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.55%) MySQL
3 7 (5.98%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (5.13%) Redis
5 5 (4.27%) Oracle Database
5 5 (4.27%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.42%) DynamoDB
7 3 (2.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.56%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.85%) GIS
8 1 (0.85%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (13.68%) Git
2 6 (5.13%) RSpec
3 5 (4.27%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (2.56%) Subversion
5 1 (0.85%) Capybara
5 1 (0.85%) GitLab
5 1 (0.85%) Phabricator
General
1 17 (14.53%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.82%) Finance
2 15 (12.82%) Tech for Good
3 14 (11.97%) Legal
4 11 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.69%) Local Government
6 5 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.42%) Marketing
8 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.71%) Billing
Job Titles
1 82 (70.09%) Developer
2 53 (45.30%) Senior
3 39 (33.33%) Senior Developer
4 37 (31.62%) Ruby Developer
5 29 (24.79%) Ruby on Rails Developer
6 26 (22.22%) Full Stack Developer
7 23 (19.66%) Senior Ruby Developer
8 21 (17.95%) Lead
9 13 (11.11%) Lead Developer
10 12 (10.26%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
11 11 (9.40%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (6.84%) Senior Full Stack Developer
13 7 (5.98%) Software Engineer
14 6 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
15 5 (4.27%) Oracle Developer
15 5 (4.27%) PL/SQL Developer
15 5 (4.27%) Senior DevOps
15 5 (4.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 4 (3.42%) Trainer
17 3 (2.56%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (29.91%) React
2 27 (23.08%) Node.js
3 25 (21.37%) CSS
3 25 (21.37%) HTML
4 15 (12.82%) Vue
5 12 (10.26%) Web Services
6 10 (8.55%) Laravel
6 10 (8.55%) XML
7 9 (7.69%) Sidekiq
8 8 (6.84%) JSON
9 6 (5.13%) AngularJS
9 6 (5.13%) CakePHP
9 6 (5.13%) GraphQL
9 6 (5.13%) REST
9 6 (5.13%) Spring
10 5 (4.27%) Django
10 5 (4.27%) Redux
10 5 (4.27%) SOAP
11 4 (3.42%) ASP.NET
11 4 (3.42%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.84%) Data Structures
2 6 (5.13%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.42%) BBC
4 4 (3.42%) Housing Association
5 3 (2.56%) IoT
5 3 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.56%) NHS
6 2 (1.71%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.85%) 3D Printing
7 1 (0.85%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.85%) Blog
7 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.85%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.53%) Linux
2 2 (1.71%) Unix
3 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.46%) Full Stack Development
2 39 (33.33%) Agile
3 26 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (20.51%) Mentoring
5 22 (18.80%) DevOps
6 19 (16.24%) TDD
7 17 (14.53%) CI/CD
8 15 (12.82%) Software Engineering
9 13 (11.11%) Open Source
10 12 (10.26%) Coaching
11 11 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (8.55%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (8.55%) Lean Software Development
12 10 (8.55%) Scrum
12 10 (8.55%) Test Automation
13 8 (6.84%) Clean Code
13 8 (6.84%) Containerisation
14 7 (5.98%) Collaborative Culture
14 7 (5.98%) Computer Science
14 7 (5.98%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 114 (97.44%) Ruby
2 51 (43.59%) JavaScript
3 24 (20.51%) Python
4 17 (14.53%) Java
5 15 (12.82%) Go
6 11 (9.40%) SQL
7 9 (7.69%) C#
8 7 (5.98%) PHP
8 7 (5.98%) TypeScript
9 5 (4.27%) C
9 5 (4.27%) PL/SQL
9 5 (4.27%) Rust
10 4 (3.42%) Scala
11 2 (1.71%) C++
11 2 (1.71%) Elixir
12 1 (0.85%) Perl
12 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (11.11%) Degree
2 8 (6.84%) SC Cleared
2 8 (6.84%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.40%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (8.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (14.53%) Kubernetes
2 12 (10.26%) Ansible
3 11 (9.40%) Terraform
4 1 (0.85%) Grafana
4 1 (0.85%) Podman
Vendors
1 5 (4.27%) Oracle
2 4 (3.42%) Google
3 2 (1.71%) Apple