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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 510 543
Rank change year-on-year -54 +33 -214
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 170 158 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.02% 1.13% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 138 94 325
10th Percentile £38,475 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,875 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £113,750
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 16,716 13,966 34,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.85% 31.23% 31.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,809 9,201 25,948
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
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 18 June 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 June 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 -85 120 £75,000 +7.14% 32
UK excluding London -71 88 £60,000 -14.29% 25
Work from Home -13 77 £55,000 -21.43% 15
London -28 46 £75,000 - 13
South East -10 35 £75,000 +7.14% 16
North of England -55 15 £55,000 -21.43% 2
East of England -8 14 £80,000 -20.00%
North West -1 13 £55,000 -21.43% 1
Wales -34 12 £62,060 +64.47% 2
Isle of Man - 6 - -
South West -56 5 £43,300 +8.25%
Yorkshire -42 2 - - 1
East Midlands -35 1 £41,000 - 3
Midlands -48 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 3 (1.76%) Confluence
1 3 (1.76%) WordPress
2 2 (1.18%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 102 (60.00%) AWS
2 39 (22.94%) Serverless
3 34 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
4 28 (16.47%) Amazon S3
5 27 (15.88%) Amazon ECS
5 27 (15.88%) Amazon SQS
6 25 (14.71%) Amazon EC2
7 22 (12.94%) SaaS
8 18 (10.59%) PaaS
9 17 (10.00%) Azure
10 14 (8.24%) GitHub
11 9 (5.29%) GCP
12 7 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (3.53%) Heroku
13 6 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
14 3 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.76%) Datadog
15 2 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
15 2 (1.18%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.35%) Network Security
2 2 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.59%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (0.59%) Firewall
3 1 (0.59%) Internet
3 1 (0.59%) LAN
3 1 (0.59%) Skype
3 1 (0.59%) VLAN
3 1 (0.59%) VoIP
3 1 (0.59%) WAN
3 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (30.00%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (14.71%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.88%) MySQL
3 10 (5.88%) Redis
4 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.18%) Big Data
4 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.18%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.59%) Adabas
5 1 (0.59%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 27 (15.88%) Cypress.io
2 7 (4.12%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.53%) Git
4 5 (2.94%) JIRA
5 4 (2.35%) Claude Code
5 4 (2.35%) GitLab
6 3 (1.76%) Selenium
7 2 (1.18%) Burp Suite
7 2 (1.18%) JUnit
7 2 (1.18%) Postman
7 2 (1.18%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.18%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.59%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.59%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.59%) Gatling
8 1 (0.59%) Mocha
8 1 (0.59%) Newman
8 1 (0.59%) Pa11y
8 1 (0.59%) RSpec
8 1 (0.59%) TestRail
General
1 33 (19.41%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.12%) Finance
3 16 (9.41%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.47%) Legal
5 10 (5.88%) Legal Technology
6 6 (3.53%) Banking
7 5 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.76%) Automotive
9 3 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.76%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.18%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (45.29%) Developer
2 41 (24.12%) Senior
3 39 (22.94%) Full-Stack Developer
4 33 (19.41%) Software Engineer
5 30 (17.65%) Ruby Developer
6 26 (15.29%) Lead
7 17 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (9.41%) Senior Developer
9 11 (6.47%) Ruby on Rails Developer
10 10 (5.88%) Senior Ruby Developer
11 8 (4.71%) Ruby Engineer
12 7 (4.12%) Lead Software Engineer
12 7 (4.12%) Python Engineer
12 7 (4.12%) Python Software Engineer
12 7 (4.12%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (4.12%) Software Developer
13 6 (3.53%) 1st Line Support
14 5 (2.94%) Architect
14 5 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
14 5 (2.94%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (76.47%) Ruby on Rails
2 62 (36.47%) React
3 45 (26.47%) Node.js
4 27 (15.88%) Jest
5 18 (10.59%) Next.js
6 15 (8.82%) React Native
7 12 (7.06%) Spring Boot
8 11 (6.47%) RESTful
9 10 (5.88%) JSON
9 10 (5.88%) JWT
9 10 (5.88%) REST
9 10 (5.88%) Sidekiq
9 10 (5.88%) Spring
10 6 (3.53%) .NET
11 5 (2.94%) FastAPI
11 5 (2.94%) GraphQL
12 4 (2.35%) AWS CDK
12 4 (2.35%) CSS
12 4 (2.35%) Lightning Web Components
12 4 (2.35%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.71%) Cloud Native
2 12 (7.06%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.29%) Mobile App
4 8 (4.71%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.12%) Mainframe
6 6 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.35%) Educational Technology
7 4 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.18%) Clustering
9 2 (1.18%) Digital Wallet
9 2 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.59%) Blog
10 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.59%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.59%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.82%) Linux
2 5 (2.94%) Windows
3 4 (2.35%) Debian
3 4 (2.35%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.18%) AIX
4 2 (1.18%) Gentoo
5 1 (0.59%) Android
5 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.59%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (37.65%) Full-Stack Development
2 47 (27.65%) Software Engineering
3 39 (22.94%) Agile
4 36 (21.18%) CI/CD
4 36 (21.18%) Microservices
5 30 (17.65%) Mentoring
6 28 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (14.71%) Mob Programming
8 24 (14.12%) Containerisation
9 23 (13.53%) Roadmaps
10 22 (12.94%) DevOps
10 22 (12.94%) Scrum
11 19 (11.18%) Test Automation
12 17 (10.00%) Clean Code
12 17 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
13 16 (9.41%) AI
13 16 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
14 14 (8.24%) API Design
15 13 (7.65%) Migration
16 12 (7.06%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 43 (25.29%) JavaScript
2 42 (24.71%) Python
3 24 (14.12%) Java
4 16 (9.41%) TypeScript
5 12 (7.06%) Bash
6 11 (6.47%) SQL
7 9 (5.29%) C#
8 8 (4.71%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.12%) Rust
10 5 (2.94%) Go
11 4 (2.35%) Apex Code
11 4 (2.35%) C
11 4 (2.35%) C++
11 4 (2.35%) Elixir
11 4 (2.35%) Perl
11 4 (2.35%) Scala
12 3 (1.76%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.76%) PHP
13 2 (1.18%) COBOL
14 1 (0.59%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 17 (10.00%) Degree
2 7 (4.12%) SC Cleared
2 7 (4.12%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.53%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.35%) GPEN
4 4 (2.35%) GXPN
4 4 (2.35%) OSCP
5 3 (1.76%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (1.76%) CCSAM
5 3 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.76%) CREST Certified
5 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.76%) OSCE
6 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.18%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.59%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.12%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.94%) QA
2 5 (2.94%) WCAG
3 3 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.18%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.18%) NCSC
5 1 (0.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (16.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (11.18%) Terraform
2 15 (8.82%) Ansible
3 10 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.76%) Grafana
4 3 (1.76%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.76%) Proxmox
4 3 (1.76%) ZABBIX
5 2 (1.18%) Podman
6 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.59%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (4.12%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.94%) Splunk
3 4 (2.35%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.76%) OneLogin
4 3 (1.76%) Oracle
5 2 (1.18%) New Relic
5 2 (1.18%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.59%) Cisco
6 1 (0.59%) Google
6 1 (0.59%) HP
6 1 (0.59%) VMware