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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 524 541
Rank change year-on-year -31 +17 -215
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 209 151 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.21% 1.06% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 163 90 308
10th Percentile £37,250 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,688 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -3.45%
75th Percentile £81,519 £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 17,332 14,305 33,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.92% 30.04% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 9,514 24,982
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,075 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 4 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 4 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 -35 147 £75,000 +7.14% 69
UK excluding London -56 110 £60,000 -14.29% 46
Work from Home -12 81 £55,000 -21.43% 48
London -10 61 £75,000 +5.26% 35
South East -13 46 £75,000 +7.14% 21
Wales -25 21 £72,500 +92.14% 3
North of England -48 16 £55,000 -21.43% 5
East of England -10 14 £80,000 -20.00% 3
North West -23 14 £55,000 -21.43% 2
South West -62 6 £42,500 +6.25% 5
Isle of Man - 6 - -
Yorkshire -33 2 - - 3
East Midlands -30 1 £41,000 - 1
Midlands -48 1 £41,000 - 6

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 5 (2.39%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.44%) Skype for Business
2 3 (1.44%) WordPress
3 2 (0.96%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.96%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 129 (61.72%) AWS
2 56 (26.79%) Serverless
3 48 (22.97%) AWS Lambda
4 38 (18.18%) Amazon ECS
5 33 (15.79%) Amazon S3
6 27 (12.92%) Amazon SQS
6 27 (12.92%) SaaS
7 25 (11.96%) Amazon EC2
7 25 (11.96%) GitHub
8 24 (11.48%) PaaS
9 22 (10.53%) Azure
10 19 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (7.18%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (5.74%) Amazon EventBridge
13 12 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (4.78%) GCP
15 9 (4.31%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (3.83%) AWS Control Tower
17 6 (2.87%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.70%) Network Security
2 4 (1.91%) DNS
2 4 (1.91%) Firewall
2 4 (1.91%) LAN
2 4 (1.91%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.91%) WAN
3 3 (1.44%) BGP
3 3 (1.44%) Cisco Wireless
3 3 (1.44%) IPsec
3 3 (1.44%) Skype
3 3 (1.44%) VLAN
3 3 (1.44%) VPN
3 3 (1.44%) Wireless
4 2 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.48%) DHCP
5 1 (0.48%) Internet
5 1 (0.48%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (25.36%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (11.00%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.74%) Redis
4 11 (5.26%) MySQL
5 5 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.39%) Big Data
6 4 (1.91%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.44%) Apache Hive
7 3 (1.44%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.44%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.44%) HBase
8 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.48%) Adabas
9 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 26 (12.44%) Cypress.io
2 13 (6.22%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.26%) Git
4 8 (3.83%) JIRA
5 6 (2.87%) Selenium
6 5 (2.39%) GitLab
6 5 (2.39%) JUnit
7 4 (1.91%) Claude Code
8 3 (1.44%) Postman
8 3 (1.44%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.44%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.96%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.96%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.96%) Newman
9 2 (0.96%) TestRail
10 1 (0.48%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.48%) JMeter
10 1 (0.48%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.48%) Mocha
10 1 (0.48%) RSpec
General
1 48 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 38 (18.18%) Finance
3 34 (16.27%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.70%) Legal
5 10 (4.78%) Legal Technology
6 7 (3.35%) Banking
7 6 (2.87%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.87%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.39%) Automotive
8 5 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.44%) Marketing
9 3 (1.44%) Military
9 3 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 79 (37.80%) Developer
2 53 (25.36%) Senior
3 39 (18.66%) Full-Stack Developer
4 35 (16.75%) Software Engineer
5 34 (16.27%) Lead
6 32 (15.31%) Ruby Developer
7 18 (8.61%) Senior Developer
8 17 (8.13%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (5.26%) Architect
9 11 (5.26%) Ruby on Rails Developer
10 10 (4.78%) Ruby Engineer
10 10 (4.78%) Senior Ruby Developer
11 9 (4.31%) 1st Line Support
11 9 (4.31%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.31%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.83%) Consultant
12 8 (3.83%) Python Software Engineer
12 8 (3.83%) Security Consultant
12 8 (3.83%) Senior Consultant
12 8 (3.83%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (67.94%) Ruby on Rails
2 67 (32.06%) React
3 54 (25.84%) Node.js
4 26 (12.44%) Jest
5 20 (9.57%) Spring Boot
6 19 (9.09%) Next.js
7 17 (8.13%) AWS CDK
8 15 (7.18%) React Native
8 15 (7.18%) REST
8 15 (7.18%) Spring
9 13 (6.22%) RESTful
10 12 (5.74%) JSON
10 12 (5.74%) JWT
10 12 (5.74%) Sidekiq
11 8 (3.83%) .NET
12 7 (3.35%) GraphQL
12 7 (3.35%) Kafka
13 6 (2.87%) CSS
13 6 (2.87%) FastAPI
13 6 (2.87%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.27%) Cloud Native
2 16 (7.66%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.18%) Mainframe
4 11 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.31%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.31%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.83%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.35%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.39%) Digital Wallet
8 5 (2.39%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.91%) Blog
10 3 (1.44%) Clustering
10 3 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.44%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.53%) Linux
2 12 (5.74%) Windows
3 6 (2.87%) Debian
4 5 (2.39%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.91%) AIX
6 3 (1.44%) Gentoo
6 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.48%) Android
7 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.48%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.06%) Full-Stack Development
2 58 (27.75%) Software Engineering
3 55 (26.32%) Agile
4 53 (25.36%) CI/CD
5 43 (20.57%) Microservices
6 36 (17.22%) Mentoring
7 34 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (14.83%) AI
9 31 (14.83%) Containerisation
9 31 (14.83%) DevOps
10 30 (14.35%) Scrum
11 29 (13.88%) Roadmaps
12 23 (11.00%) Mob Programming
13 22 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
14 21 (10.05%) Test Automation
15 20 (9.57%) Clean Code
16 19 (9.09%) Migration
17 18 (8.61%) Customer-Centricity
18 17 (8.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 61 (29.19%) Python
2 48 (22.97%) Java
3 44 (21.05%) JavaScript
4 22 (10.53%) Bash
5 16 (7.66%) TypeScript
6 15 (7.18%) PHP
6 15 (7.18%) SQL
7 12 (5.74%) C#
7 12 (5.74%) Perl
8 9 (4.31%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.35%) C
9 7 (3.35%) Go
9 7 (3.35%) Rust
10 5 (2.39%) COBOL
11 4 (1.91%) Apex Code
11 4 (1.91%) C++
11 4 (1.91%) Elixir
11 4 (1.91%) Scala
12 3 (1.44%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.48%) Natural
Qualifications
1 25 (11.96%) Degree
2 20 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.13%) AWS Certification
4 14 (6.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 12 (5.74%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.87%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.91%) GPEN
9 4 (1.91%) GXPN
9 4 (1.91%) OSCP
10 3 (1.44%) CCSAM
10 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.44%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.44%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 3 (1.44%) OSCE
11 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.78%) WCAG
3 6 (2.87%) QA
4 5 (2.39%) Government Security Classifications
4 5 (2.39%) NCSC
5 3 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.48%) GDPR
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (17.22%) Docker
2 3 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (17.70%) Terraform
2 18 (8.61%) Ansible
3 12 (5.74%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.44%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.44%) Grafana
4 3 (1.44%) Hadoop YARN
4 3 (1.44%) Podman
4 3 (1.44%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.44%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.44%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.48%) Nessus
Vendors
1 18 (8.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.26%) Oracle
3 6 (2.87%) HP
3 6 (2.87%) Splunk
4 5 (2.39%) Cisco
4 5 (2.39%) OneLogin
5 4 (1.91%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.44%) IBM
6 3 (1.44%) SAP
6 3 (1.44%) VMware
7 2 (0.96%) New Relic
7 2 (0.96%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.48%) Google