Ruby
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Ruby skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ruby over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 269 159
Rank change year-on-year -296 -110 +49
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 293 1,104 4,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 1.37% 2.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.06% 3.40% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 227 526 1,088
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,925 £41,506
25th Percentile £51,875 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +19.05%
75th Percentile £91,250 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

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 27,596 32,430 91,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 40.19% 52.34%
Number of salaries quoted 19,728 24,108 43,810
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,171
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,850
% change year-on-year - +2.14% +7.70%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ruby in the UK

Ruby
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ruby.

Salary trend for Ruby in the UK

Ruby
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Ruby in the UK

Ruby
Top 17 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 26 July 2024. 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 -289 233 £70,000 - 38
UK excluding London -311 133 £60,000 -7.69% 30
London -83 126 £85,000 +13.33% 15
Work from Home -237 102 £65,000 - 22
North of England -138 41 £65,000 - 7
North West -91 33 £65,000 +8.33% 4
South West -60 30 £70,000 -4.44% 8
South East -53 25 £55,000 -10.20% 9
Scotland -112 13 £52,500 -34.38%
Northern Ireland -3 11 £50,000 - 3
Yorkshire -19 6 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Midlands -84 6 £67,500 -3.57% 2
West Midlands -26 5 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Wales -5 4 £48,500 +4.96%
East of England -6 3 £45,000 +28.57% 2
North East -18 2 £35,750 -56.00% 2
East Midlands -68 1 £67,500 -14.29% 1

Ruby
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.44%) Apache
2 12 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (3.75%) Confluence
4 10 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (2.05%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.68%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.34%) IIS
7 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (3.41%) Fidessa
1 10 (3.41%) NEC Housing
2 6 (2.05%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 121 (41.30%) AWS
2 56 (19.11%) Azure
3 43 (14.68%) SaaS
4 27 (9.22%) GCP
5 25 (8.53%) Serverless
6 17 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (5.46%) GitHub
8 12 (4.10%) dbt
9 9 (3.07%) IaaS
10 8 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.05%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.71%) Heroku
13 5 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.71%) PaaS
14 4 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
15 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.78%) DNS
1 14 (4.78%) Firewall
1 14 (4.78%) TCP/IP
2 12 (4.10%) Remote Desktop
3 10 (3.41%) DHCP
3 10 (3.41%) FIX Connectivity
4 6 (2.05%) Internet
5 4 (1.37%) HTTP
6 3 (1.02%) MQTT
7 1 (0.34%) 5G
7 1 (0.34%) FTP
7 1 (0.34%) SSH
7 1 (0.34%) SSL
7 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.90%) MySQL
2 27 (9.22%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (8.87%) NoSQL
4 23 (7.85%) SQL Server
5 15 (5.12%) Relational Database
6 13 (4.44%) MongoDB
7 12 (4.10%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (4.10%) Apache Arrow
7 12 (4.10%) Apache Ignite
7 12 (4.10%) Dremio
8 10 (3.41%) Oracle Database
9 8 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.05%) Big Data
10 6 (2.05%) Redis
11 5 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.71%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (1.37%) Power BI
13 2 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
14 1 (0.34%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 32 (10.92%) Git
2 31 (10.58%) Jenkins
3 23 (7.85%) JIRA
4 18 (6.14%) GitLab
5 10 (3.41%) Oracle APEX
6 6 (2.05%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (1.71%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.71%) RSpec
7 5 (1.71%) Selenium
8 4 (1.37%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.02%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.02%) Subversion
10 2 (0.68%) Gradle
10 2 (0.68%) Maven
11 1 (0.34%) Appium
11 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.34%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.34%) JUnit
11 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 54 (18.43%) Finance
2 50 (17.06%) Social Skills
3 37 (12.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (11.60%) Banking
5 28 (9.56%) Tech for Good
6 24 (8.19%) Investment Banking
7 22 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (6.83%) Legal
9 17 (5.80%) Public Sector
10 15 (5.12%) Local Government
11 12 (4.10%) Front Office
12 10 (3.41%) Health Technology
12 10 (3.41%) Police
13 4 (1.37%) Marketing
13 4 (1.37%) Retail
14 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.02%) Games
15 1 (0.34%) Automotive
15 1 (0.34%) Billing
15 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 132 (45.05%) Developer
2 86 (29.35%) Senior
3 50 (17.06%) Senior Developer
4 44 (15.02%) Software Developer
5 43 (14.68%) Software Engineer
6 40 (13.65%) Ruby Developer
7 33 (11.26%) Ruby on Rails Developer
8 32 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (10.92%) Lead
9 21 (7.17%) Ruby Engineer
10 18 (6.14%) Lead Developer
11 17 (5.80%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
12 16 (5.46%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (5.46%) Senior Ruby Developer
13 15 (5.12%) Senior Software Engineer
14 14 (4.78%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 13 (4.44%) Architect
15 13 (4.44%) Senior Software Developer
16 10 (3.41%) Applications Support
16 10 (3.41%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (37.54%) Ruby on Rails
2 41 (13.99%) HTML
3 34 (11.60%) CSS
4 33 (11.26%) React
5 32 (10.92%) Node.js
6 22 (7.51%) JSON
7 18 (6.14%) RESTful
8 16 (5.46%) XML
9 13 (4.44%) .NET
9 13 (4.44%) jQuery
9 13 (4.44%) Vue
10 12 (4.10%) gRPC
10 12 (4.10%) NumPy
10 12 (4.10%) Pandas
10 12 (4.10%) Protocol Buffers
10 12 (4.10%) REST
10 12 (4.10%) SciPy
10 12 (4.10%) SOAP
11 10 (3.41%) FIX Protocol
11 10 (3.41%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.46%) Cloud Native
1 16 (5.46%) NHS
2 14 (4.78%) Cyberattack
2 14 (4.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 13 (4.44%) Hedge funds
4 12 (4.10%) Derivative
4 12 (4.10%) Equities
4 12 (4.10%) Fixed Income
5 10 (3.41%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.41%) Eurex
5 10 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (3.07%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.07%) Educational Technology
6 9 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.05%) Life Science
7 6 (2.05%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.71%) IoT
9 4 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (23.21%) Linux
2 38 (12.97%) Windows
3 28 (9.56%) Unix
4 14 (4.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.10%) Windows Server
6 10 (3.41%) CentOS
6 10 (3.41%) Ubuntu
7 9 (3.07%) Solaris
8 7 (2.39%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.05%) Android
10 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
11 3 (1.02%) VMS
12 1 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (26.62%) Software Engineering
2 69 (23.55%) Agile
3 65 (22.18%) DevOps
4 62 (21.16%) CI/CD
5 60 (20.48%) Full Stack Development
6 56 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (16.38%) Mentoring
8 34 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (9.90%) Computer Science
10 27 (9.22%) TDD
11 26 (8.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (8.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 22 (7.51%) Roadmaps
14 19 (6.48%) Analytics
14 19 (6.48%) Containerisation
14 19 (6.48%) Microservices
14 19 (6.48%) Open Source
15 18 (6.14%) Test Automation
16 17 (5.80%) Infrastructure Automation
16 17 (5.80%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (48.12%) Python
2 112 (38.23%) JavaScript
3 72 (24.57%) Java
4 63 (21.50%) PowerShell
5 56 (19.11%) Bash
6 44 (15.02%) Perl
7 41 (13.99%) SQL
8 35 (11.95%) Go
9 22 (7.51%) C#
10 20 (6.83%) C++
10 20 (6.83%) TypeScript
11 16 (5.46%) Scala
12 14 (4.78%) C
13 12 (4.10%) Korn
14 10 (3.41%) PHP
14 10 (3.41%) PL/SQL
15 3 (1.02%) Tcl
16 2 (0.68%) Lua
16 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (12.97%) Degree
2 23 (7.85%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.41%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.39%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.05%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.02%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.68%) OSCP
10 1 (0.34%) CEH
10 1 (0.34%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.34%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (0.34%) CISSP
10 1 (0.34%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.34%) OSCE
10 1 (0.34%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.41%) Accessibility
2 8 (2.73%) QA
3 3 (1.02%) GDPR
4 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (18.43%) Docker
2 14 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.10%) XenApp
3 12 (4.10%) XenDesktop
4 5 (1.71%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) KVM
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 54 (18.43%) Kubernetes
2 31 (10.58%) Terraform
3 26 (8.87%) Puppet
4 25 (8.53%) Ansible
5 13 (4.44%) Progress Chef
6 12 (4.10%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (2.05%) SCCM
8 2 (0.68%) Packer
8 2 (0.68%) vRealize
9 1 (0.34%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.34%) Grafana
9 1 (0.34%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.34%) Kibana
9 1 (0.34%) logstash
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.34%) Rancher
Vendors
1 25 (8.53%) Red Hat
2 21 (7.17%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.17%) Oracle
3 16 (5.46%) VMware
4 12 (4.10%) Citrix
4 12 (4.10%) TOWER Software
5 10 (3.41%) Bloomberg
5 10 (3.41%) CQG
5 10 (3.41%) ION Trading
5 10 (3.41%) NEC
5 10 (3.41%) Patsystems
5 10 (3.41%) Reuters
5 10 (3.41%) Trayport
6 8 (2.73%) Facebook
7 6 (2.05%) PeopleSoft
8 4 (1.37%) PagerDuty
9 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.02%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (1.02%) Splunk
10 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow