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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 545 532
Rank change year-on-year +42 -13 -206
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 316 121 242
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.24% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.70% 0.94% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 253 59 166
10th Percentile £30,100 £52,500 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,373 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +4.00%

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 18,581 12,828 23,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.72% 25.88% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 13,166 8,226 14,021
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,753 £46,250 £47,500
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +3 241 £75,000 +7.14% 415
UK excluding London -50 182 £55,000 -18.52% 394
London +9 100 £85,000 +6.25% 210
Work from Home -29 98 £73,750 +9.26% 441
South East +17 92 £60,000 -14.29% 47
Wales - 41 £55,810 - 64
North of England -79 21 £55,000 -18.52% 67
North West -44 15 £55,000 -18.52% 29
East of England -29 14 £80,000 -20.00% 25
Midlands -61 11 £30,000 -45.45% 38
West Midlands -41 10 £30,000 - 22
Yorkshire -46 6 £90,000 +28.57% 18
South West - 3 £42,500 - 22
East Midlands -50 1 £41,000 -25.45% 16

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 28 (8.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.11%) Skype for Business
3 8 (2.53%) Confluence
4 6 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.95%) WordPress
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.53%) Fidessa
2 6 (1.90%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (1.58%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 165 (52.22%) AWS
2 86 (27.22%) Serverless
3 70 (22.15%) AWS Lambda
4 49 (15.51%) Amazon ECS
5 41 (12.97%) GitHub
6 40 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (10.76%) Amazon S3
7 34 (10.76%) Azure
8 33 (10.44%) SaaS
9 31 (9.81%) Amazon SQS
9 31 (9.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (8.86%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (7.91%) Amazon EC2
12 22 (6.96%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (6.33%) Amazon EventBridge
14 14 (4.43%) AWS Control Tower
14 14 (4.43%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (3.48%) GCP
16 9 (2.85%) PaaS
17 8 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.54%) Firewall
1 27 (8.54%) Network Security
2 17 (5.38%) DNS
3 16 (5.06%) LAN
3 16 (5.06%) WAN
4 13 (4.11%) Cisco Wireless
4 13 (4.11%) Skype
4 13 (4.11%) TCP/IP
4 13 (4.11%) VLAN
4 13 (4.11%) Wireless
5 10 (3.16%) DHCP
6 8 (2.53%) FIX Connectivity
6 8 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (2.53%) VoIP
7 6 (1.90%) BGP
7 6 (1.90%) IPsec
7 6 (1.90%) VPN
8 4 (1.27%) Internet
9 2 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (20.57%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (7.28%) MongoDB
3 22 (6.96%) Redis
4 17 (5.38%) MySQL
5 16 (5.06%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (2.53%) Big Data
7 7 (2.22%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.90%) Apache Hive
8 6 (1.90%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.90%) HBase
8 6 (1.90%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.58%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.32%) Adabas
12 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 33 (10.44%) Cypress.io
2 24 (7.59%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.01%) Git
4 13 (4.11%) JIRA
5 8 (2.53%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.53%) Selenium
6 7 (2.22%) GitLab
6 7 (2.22%) JUnit
6 7 (2.22%) RSpec
7 5 (1.58%) Postman
7 5 (1.58%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.27%) Claude Code
8 4 (1.27%) minitest
8 4 (1.27%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.95%) Newman
9 3 (0.95%) TestRail
10 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.32%) Gatling
10 1 (0.32%) Pa11y
10 1 (0.32%) WebDriver
General
1 72 (22.78%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.46%) Public Sector
3 47 (14.87%) Finance
4 22 (6.96%) Legal
5 14 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.11%) Automotive
6 13 (4.11%) Legal Technology
6 13 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 12 (3.80%) Banking
8 11 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.22%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.90%) Marketing
11 6 (1.90%) Military
12 5 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Local Government
14 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.95%) Public Speaking
14 3 (0.95%) Publishing
15 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (38.29%) Developer
2 84 (26.58%) Senior
3 52 (16.46%) Full-Stack Developer
4 45 (14.24%) Ruby Developer
5 35 (11.08%) Software Engineer
6 34 (10.76%) Senior Developer
7 33 (10.44%) Lead
7 33 (10.44%) Ruby on Rails Developer
8 18 (5.70%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
9 17 (5.38%) 1st Line Support
10 16 (5.06%) IT Support
11 15 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 14 (4.43%) Consultant
12 14 (4.43%) Security Consultant
12 14 (4.43%) Senior Consultant
12 14 (4.43%) Senior Security Consultant
12 14 (4.43%) Senior Software Engineer
13 13 (4.11%) Network Support
13 13 (4.11%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (54.43%) Ruby on Rails
2 93 (29.43%) React
3 61 (19.30%) Node.js
4 50 (15.82%) Terraform
5 33 (10.44%) Jest
6 32 (10.13%) Spring Boot
7 28 (8.86%) Next.js
8 27 (8.54%) RESTful
9 26 (8.23%) AWS CDK
9 26 (8.23%) Spring
10 22 (6.96%) Sidekiq
11 18 (5.70%) REST
12 17 (5.38%) CSS
12 17 (5.38%) JSON
13 16 (5.06%) JWT
14 15 (4.75%) React Native
15 14 (4.43%) Kafka
16 13 (4.11%) HTML
16 13 (4.11%) Playwright
17 12 (3.80%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.97%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.81%) Product Ownership
3 25 (7.91%) Onboarding
4 22 (6.96%) Mainframe
5 18 (5.70%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (4.43%) Enterprise Cloud
7 11 (3.48%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.85%) Digital Wallet
9 8 (2.53%) Eurex
9 8 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.22%) Blog
10 7 (2.22%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.90%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.90%) NHS
11 6 (1.90%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.90%) Web Conferencing
12 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.27%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.95%) Replication
14 3 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (13.92%) Linux
1 44 (13.92%) Windows
2 21 (6.65%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.11%) Ubuntu
3 13 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (2.85%) Unix
5 8 (2.53%) CentOS
5 8 (2.53%) Rocky
6 7 (2.22%) AIX
7 6 (1.90%) Debian
8 5 (1.58%) Solaris
9 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.95%) Gentoo
11 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.59%) Full-Stack Development
2 88 (27.85%) Agile
3 87 (27.53%) CI/CD
4 72 (22.78%) Software Engineering
5 64 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (18.04%) Microservices
7 52 (16.46%) Mentoring
8 51 (16.14%) AI
9 50 (15.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 48 (15.19%) Scrum
11 39 (12.34%) DevOps
12 38 (12.03%) Roadmaps
13 37 (11.71%) Architectural Patterns
13 37 (11.71%) Containerisation
14 32 (10.13%) Clean Code
14 32 (10.13%) Test Automation
14 32 (10.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 28 (8.86%) ITIL
15 28 (8.86%) OOP
16 24 (7.59%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 87 (27.53%) Python
2 77 (24.37%) JavaScript
3 74 (23.42%) Java
4 33 (10.44%) Bash
5 31 (9.81%) TypeScript
6 30 (9.49%) SQL
7 25 (7.91%) Perl
8 23 (7.28%) PHP
9 21 (6.65%) C#
10 11 (3.48%) PowerShell
11 10 (3.16%) C
12 7 (2.22%) Go
13 6 (1.90%) COBOL
14 3 (0.95%) C++
15 2 (0.63%) R
15 2 (0.63%) Rust
15 2 (0.63%) Scala
16 1 (0.32%) Groovy
16 1 (0.32%) Natural
Qualifications
1 43 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.23%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.59%) AWS Certification
4 23 (7.28%) Degree
5 21 (6.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 13 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.85%) A+ Certification
9 8 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.58%) CISSP
12 4 (1.27%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.95%) CEH
13 3 (0.95%) CHECK Team Leader
13 3 (0.95%) CHECK Team Member
13 3 (0.95%) CISA
13 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.95%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.95%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.91%) Accessibility
2 19 (6.01%) WCAG
3 17 (5.38%) QA
4 8 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.90%) Government Security Classifications
5 6 (1.90%) NCSC
6 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.63%) GDPR
7 2 (0.63%) PERC
7 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
System Software
1 48 (15.19%) Docker
2 27 (8.54%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (5.70%) Ansible
2 15 (4.75%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.11%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.90%) Hadoop YARN
4 6 (1.90%) ZABBIX
5 3 (0.95%) Grafana
5 3 (0.95%) Podman
5 3 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.95%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.95%) SCCM
6 2 (0.63%) Bugsnag
6 2 (0.63%) Packer
Vendors
1 63 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.23%) Oracle
3 21 (6.65%) Cisco
4 19 (6.01%) HP
5 16 (5.06%) VMware
6 11 (3.48%) OneLogin
7 8 (2.53%) Bloomberg
7 8 (2.53%) CQG
7 8 (2.53%) ION Trading
7 8 (2.53%) Patsystems
7 8 (2.53%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.53%) Reuters
7 8 (2.53%) Trayport
8 7 (2.22%) SAP
9 6 (1.90%) Google
9 6 (1.90%) IBM
9 6 (1.90%) Splunk
10 4 (1.27%) New Relic
10 4 (1.27%) QNAP
11 3 (0.95%) Thycotic