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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 554 545
Rank change year-on-year +39 -9 -222
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 316 120 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.24% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.68% 0.94% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 254 59 169
10th Percentile £30,150 £52,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £50,000
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 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +12.00% -3.85%

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 18,815 12,772 23,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.95% 25.90% 30.86%
Number of salaries quoted 13,284 8,206 14,000
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,126 £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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -3 240 £75,000 +7.14% 186
UK excluding London -45 181 £55,000 -21.43% 82
London +5 100 £85,000 +6.25% 125
Work from Home -30 100 £72,500 +7.41% 85
South East +11 91 £60,000 -14.29% 22
Wales - 41 £55,810 - 8
North of England -84 21 £55,000 -18.52% 24
North West -41 15 £55,000 -18.52% 13
East of England -24 14 £80,000 -20.00% 2
Midlands -70 11 £30,000 - 7
West Midlands -47 10 £30,000 - 4
Yorkshire -42 6 £90,000 +28.57% 5
South West - 3 £42,500 - 4
East Midlands -50 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 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
1 167 (52.85%) AWS
2 87 (27.53%) Serverless
3 71 (22.47%) AWS Lambda
4 50 (15.82%) Amazon ECS
5 41 (12.97%) GitHub
6 40 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (11.08%) Amazon S3
7 35 (11.08%) Azure
8 33 (10.44%) SaaS
9 32 (10.13%) Amazon SQS
10 31 (9.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (8.86%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (8.23%) Amazon EC2
13 22 (6.96%) Amazon EKS
14 20 (6.33%) Amazon EventBridge
15 14 (4.43%) AWS Control Tower
15 14 (4.43%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (3.80%) GCP
17 9 (2.85%) PaaS
18 8 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.86%) Network Security
2 27 (8.54%) Firewall
3 17 (5.38%) DNS
4 16 (5.06%) LAN
4 16 (5.06%) WAN
5 13 (4.11%) Cisco Wireless
5 13 (4.11%) Skype
5 13 (4.11%) TCP/IP
5 13 (4.11%) VLAN
5 13 (4.11%) Wireless
6 10 (3.16%) DHCP
7 8 (2.53%) FIX Connectivity
7 8 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (2.53%) VoIP
8 6 (1.90%) BGP
8 6 (1.90%) IPsec
8 6 (1.90%) VPN
9 4 (1.27%) Internet
10 2 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (20.89%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (7.59%) 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 34 (10.76%) 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%) JMeter
10 1 (0.32%) Pa11y
General
1 72 (22.78%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.46%) Public Sector
3 48 (15.19%) Finance
4 22 (6.96%) Legal
5 14 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.11%) Automotive
6 13 (4.11%) Banking
6 13 (4.11%) Legal Technology
6 13 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 11 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.22%) Tech for Good
10 6 (1.90%) Marketing
10 6 (1.90%) Military
11 5 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.27%) Local Government
13 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Public Speaking
14 2 (0.63%) Publishing
15 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (38.29%) Developer
2 84 (26.58%) Senior
3 53 (16.77%) 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
8 32 (10.13%) Ruby on Rails Developer
9 18 (5.70%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
10 17 (5.38%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (5.06%) IT Support
12 15 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 14 (4.43%) Consultant
13 14 (4.43%) Security Consultant
13 14 (4.43%) Senior Consultant
13 14 (4.43%) Senior Security Consultant
13 14 (4.43%) Senior Software Engineer
14 13 (4.11%) Network Support
14 13 (4.11%) Software Developer
15 12 (3.80%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (54.43%) Ruby on Rails
2 94 (29.75%) React
3 62 (19.62%) Node.js
4 50 (15.82%) Terraform
5 34 (10.76%) 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 10 (3.16%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.85%) Digital Wallet
9 8 (2.53%) Eurex
9 8 (2.53%) Security Posture
10 7 (2.22%) Blog
10 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.22%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.90%) NHS
12 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
13 4 (1.27%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.95%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.24%) Linux
1 45 (14.24%) 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
1 104 (32.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 88 (27.85%) Agile
2 88 (27.85%) CI/CD
3 72 (22.78%) Software Engineering
4 63 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (18.35%) Microservices
6 53 (16.77%) Mentoring
7 51 (16.14%) AI
8 50 (15.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 48 (15.19%) Scrum
10 39 (12.34%) DevOps
10 39 (12.34%) Roadmaps
11 37 (11.71%) Architectural Patterns
11 37 (11.71%) Containerisation
12 32 (10.13%) Clean Code
12 32 (10.13%) Test Automation
12 32 (10.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 28 (8.86%) ITIL
13 28 (8.86%) OOP
14 24 (7.59%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 87 (27.53%) Python
2 78 (24.68%) JavaScript
3 74 (23.42%) Java
4 34 (10.76%) 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 12 (3.80%) PowerShell
11 10 (3.16%) C
12 8 (2.53%) Go
13 6 (1.90%) COBOL
14 3 (0.95%) C++
14 3 (0.95%) Rust
15 2 (0.63%) R
15 2 (0.63%) Scala
16 1 (0.32%) Groovy
16 1 (0.32%) Natural
16 1 (0.32%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 42 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.23%) SC Cleared
3 24 (7.59%) AWS Certification
3 24 (7.59%) Degree
4 21 (6.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 13 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.85%) A+ Certification
8 8 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.27%) CISSP
10 4 (1.27%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.95%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.95%) OSCP
12 2 (0.63%) CHECK Team Leader
12 2 (0.63%) CHECK Team Member
12 2 (0.63%) CISA
12 2 (0.63%) CISM
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%) Actionable Recommendations
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