Ruby on Rails Developer Jobs

Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer)
UK

The median Ruby on Rails Developer (RoR Developer) salary in the UK is £78,138 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 949 1127
Rank change year-on-year +73 +178 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a Ruby on Rails Developer 28 44 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.042% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.046% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 23 43 54
10th Percentile £55,500 - £37,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,138 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.21% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Ruby on Rails Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ruby on Rails Developer in the UK

Ruby on Rails Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Ruby on Rails Developer in the UK

Ruby on Rails Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby on Rails Developer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ruby on Rails Developer in the UK

Ruby on Rails Developer
Top 8 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 3 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 +77 20 £90,000 +38.46% 4
London +129 17 £95,000 +46.15% 3
UK excluding London +7 11 £62,500 -3.85% 2
Northern Ireland - 8 £60,000 -
Work from Home +69 4 £75,000 +15.38% 3
North of England +46 2 £65,000 +13.04% 1
North West +3 2 £65,000 +13.04% 1
South West -23 1 £78,138 +33.00%

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Ruby on Rails 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 on Rails Developer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 28 (100.00%) Ruby
2 15 (53.57%) AWS
2 15 (53.57%) JavaScript
3 13 (46.43%) Full Stack Development
4 11 (39.29%) React
5 10 (35.71%) Lean Software Development
5 10 (35.71%) Tech for Good
6 5 (17.86%) Docker
6 5 (17.86%) Finance
6 5 (17.86%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (17.86%) RSpec
7 4 (14.29%) SaaS
7 4 (14.29%) Redis
7 4 (14.29%) Local Government
7 4 (14.29%) Git
7 4 (14.29%) Marketing
7 4 (14.29%) Agile
7 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
7 4 (14.29%) Web Services
7 4 (14.29%) Sidekiq
7 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (14.29%) Housing Association
7 4 (14.29%) User Research
7 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
8 3 (10.71%) Mobile App
9 2 (7.14%) TDD
9 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering

Ruby on Rails 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 15 (53.57%) AWS
2 4 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) GitHub
3 1 (3.57%) Linode
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (14.29%) Redis
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.57%) MySQL
3 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) RSpec
2 4 (14.29%) Git
3 1 (3.57%) Capybara
General
1 10 (35.71%) Tech for Good
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (14.29%) Local Government
3 4 (14.29%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 11 (39.29%) React
3 4 (14.29%) Sidekiq
3 4 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (3.57%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.57%) CSS
4 1 (3.57%) HTML
4 1 (3.57%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Housing Association
2 3 (10.71%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Full Stack Development
2 10 (35.71%) Lean Software Development
3 4 (14.29%) Agile
3 4 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.29%) User Research
4 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
5 2 (7.14%) Mobile Development
5 2 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 2 (7.14%) TDD
5 2 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (3.57%) CI/CD
6 1 (3.57%) DevOps
6 1 (3.57%) OO
6 1 (3.57%) OOP
6 1 (3.57%) Open Source
6 1 (3.57%) Pair Programming
6 1 (3.57%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (3.57%) Scrum
6 1 (3.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (100.00%) Ruby
2 15 (53.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.57%) SQL
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes