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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 527 546
Rank change year-on-year -24 +19 -218
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 203 149 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.32% 0.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.17% 1.06% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 160 88 308
10th Percentile £37,250 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,063 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £81,385 £85,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -11.11%

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 17,290 14,118 33,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.92% 30.30% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,304 9,362 25,216
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,260 £35,000
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 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 1 July 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 1 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 -48 143 £75,000 +7.14% 49
UK excluding London -62 106 £60,000 -14.29% 37
Work from Home -8 82 £55,000 -21.43% 29
London -19 58 £75,000 +11.11% 26
South East -11 45 £72,500 +3.57% 18
Wales -31 18 £72,500 +92.14% 7
North of England -58 16 £55,000 -21.43% 4
East of England -6 14 £80,000 -20.00% 1
North West -15 14 £55,000 -21.43% 3
South West -53 6 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Isle of Man - 6 - -
Yorkshire -40 2 - - 1
East Midlands -36 1 £41,000 - 1
Midlands -60 1 £41,000 - 3

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 4 (1.97%) Confluence
2 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.48%) Skype for Business
2 3 (1.48%) WordPress
3 2 (0.99%) Apache Solr
3 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.99%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.97%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 125 (61.58%) AWS
2 52 (25.62%) Serverless
3 45 (22.17%) AWS Lambda
4 36 (17.73%) Amazon ECS
5 32 (15.76%) Amazon S3
6 28 (13.79%) Amazon SQS
7 27 (13.30%) SaaS
8 26 (12.81%) Amazon EC2
9 24 (11.82%) GitHub
9 24 (11.82%) PaaS
10 22 (10.84%) Azure
11 16 (7.88%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (5.91%) Amazon EKS
12 12 (5.91%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (4.93%) Amazon EventBridge
13 10 (4.93%) GCP
14 7 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (2.96%) AWS Control Tower
15 6 (2.96%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.91%) Network Security
2 4 (1.97%) Firewall
2 4 (1.97%) LAN
2 4 (1.97%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.97%) WAN
3 3 (1.48%) Cisco Wireless
3 3 (1.48%) DNS
3 3 (1.48%) Skype
3 3 (1.48%) VLAN
3 3 (1.48%) Wireless
4 2 (0.99%) BGP
4 2 (0.99%) IPsec
4 2 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.99%) VPN
5 1 (0.49%) DHCP
5 1 (0.49%) Internet
5 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (26.60%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (11.82%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.91%) Redis
4 11 (5.42%) MySQL
5 4 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.97%) Big Data
6 3 (1.48%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.99%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.99%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.99%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.99%) HBase
7 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.49%) Adabas
8 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 27 (13.30%) Cypress.io
2 12 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.93%) Git
4 7 (3.45%) JIRA
5 5 (2.46%) GitLab
5 5 (2.46%) Selenium
6 4 (1.97%) Claude Code
6 4 (1.97%) JUnit
7 3 (1.48%) Postman
7 3 (1.48%) REST Assured
7 3 (1.48%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.99%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.99%) Newman
8 2 (0.99%) TestRail
9 1 (0.49%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.49%) Gatling
9 1 (0.49%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.49%) Mocha
9 1 (0.49%) RSpec
General
1 47 (23.15%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.24%) Finance
3 30 (14.78%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.90%) Legal
5 10 (4.93%) Legal Technology
6 7 (3.45%) Banking
7 6 (2.96%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.46%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.97%) Automotive
10 3 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Marketing
11 2 (0.99%) Military
11 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 79 (38.92%) Developer
2 49 (24.14%) Senior
3 39 (19.21%) Full-Stack Developer
4 34 (16.75%) Lead
4 34 (16.75%) Software Engineer
5 32 (15.76%) Ruby Developer
6 17 (8.37%) Senior Developer
6 17 (8.37%) Senior Software Engineer
7 11 (5.42%) Ruby on Rails Developer
8 10 (4.93%) Architect
8 10 (4.93%) Senior Ruby Developer
9 9 (4.43%) 1st Line Support
9 9 (4.43%) Ruby Engineer
10 8 (3.94%) Python Engineer
10 8 (3.94%) Python Software Engineer
10 8 (3.94%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.94%) Software Developer
11 7 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.45%) Lead Software Engineer
12 6 (2.96%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (68.97%) Ruby on Rails
2 67 (33.00%) React
3 52 (25.62%) Node.js
4 27 (13.30%) Jest
5 19 (9.36%) Next.js
6 18 (8.87%) Spring Boot
7 15 (7.39%) React Native
8 14 (6.90%) AWS CDK
8 14 (6.90%) Spring
9 13 (6.40%) REST
9 13 (6.40%) RESTful
10 12 (5.91%) JSON
10 12 (5.91%) JWT
10 12 (5.91%) Sidekiq
11 8 (3.94%) .NET
12 6 (2.96%) FastAPI
12 6 (2.96%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.96%) Kafka
13 5 (2.46%) HTML
13 5 (2.46%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.76%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.40%) Mainframe
4 10 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.43%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.43%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.45%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.96%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.46%) Educational Technology
10 4 (1.97%) Blog
10 4 (1.97%) Digital Wallet
11 3 (1.48%) Clustering
11 3 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.48%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.48%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.34%) Linux
2 12 (5.91%) Windows
3 6 (2.96%) Debian
4 5 (2.46%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.48%) AIX
5 3 (1.48%) Gentoo
5 3 (1.48%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.49%) Android
6 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.49%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (32.51%) Full-Stack Development
2 56 (27.59%) Software Engineering
3 52 (25.62%) Agile
4 49 (24.14%) CI/CD
5 42 (20.69%) Microservices
6 36 (17.73%) Mentoring
7 32 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (15.27%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (14.78%) Containerisation
9 30 (14.78%) DevOps
10 28 (13.79%) Roadmaps
10 28 (13.79%) Scrum
11 27 (13.30%) AI
12 24 (11.82%) Mob Programming
13 20 (9.85%) Test Automation
14 19 (9.36%) Architectural Patterns
14 19 (9.36%) Clean Code
15 18 (8.87%) Customer-Centricity
16 17 (8.37%) Migration
17 16 (7.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 58 (28.57%) Python
2 45 (22.17%) JavaScript
3 43 (21.18%) Java
4 20 (9.85%) Bash
5 16 (7.88%) TypeScript
6 14 (6.90%) SQL
7 12 (5.91%) PHP
8 11 (5.42%) C#
9 10 (4.93%) Perl
10 9 (4.43%) PowerShell
11 7 (3.45%) Go
11 7 (3.45%) Rust
12 6 (2.96%) C
13 4 (1.97%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.97%) C++
13 4 (1.97%) COBOL
13 4 (1.97%) Elixir
13 4 (1.97%) Scala
14 3 (1.48%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.49%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 24 (11.82%) Degree
2 17 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.90%) AWS Certification
4 11 (5.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 11 (5.42%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.96%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.97%) GPEN
7 4 (1.97%) GXPN
7 4 (1.97%) OSCP
7 4 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.48%) CCSAM
8 3 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.48%) CREST Certified
8 3 (1.48%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (1.48%) OSCE
9 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.49%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.93%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.43%) WCAG
3 5 (2.46%) QA
4 4 (1.97%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (1.97%) NCSC
5 3 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.49%) GDPR
7 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (17.24%) Docker
2 3 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (16.26%) Terraform
2 18 (8.87%) Ansible
3 11 (5.42%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.48%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.48%) Grafana
4 3 (1.48%) Podman
4 3 (1.48%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.48%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.48%) ZABBIX
5 2 (0.99%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.49%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (8.37%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.43%) Oracle
3 6 (2.96%) Splunk
4 5 (2.46%) Cisco
4 5 (2.46%) HP
5 4 (1.97%) OneLogin
5 4 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.48%) VMware
7 2 (0.99%) IBM
7 2 (0.99%) New Relic
7 2 (0.99%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.99%) SAP
8 1 (0.49%) Google