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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 553 558
Rank change year-on-year +44 +5 -212
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 307 123 238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.25% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.64% 0.94% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 252 62 167
10th Percentile £30,500 £52,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,875 £84,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.07% +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 18,721 13,102 24,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.24% 26.51% 30.89%
Number of salaries quoted 13,272 8,465 15,075
10th Percentile £38,772 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Ruby in the UK

Ruby
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +7 234 £75,000 +7.14% 227
UK excluding London -58 173 £58,750 -16.07% 66
Work from Home -7 102 £72,500 +7.41% 107
London +16 100 £85,000 - 181
South East +17 86 £60,000 -14.29% 13
Wales - 39 £55,810 - 7
North of England -85 21 £55,000 -18.52% 14
East of England -19 15 £80,000 -20.00% 1
North West -26 15 £55,000 -18.52% 9
Midlands -59 9 £30,000 - 9
West Midlands -48 8 £30,000 - 7
Yorkshire -52 6 £90,000 +28.57% 4
South West - 3 £42,500 - 6
East Midlands -53 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 24 (7.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.58%) Skype for Business
3 8 (2.61%) Confluence
4 6 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.98%) WordPress
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.61%) Fidessa
2 6 (1.95%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 170 (55.37%) AWS
2 87 (28.34%) Serverless
3 71 (23.13%) AWS Lambda
4 50 (16.29%) Amazon ECS
5 38 (12.38%) GitHub
6 37 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (11.73%) Amazon S3
7 36 (11.73%) Azure
8 34 (11.07%) SaaS
9 33 (10.75%) Amazon SQS
10 31 (10.10%) AWS CloudFormation
11 27 (8.79%) Amazon EC2
12 26 (8.47%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
14 20 (6.51%) Amazon EventBridge
15 14 (4.56%) AWS Control Tower
15 14 (4.56%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (4.23%) GCP
17 9 (2.93%) PaaS
18 8 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.79%) Network Security
2 23 (7.49%) Firewall
3 17 (5.54%) DNS
4 14 (4.56%) LAN
4 14 (4.56%) WAN
5 13 (4.23%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.58%) Cisco Wireless
6 11 (3.58%) Skype
6 11 (3.58%) VLAN
6 11 (3.58%) Wireless
7 10 (3.26%) DHCP
8 8 (2.61%) FIX Connectivity
8 8 (2.61%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (1.95%) BGP
9 6 (1.95%) IPsec
9 6 (1.95%) VoIP
9 6 (1.95%) VPN
10 4 (1.30%) Internet
11 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (21.82%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (8.14%) MongoDB
3 22 (7.17%) Redis
4 17 (5.54%) MySQL
5 16 (5.21%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.61%) Big Data
7 7 (2.28%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.95%) Apache Hive
8 6 (1.95%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.95%) HBase
8 6 (1.95%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.63%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.33%) Adabas
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (11.07%) Cypress.io
2 21 (6.84%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.19%) Git
4 12 (3.91%) JIRA
5 7 (2.28%) RSpec
5 7 (2.28%) Selenium
6 6 (1.95%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.95%) GitLab
6 6 (1.95%) JUnit
7 4 (1.30%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.30%) minitest
7 4 (1.30%) Postman
7 4 (1.30%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.30%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.98%) Newman
8 3 (0.98%) TestRail
9 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.33%) Gatling
9 1 (0.33%) JMeter
9 1 (0.33%) Pa11y
General
1 70 (22.80%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.61%) Public Sector
3 50 (16.29%) Finance
4 21 (6.84%) Legal
5 14 (4.56%) Banking
6 13 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.23%) Legal Technology
6 13 (4.23%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.26%) Automotive
7 10 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.28%) Tech for Good
9 6 (1.95%) Marketing
9 6 (1.95%) Military
10 5 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.30%) Local Government
12 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Public Speaking
13 2 (0.65%) Publishing
14 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (38.44%) Developer
2 79 (25.73%) Senior
3 55 (17.92%) Full-Stack Developer
4 45 (14.66%) Ruby Developer
5 36 (11.73%) Software Engineer
6 33 (10.75%) Lead
7 32 (10.42%) Senior Developer
8 30 (9.77%) Ruby on Rails Developer
9 17 (5.54%) 1st Line Support
10 15 (4.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 15 (4.89%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
11 14 (4.56%) Consultant
11 14 (4.56%) IT Support
11 14 (4.56%) Security Consultant
11 14 (4.56%) Senior Consultant
11 14 (4.56%) Senior Security Consultant
11 14 (4.56%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (4.23%) Python Engineer
12 13 (4.23%) Ruby Engineer
12 13 (4.23%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (56.03%) Ruby on Rails
2 97 (31.60%) React
3 66 (21.50%) Node.js
4 49 (15.96%) Terraform
5 34 (11.07%) Jest
6 31 (10.10%) Spring Boot
7 27 (8.79%) Next.js
8 26 (8.47%) AWS CDK
8 26 (8.47%) RESTful
9 25 (8.14%) Spring
10 22 (7.17%) Sidekiq
11 17 (5.54%) CSS
11 17 (5.54%) JSON
11 17 (5.54%) REST
12 16 (5.21%) JWT
13 15 (4.89%) React Native
14 14 (4.56%) Kafka
15 13 (4.23%) HTML
16 12 (3.91%) GraphQL
17 11 (3.58%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.70%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.45%) Product Ownership
3 25 (8.14%) Onboarding
4 21 (6.84%) Mainframe
5 17 (5.54%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (4.56%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (3.26%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.61%) Digital Wallet
8 8 (2.61%) Eurex
8 8 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.61%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.28%) Blog
9 7 (2.28%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.95%) NHS
11 5 (1.63%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.30%) Educational Technology
12 4 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.98%) Reference Data
13 3 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.98%) Linux
2 41 (13.36%) Windows
3 17 (5.54%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.23%) Ubuntu
5 11 (3.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (2.93%) Unix
7 8 (2.61%) CentOS
7 8 (2.61%) Rocky
8 6 (1.95%) AIX
8 6 (1.95%) Debian
9 5 (1.63%) Solaris
10 3 (0.98%) Gentoo
11 2 (0.65%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (34.20%) Full-Stack Development
2 85 (27.69%) Agile
3 83 (27.04%) CI/CD
4 69 (22.48%) Software Engineering
5 58 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (18.57%) Microservices
7 52 (16.94%) Mentoring
8 50 (16.29%) AI
9 47 (15.31%) Infrastructure as Code
10 46 (14.98%) Scrum
11 40 (13.03%) Roadmaps
12 38 (12.38%) DevOps
13 37 (12.05%) Architectural Patterns
13 37 (12.05%) Containerisation
14 31 (10.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 30 (9.77%) Clean Code
16 29 (9.45%) Test Automation
17 27 (8.79%) OOP
18 26 (8.47%) ITIL
19 25 (8.14%) Mob Programming
Programming Languages
1 86 (28.01%) Python
2 78 (25.41%) JavaScript
3 72 (23.45%) Java
4 35 (11.40%) Bash
4 35 (11.40%) TypeScript
5 30 (9.77%) SQL
6 26 (8.47%) Perl
7 23 (7.49%) PHP
8 22 (7.17%) C#
9 13 (4.23%) PowerShell
10 11 (3.58%) C
11 8 (2.61%) Go
12 6 (1.95%) COBOL
13 4 (1.30%) C++
14 2 (0.65%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.65%) R
14 2 (0.65%) Rust
14 2 (0.65%) Scala
15 1 (0.33%) Groovy
15 1 (0.33%) Natural
Qualifications
1 40 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.14%) Degree
3 24 (7.82%) AWS Certification
3 24 (7.82%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 11 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.93%) A+ Certification
7 7 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.95%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.30%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.30%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 4 (1.30%) OSCP
10 3 (0.98%) CISSP
10 3 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.65%) CCSAM
11 2 (0.65%) CHECK Team Leader
11 2 (0.65%) CHECK Team Member
11 2 (0.65%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.49%) Accessibility
2 18 (5.86%) WCAG
3 15 (4.89%) QA
4 8 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.95%) Government Security Classifications
5 6 (1.95%) NCSC
6 3 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.33%) GDPR
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) PERC
8 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (15.64%) Docker
2 22 (7.17%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (5.86%) Ansible
2 15 (4.89%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.58%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.95%) Hadoop YARN
4 6 (1.95%) ZABBIX
5 3 (0.98%) Grafana
5 3 (0.98%) Podman
5 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.98%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.98%) SCCM
6 2 (0.65%) Bugsnag
6 2 (0.65%) Packer
Vendors
1 58 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.82%) Oracle
3 19 (6.19%) Cisco
4 17 (5.54%) HP
5 14 (4.56%) VMware
6 10 (3.26%) OneLogin
7 8 (2.61%) Bloomberg
7 8 (2.61%) CQG
7 8 (2.61%) ION Trading
7 8 (2.61%) Patsystems
7 8 (2.61%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.61%) Reuters
7 8 (2.61%) Trayport
8 7 (2.28%) SAP
9 6 (1.95%) Google
9 6 (1.95%) IBM
9 6 (1.95%) Splunk
10 4 (1.30%) New Relic
11 3 (0.98%) Citrix
11 3 (0.98%) Thycotic