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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 546 573
Rank change year-on-year +39 +27 -245
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 289 142 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.56% 1.01% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 224 83 189
10th Percentile £31,100 £52,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +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 18,503 14,008 25,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.45% 28.13% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,140 9,185 17,818
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -

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 12 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 12 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 -5 216 £75,000 +7.14% 218
UK excluding London -43 159 £60,000 -14.29% 56
Work from Home -12 102 £72,500 +7.41% 94
London +11 96 £75,000 - 185
South East +10 67 £60,000 -14.29% 15
Wales - 34 £60,000 - 12
East of England -15 21 £82,500 -17.50% 6
North of England -73 20 £55,000 -18.52% 4
North West -34 15 £55,000 -18.52% 2
South West -56 6 £42,500 +6.25% 7
Isle of Man - 6 - -
Yorkshire -34 5 £90,000 +28.57% 1
Midlands -40 5 £30,000 - 4
West Midlands -30 4 £30,000 - 4
East Midlands -31 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 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.42%) Skype for Business
3 6 (2.08%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.08%) Confluence
4 3 (1.04%) WordPress
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.38%) Fidessa
2 4 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.69%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 172 (59.52%) AWS
2 82 (28.37%) Serverless
3 67 (23.18%) AWS Lambda
4 49 (16.96%) Amazon ECS
5 44 (15.22%) SaaS
6 36 (12.46%) Amazon S3
7 33 (11.42%) Amazon SQS
7 33 (11.42%) Azure
7 33 (11.42%) GitHub
8 30 (10.38%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (9.34%) Amazon EC2
10 24 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (8.30%) PaaS
11 22 (7.61%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (6.92%) Amazon EventBridge
14 14 (4.84%) AWS Control Tower
14 14 (4.84%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (4.84%) GCP
15 7 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (8.30%) Network Security
2 13 (4.50%) Firewall
3 12 (4.15%) DNS
4 9 (3.11%) LAN
4 9 (3.11%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.11%) WAN
5 8 (2.77%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (2.42%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (2.42%) Skype
6 7 (2.42%) VLAN
6 7 (2.42%) Wireless
7 6 (2.08%) BGP
7 6 (2.08%) DHCP
7 6 (2.08%) IPsec
7 6 (2.08%) VPN
8 4 (1.38%) FIX Connectivity
9 3 (1.04%) Internet
9 3 (1.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (23.88%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (8.65%) MongoDB
3 23 (7.96%) Redis
4 18 (6.23%) MySQL
5 12 (4.15%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.77%) Big Data
7 7 (2.42%) DynamoDB
8 6 (2.08%) Apache Hive
8 6 (2.08%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.08%) HBase
8 6 (2.08%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.08%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.35%) Adabas
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (10.73%) Cypress.io
2 18 (6.23%) Jenkins
3 17 (5.88%) Git
4 10 (3.46%) JIRA
5 7 (2.42%) GitLab
5 7 (2.42%) RSpec
5 7 (2.42%) Selenium
6 6 (2.08%) JUnit
7 4 (1.38%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.38%) minitest
7 4 (1.38%) Postman
7 4 (1.38%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.38%) Zephyr
8 3 (1.04%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.04%) Newman
8 3 (1.04%) TestRail
9 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.35%) Gatling
9 1 (0.35%) Mocha
9 1 (0.35%) Pa11y
General
1 69 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 62 (21.45%) Finance
3 47 (16.26%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.92%) Legal
5 13 (4.50%) Legal Technology
6 12 (4.15%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.81%) Banking
8 10 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.42%) Tech for Good
11 6 (2.08%) Automotive
11 6 (2.08%) Marketing
11 6 (2.08%) Military
12 5 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.04%) Local Government
14 1 (0.35%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 106 (36.68%) Developer
2 73 (25.26%) Senior
3 51 (17.65%) Full-Stack Developer
4 43 (14.88%) Ruby Developer
5 42 (14.53%) Lead
6 37 (12.80%) Software Engineer
7 26 (9.00%) Senior Developer
8 21 (7.27%) Ruby on Rails Developer
9 15 (5.19%) Ruby Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Consultant
10 14 (4.84%) Security Consultant
10 14 (4.84%) Senior Consultant
10 14 (4.84%) Senior Security Consultant
10 14 (4.84%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (4.50%) 1st Line Support
11 13 (4.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 13 (4.50%) Software Developer
12 12 (4.15%) Python Engineer
13 11 (3.81%) Architect
14 10 (3.46%) Senior Ruby Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (60.90%) Ruby on Rails
2 92 (31.83%) React
3 66 (22.84%) Node.js
4 31 (10.73%) Jest
5 28 (9.69%) Spring Boot
6 26 (9.00%) AWS CDK
7 24 (8.30%) Next.js
7 24 (8.30%) RESTful
8 23 (7.96%) Sidekiq
9 22 (7.61%) Spring
10 18 (6.23%) JSON
11 17 (5.88%) JWT
11 17 (5.88%) REST
12 15 (5.19%) React Native
13 14 (4.84%) .NET
13 14 (4.84%) Kafka
14 13 (4.50%) CSS
15 12 (4.15%) GraphQL
16 10 (3.46%) HTML
17 8 (2.77%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 39 (13.49%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.96%) Onboarding
2 23 (7.96%) Product Ownership
3 20 (6.92%) Mainframe
4 16 (5.54%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (4.84%) Enterprise Cloud
6 9 (3.11%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.77%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.77%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.77%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.42%) Digital Wallet
9 6 (2.08%) Blog
10 5 (1.73%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.73%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.73%) NHS
11 4 (1.38%) Eurex
12 3 (1.04%) Clustering
12 3 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.04%) e-Learning
12 3 (1.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.88%) Linux
2 26 (9.00%) Windows
3 11 (3.81%) Ubuntu
4 10 (3.46%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.08%) Debian
7 5 (1.73%) AIX
8 4 (1.38%) CentOS
8 4 (1.38%) Rocky
8 4 (1.38%) Unix
9 3 (1.04%) Gentoo
9 3 (1.04%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (32.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 83 (28.72%) Agile
3 77 (26.64%) CI/CD
4 71 (24.57%) Software Engineering
5 55 (19.03%) Microservices
6 48 (16.61%) AI
7 47 (16.26%) Mentoring
8 46 (15.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 45 (15.57%) Scrum
10 43 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
11 40 (13.84%) Containerisation
11 40 (13.84%) DevOps
12 39 (13.49%) Roadmaps
13 36 (12.46%) Architectural Patterns
14 29 (10.03%) Clean Code
15 27 (9.34%) OOP
15 27 (9.34%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 25 (8.65%) Mob Programming
16 25 (8.65%) Test Automation
17 22 (7.61%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 84 (29.07%) Python
2 72 (24.91%) JavaScript
3 71 (24.57%) Java
4 31 (10.73%) Bash
4 31 (10.73%) TypeScript
5 27 (9.34%) SQL
6 24 (8.30%) PHP
7 21 (7.27%) C#
7 21 (7.27%) Perl
8 11 (3.81%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.11%) C
10 8 (2.77%) Go
11 7 (2.42%) Rust
12 6 (2.08%) COBOL
12 6 (2.08%) Scala
13 4 (1.38%) Elixir
14 3 (1.04%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.04%) C++
14 3 (1.04%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.69%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (11.42%) Security Cleared
2 29 (10.03%) Degree
3 24 (8.30%) AWS Certification
4 21 (7.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 19 (6.57%) SC Cleared
6 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.11%) A+ Certification
8 7 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.38%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 3 (1.04%) CCSAM
11 3 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.04%) CREST Certified
11 3 (1.04%) GPEN
11 3 (1.04%) GXPN
11 3 (1.04%) OSCE
11 3 (1.04%) OSCP
12 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.19%) WCAG
3 12 (4.15%) QA
4 8 (2.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.08%) Government Security Classifications
5 6 (2.08%) NCSC
6 3 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 47 (16.26%) Docker
2 11 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 47 (16.26%) Terraform
2 18 (6.23%) Ansible
3 15 (5.19%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.42%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.08%) Hadoop YARN
5 6 (2.08%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.04%) Podman
6 3 (1.04%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.04%) SCCM
7 2 (0.69%) Bugsnag
7 2 (0.69%) Grafana
7 2 (0.69%) Packer
7 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (13.15%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.57%) Oracle
3 15 (5.19%) Cisco
4 13 (4.50%) HP
5 10 (3.46%) VMware
6 7 (2.42%) OneLogin
6 7 (2.42%) SAP
7 6 (2.08%) Google
7 6 (2.08%) IBM
7 6 (2.08%) Splunk
8 4 (1.38%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.38%) CQG
8 4 (1.38%) ION Trading
8 4 (1.38%) New Relic
8 4 (1.38%) Patsystems
8 4 (1.38%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.38%) Reuters
8 4 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.38%) Trayport
9 3 (1.04%) Thycotic