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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 540 558
Rank change year-on-year +49 +18 -229
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 308 135 246
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.66% 0.99% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 239 75 177
10th Percentile £30,500 £52,500 £35,662
25th Percentile £47,965 £59,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%

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 18,606 13,666 24,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.92% 27.29% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 13,249 8,945 16,651
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,625 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 +8 232 £75,000 +7.14% 87
UK excluding London -30 176 £60,000 -14.29% 43
Work from Home -22 105 £72,500 +7.41% 48
London +21 100 £75,000 - 60
South East +4 76 £60,000 -14.29% 15
Wales - 38 £60,000 - 5
East of England +2 23 £85,000 -15.00% 1
North of England -73 21 £55,000 -18.52% 5
North West -24 15 £55,000 -18.52% 4
Midlands -53 7 £35,000 - 8
West Midlands -34 6 £32,500 - 6
Yorkshire -43 6 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Isle of Man - 6 - -
South West -69 5 £42,500 +6.25% 3
East Midlands -39 1 £41,000 - 2

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 19 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.92%) Skype for Business
3 8 (2.60%) Confluence
4 6 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.97%) WordPress
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Fidessa
1 6 (1.95%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 174 (56.49%) AWS
2 86 (27.92%) Serverless
3 71 (23.05%) AWS Lambda
4 49 (15.91%) Amazon ECS
5 47 (15.26%) SaaS
6 36 (11.69%) Amazon S3
6 36 (11.69%) GitHub
7 35 (11.36%) Azure
8 33 (10.71%) Amazon SQS
9 31 (10.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 31 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (8.77%) Amazon EC2
11 24 (7.79%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (7.79%) PaaS
12 22 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (6.49%) Amazon EventBridge
14 14 (4.55%) AWS Control Tower
14 14 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (4.55%) GCP
15 7 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.44%) Network Security
2 18 (5.84%) Firewall
3 14 (4.55%) DNS
4 12 (3.90%) LAN
4 12 (3.90%) WAN
5 11 (3.57%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.92%) Cisco Wireless
6 9 (2.92%) Skype
6 9 (2.92%) VLAN
6 9 (2.92%) Wireless
7 8 (2.60%) DHCP
7 8 (2.60%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (1.95%) BGP
8 6 (1.95%) FIX Connectivity
8 6 (1.95%) IPsec
8 6 (1.95%) VPN
9 4 (1.30%) VoIP
10 3 (0.97%) Internet
11 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (22.08%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (8.12%) MongoDB
3 23 (7.47%) Redis
4 17 (5.52%) MySQL
5 14 (4.55%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.60%) Big Data
7 7 (2.27%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.95%) Apache Hive
8 6 (1.95%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.95%) HBase
8 6 (1.95%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.62%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.32%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 34 (11.04%) Cypress.io
2 21 (6.82%) Jenkins
3 18 (5.84%) Git
4 12 (3.90%) JIRA
5 7 (2.27%) RSpec
5 7 (2.27%) Selenium
6 6 (1.95%) GitLab
6 6 (1.95%) JUnit
7 5 (1.62%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.30%) Claude Code
8 4 (1.30%) minitest
8 4 (1.30%) Postman
8 4 (1.30%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.30%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.97%) Newman
9 3 (0.97%) TestRail
10 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.32%) Gatling
10 1 (0.32%) Mocha
10 1 (0.32%) Pa11y
General
1 70 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 64 (20.78%) Finance
3 50 (16.23%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.82%) Legal
5 13 (4.22%) Banking
5 13 (4.22%) Legal Technology
5 13 (4.22%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.27%) Tech for Good
10 6 (1.95%) Automotive
10 6 (1.95%) Marketing
10 6 (1.95%) Military
11 5 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.30%) Local Government
13 3 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.65%) Public Speaking
14 2 (0.65%) Publishing
15 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (36.36%) Developer
2 75 (24.35%) Senior
3 53 (17.21%) Full-Stack Developer
4 43 (13.96%) Ruby Developer
5 42 (13.64%) Lead
6 39 (12.66%) Software Engineer
7 28 (9.09%) Senior Developer
8 25 (8.12%) Ruby on Rails Developer
9 15 (4.87%) 1st Line Support
9 15 (4.87%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (4.55%) Consultant
10 14 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 14 (4.55%) Ruby Engineer
10 14 (4.55%) Security Consultant
10 14 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
10 14 (4.55%) Senior Security Consultant
11 13 (4.22%) Software Developer
12 12 (3.90%) IT Support
12 12 (3.90%) Python Engineer
13 11 (3.57%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (59.42%) Ruby on Rails
2 96 (31.17%) React
3 66 (21.43%) Node.js
4 47 (15.26%) Terraform
5 34 (11.04%) Jest
6 31 (10.06%) Spring Boot
7 27 (8.77%) Next.js
7 27 (8.77%) RESTful
8 26 (8.44%) AWS CDK
9 25 (8.12%) Spring
10 23 (7.47%) Sidekiq
11 18 (5.84%) JSON
12 17 (5.52%) JWT
12 17 (5.52%) REST
13 16 (5.19%) CSS
14 15 (4.87%) React Native
15 14 (4.55%) Kafka
16 13 (4.22%) .NET
17 12 (3.90%) GraphQL
17 12 (3.90%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.66%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 23 (7.47%) Onboarding
4 21 (6.82%) Mainframe
5 17 (5.52%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (3.25%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.60%) Digital Wallet
8 8 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.60%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.60%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.27%) Blog
10 6 (1.95%) Eurex
10 6 (1.95%) NHS
11 5 (1.62%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.30%) Educational Technology
12 4 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.97%) Reference Data
13 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (14.29%) Linux
2 34 (11.04%) Windows
3 14 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.57%) Ubuntu
5 9 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.95%) AIX
6 6 (1.95%) CentOS
6 6 (1.95%) Debian
6 6 (1.95%) Rocky
6 6 (1.95%) Unix
7 3 (0.97%) Gentoo
7 3 (0.97%) Solaris
8 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (31.82%) Full-Stack Development
2 86 (27.92%) Agile
3 82 (26.62%) CI/CD
4 73 (23.70%) Software Engineering
5 58 (18.83%) Microservices
6 52 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (16.23%) Mentoring
8 48 (15.58%) AI
8 48 (15.58%) Scrum
9 47 (15.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 40 (12.99%) Roadmaps
11 39 (12.66%) Containerisation
12 38 (12.34%) DevOps
13 37 (12.01%) Architectural Patterns
14 32 (10.39%) Clean Code
15 31 (10.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 29 (9.42%) Test Automation
17 27 (8.77%) OOP
18 25 (8.12%) Mob Programming
19 23 (7.47%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 87 (28.25%) Python
2 76 (24.68%) JavaScript
3 74 (24.03%) Java
4 34 (11.04%) TypeScript
5 33 (10.71%) Bash
6 29 (9.42%) SQL
7 25 (8.12%) Perl
8 23 (7.47%) C#
8 23 (7.47%) PHP
9 12 (3.90%) C
10 11 (3.57%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.60%) Go
12 7 (2.27%) Rust
13 6 (1.95%) COBOL
13 6 (1.95%) Scala
14 5 (1.62%) C++
15 4 (1.30%) Elixir
16 3 (0.97%) Objective-C
17 2 (0.65%) Apex Code
17 2 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.77%) Degree
3 24 (7.79%) AWS Certification
3 24 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 11 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.92%) A+ Certification
6 9 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.95%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.62%) CREST Certified
9 5 (1.62%) OSCP
10 4 (1.30%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 3 (0.97%) CCSAM
11 3 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.97%) GPEN
11 3 (0.97%) GXPN
11 3 (0.97%) OSCE
12 2 (0.65%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 18 (5.84%) WCAG
3 16 (5.19%) QA
4 8 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.95%) Government Security Classifications
5 6 (1.95%) NCSC
6 3 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
System Software
1 48 (15.58%) Docker
2 16 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (5.84%) Ansible
2 14 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.92%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.95%) Hadoop YARN
4 6 (1.95%) ZABBIX
5 3 (0.97%) Podman
5 3 (0.97%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.97%) SCCM
6 2 (0.65%) Bugsnag
6 2 (0.65%) Grafana
6 2 (0.65%) Packer
6 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.14%) Oracle
3 17 (5.52%) Cisco
4 15 (4.87%) HP
5 12 (3.90%) VMware
6 10 (3.25%) OneLogin
7 7 (2.27%) SAP
8 6 (1.95%) Bloomberg
8 6 (1.95%) CQG
8 6 (1.95%) Google
8 6 (1.95%) IBM
8 6 (1.95%) ION Trading
8 6 (1.95%) Patsystems
8 6 (1.95%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.95%) Reuters
8 6 (1.95%) Splunk
8 6 (1.95%) Trayport
9 4 (1.30%) New Relic
10 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.97%) Thycotic