Ruby
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 547 551
Rank change year-on-year +37 +4 -213
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 249 143 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.29% 0.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.40% 0.99% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 193 80 252
10th Percentile £37,250 £53,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -1.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,375 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +18.64% -9.23%

All Programming Languages
UK

Ruby falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 17,792 14,377 29,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.76% 29.24% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12,757 9,545 21,410
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,250 £35,525
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Ruby job vacancy trend in the UK

Ruby
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ruby

Ruby
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Ruby in the UK

Ruby
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the UK over the 6 months to 22 July 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 -23 180 £75,000 +7.14% 77
UK excluding London -35 138 £60,000 -14.29% 32
Work from Home -5 89 £75,000 +7.14% 46
London +6 76 £75,000 - 54
South East +2 58 £60,000 -14.29% 11
Wales - 30 £72,500 - 3
East of England +7 18 £80,000 -20.00% 5
North of England -46 17 £55,000 -21.43% 3
North West -15 14 £55,000 -21.43% 1
South West -61 6 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Isle of Man - 6 - -
Midlands -43 3 £35,000 - 7
Yorkshire -45 3 £90,000 +33.33% 1
West Midlands -24 2 £32,500 - 7
East Midlands -36 1 £41,000 -

Ruby
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.41%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.01%) Confluence
3 5 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.01%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.20%) WordPress
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 155 (62.25%) AWS
2 69 (27.71%) Serverless
3 58 (23.29%) AWS Lambda
4 45 (18.07%) Amazon ECS
5 34 (13.65%) Amazon S3
6 31 (12.45%) Amazon SQS
6 31 (12.45%) SaaS
7 30 (12.05%) Azure
8 29 (11.65%) GitHub
9 28 (11.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (10.04%) Amazon EC2
11 24 (9.64%) PaaS
12 22 (8.84%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (8.03%) Amazon EventBridge
14 19 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (6.83%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (5.62%) AWS Control Tower
16 14 (5.62%) Cloud Computing
17 13 (5.22%) GCP
18 7 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.84%) Network Security
2 7 (2.81%) DNS
2 7 (2.81%) Remote Desktop
3 6 (2.41%) BGP
3 6 (2.41%) Firewall
3 6 (2.41%) IPsec
3 6 (2.41%) LAN
3 6 (2.41%) VPN
3 6 (2.41%) WAN
4 5 (2.01%) Cisco Wireless
4 5 (2.01%) Skype
4 5 (2.01%) VLAN
4 5 (2.01%) Wireless
5 4 (1.61%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) Internet
6 1 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (24.50%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (9.24%) MongoDB
3 19 (7.63%) Redis
4 18 (7.23%) MySQL
5 8 (3.21%) Big Data
6 7 (2.81%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.81%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.41%) Apache Hive
7 6 (2.41%) Hadoop
7 6 (2.41%) HBase
7 6 (2.41%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.40%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 27 (10.84%) Cypress.io
2 17 (6.83%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.43%) Git
4 9 (3.61%) JIRA
5 8 (3.21%) GitLab
6 7 (2.81%) Selenium
7 6 (2.41%) JUnit
8 5 (2.01%) RSpec
9 4 (1.61%) Claude Code
9 4 (1.61%) minitest
9 4 (1.61%) Postman
9 4 (1.61%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.61%) Zephyr
10 3 (1.20%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.20%) Newman
10 3 (1.20%) TestRail
11 2 (0.80%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
12 1 (0.40%) Gatling
12 1 (0.40%) Pa11y
General
1 65 (26.10%) Social Skills
2 52 (20.88%) Finance
3 43 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.02%) Legal
5 11 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.42%) Legal Technology
5 11 (4.42%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.81%) Banking
7 6 (2.41%) Automotive
7 6 (2.41%) Marketing
7 6 (2.41%) Military
7 6 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.20%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 92 (36.95%) Developer
2 64 (25.70%) Senior
3 41 (16.47%) Full-Stack Developer
4 39 (15.66%) Ruby Developer
5 38 (15.26%) Lead
6 33 (13.25%) Software Engineer
7 23 (9.24%) Senior Developer
8 16 (6.43%) Ruby on Rails Developer
9 14 (5.62%) Consultant
9 14 (5.62%) Security Consultant
9 14 (5.62%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (5.62%) Senior Security Consultant
9 14 (5.62%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (5.22%) Ruby Engineer
10 13 (5.22%) Software Developer
11 11 (4.42%) 1st Line Support
11 11 (4.42%) Architect
11 11 (4.42%) Senior Ruby Developer
12 10 (4.02%) Python Engineer
13 9 (3.61%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (64.26%) Ruby on Rails
2 76 (30.52%) React
3 60 (24.10%) Node.js
4 27 (10.84%) Jest
5 26 (10.44%) AWS CDK
6 24 (9.64%) Spring Boot
7 20 (8.03%) Next.js
7 20 (8.03%) RESTful
8 19 (7.63%) Sidekiq
9 18 (7.23%) Spring
10 17 (6.83%) REST
11 16 (6.43%) JSON
12 15 (6.02%) JWT
12 15 (6.02%) React Native
13 14 (5.62%) Kafka
14 12 (4.82%) GraphQL
15 9 (3.61%) CSS
15 9 (3.61%) HTML
16 8 (3.21%) .NET
17 7 (2.81%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.86%) Cloud Native
2 21 (8.43%) Product Ownership
3 20 (8.03%) Onboarding
4 19 (7.63%) Mainframe
5 14 (5.62%) Enterprise Cloud
6 13 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.61%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.61%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.81%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.81%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.41%) Digital Wallet
10 5 (2.01%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.61%) Blog
12 3 (1.20%) Clustering
12 3 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.20%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.20%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.20%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.80%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 37 (14.86%) Linux
2 21 (8.43%) Windows
3 8 (3.21%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.81%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.41%) Debian
6 5 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.61%) AIX
8 3 (1.20%) Gentoo
9 1 (0.40%) Android
9 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.40%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (30.12%) Full-Stack Development
2 73 (29.32%) Agile
3 69 (27.71%) CI/CD
4 64 (25.70%) Software Engineering
5 49 (19.68%) Microservices
6 42 (16.87%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (16.47%) AI
7 41 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (16.06%) Mentoring
8 40 (16.06%) Scrum
9 37 (14.86%) Containerisation
10 36 (14.46%) DevOps
11 35 (14.06%) Roadmaps
12 29 (11.65%) Architectural Patterns
13 25 (10.04%) Clean Code
13 25 (10.04%) OOP
13 25 (10.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 23 (9.24%) Mob Programming
14 23 (9.24%) Test Automation
15 21 (8.43%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 73 (29.32%) Python
2 62 (24.90%) Java
3 55 (22.09%) JavaScript
4 28 (11.24%) Bash
5 24 (9.64%) PHP
6 20 (8.03%) SQL
7 19 (7.63%) TypeScript
8 18 (7.23%) Perl
9 15 (6.02%) C#
10 10 (4.02%) C
11 8 (3.21%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.81%) Rust
13 6 (2.41%) COBOL
13 6 (2.41%) Go
14 4 (1.61%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.61%) C++
14 4 (1.61%) Elixir
14 4 (1.61%) Scala
15 3 (1.20%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.40%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 29 (11.65%) Degree
2 26 (10.44%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.64%) AWS Certification
4 21 (8.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 12 (4.82%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.21%) A+ Certification
8 6 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.61%) GPEN
10 4 (1.61%) GXPN
10 4 (1.61%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 4 (1.61%) OSCP
11 3 (1.20%) CCSAM
11 3 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.20%) CREST Certified
11 3 (1.20%) OSCE
12 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.40%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.02%) Accessibility
2 13 (5.22%) WCAG
3 11 (4.42%) QA
4 7 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.41%) Government Security Classifications
5 6 (2.41%) NCSC
6 3 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) GDPR
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (18.47%) Docker
2 7 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.80%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (18.07%) Terraform
2 17 (6.83%) Ansible
3 16 (6.43%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.41%) Hadoop YARN
5 5 (2.01%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.01%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.20%) Grafana
6 3 (1.20%) Podman
6 3 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.20%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.80%) SCCM
8 1 (0.40%) Nessus
Vendors
1 30 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.62%) Oracle
3 12 (4.82%) Cisco
4 11 (4.42%) HP
5 7 (2.81%) SAP
5 7 (2.81%) VMware
6 6 (2.41%) IBM
6 6 (2.41%) Splunk
7 5 (2.01%) OneLogin
7 5 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.61%) Google
9 2 (0.80%) Citrix
9 2 (0.80%) New Relic
9 2 (0.80%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.80%) Thycotic
10 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.40%) Informatica
10 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow