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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 529 551
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 -214
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 258 142 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.29% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.43% 0.99% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 200 81 227
10th Percentile £32,300 £52,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,218 £56,250 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £91,250
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% -7.69%

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 18,083 14,309 27,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.79% 29.02% 30.70%
Number of salaries quoted 12,873 9,476 19,695
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 28 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Ruby in the UK

Ruby
Top 15 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 28 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 -16 186 £75,000 +7.14% 84
UK excluding London -29 148 £60,000 -14.29% 38
Work from Home -20 92 £75,000 +7.14% 49
London -7 75 £75,000 - 59
South East +22 62 £60,000 -14.29% 11
Wales - 33 £60,000 - 4
East of England -1 19 £80,000 -20.00% 5
North of England -54 18 £55,000 -21.43% 6
North West -8 14 £55,000 -21.43% 3
South West -53 6 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Isle of Man - 6 - -
Yorkshire -44 4 £90,000 +33.33%
Midlands -54 4 £32,500 - 5
West Midlands -23 3 £30,000 - 5
East Midlands -34 1 £41,000 -

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 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.33%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.33%) Confluence
3 5 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.94%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.16%) WordPress
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 162 (62.79%) AWS
2 73 (28.29%) Serverless
3 62 (24.03%) AWS Lambda
4 46 (17.83%) Amazon ECS
5 34 (13.18%) Amazon S3
5 34 (13.18%) SaaS
6 32 (12.40%) Azure
6 32 (12.40%) GitHub
7 31 (12.02%) Amazon SQS
8 28 (10.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (9.69%) Amazon EC2
10 24 (9.30%) PaaS
11 22 (8.53%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (7.75%) Amazon EventBridge
12 20 (7.75%) GitHub Actions
13 14 (5.43%) AWS Control Tower
13 14 (5.43%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (5.04%) GCP
15 7 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.53%) Network Security
2 8 (3.10%) DNS
2 8 (3.10%) Remote Desktop
3 7 (2.71%) Firewall
3 7 (2.71%) LAN
3 7 (2.71%) WAN
4 6 (2.33%) BGP
4 6 (2.33%) IPsec
4 6 (2.33%) VPN
5 5 (1.94%) Cisco Wireless
5 5 (1.94%) Skype
5 5 (1.94%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.94%) VLAN
5 5 (1.94%) Wireless
6 2 (0.78%) DHCP
7 1 (0.39%) Internet
7 1 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (24.03%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (8.91%) MongoDB
3 20 (7.75%) Redis
4 18 (6.98%) MySQL
5 8 (3.10%) Big Data
5 8 (3.10%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.33%) Apache Hive
7 6 (2.33%) Hadoop
7 6 (2.33%) HBase
7 6 (2.33%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.33%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.94%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.39%) Adabas
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 29 (11.24%) Cypress.io
2 18 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.59%) Git
4 10 (3.88%) JIRA
5 7 (2.71%) GitLab
5 7 (2.71%) Selenium
6 6 (2.33%) JUnit
6 6 (2.33%) RSpec
7 4 (1.55%) Claude Code
7 4 (1.55%) minitest
7 4 (1.55%) Postman
7 4 (1.55%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.55%) Zephyr
8 3 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.16%) Newman
8 3 (1.16%) TestRail
9 2 (0.78%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.39%) Gatling
10 1 (0.39%) JMeter
10 1 (0.39%) Mocha
General
1 66 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 54 (20.93%) Finance
3 45 (17.44%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.20%) Legal
5 12 (4.65%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.26%) Legal Technology
7 7 (2.71%) Banking
7 7 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.33%) Automotive
8 6 (2.33%) Marketing
8 6 (2.33%) Military
9 5 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.55%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 93 (36.05%) Developer
2 67 (25.97%) Senior
3 42 (16.28%) Full-Stack Developer
4 38 (14.73%) Lead
4 38 (14.73%) Ruby Developer
5 35 (13.57%) Software Engineer
6 24 (9.30%) Senior Developer
7 16 (6.20%) Ruby on Rails Developer
8 14 (5.43%) Consultant
8 14 (5.43%) Ruby Engineer
8 14 (5.43%) Security Consultant
8 14 (5.43%) Senior Consultant
8 14 (5.43%) Senior Security Consultant
8 14 (5.43%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (5.04%) Software Developer
10 12 (4.65%) 1st Line Support
11 11 (4.26%) Architect
11 11 (4.26%) Python Engineer
12 10 (3.88%) Senior Ruby Developer
13 9 (3.49%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (63.57%) Ruby on Rails
2 80 (31.01%) React
3 62 (24.03%) Node.js
4 29 (11.24%) Jest
5 27 (10.47%) Spring Boot
6 26 (10.08%) AWS CDK
7 22 (8.53%) Next.js
7 22 (8.53%) RESTful
8 21 (8.14%) Spring
9 20 (7.75%) Sidekiq
10 17 (6.59%) REST
11 16 (6.20%) JSON
12 15 (5.81%) JWT
12 15 (5.81%) React Native
13 14 (5.43%) Kafka
14 12 (4.65%) GraphQL
15 11 (4.26%) CSS
16 10 (3.88%) .NET
16 10 (3.88%) HTML
17 7 (2.71%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.73%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.91%) Product Ownership
3 20 (7.75%) Mainframe
3 20 (7.75%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.43%) Enterprise Cloud
4 14 (5.43%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.49%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.49%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.10%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.71%) Digital Wallet
7 7 (2.71%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.94%) Blog
8 5 (1.94%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.55%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.16%) Clustering
10 3 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.16%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.16%) Replication
10 3 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 39 (15.12%) Linux
2 23 (8.91%) Windows
3 8 (3.10%) Ubuntu
3 8 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.33%) Debian
5 5 (1.94%) AIX
5 5 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.16%) Gentoo
7 1 (0.39%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.39%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.23%) Agile
1 78 (30.23%) Full-Stack Development
2 73 (28.29%) CI/CD
3 67 (25.97%) Software Engineering
4 51 (19.77%) Microservices
5 43 (16.67%) AI
5 43 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 43 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 42 (16.28%) Scrum
7 41 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (14.34%) Containerisation
9 36 (13.95%) DevOps
9 36 (13.95%) Roadmaps
10 31 (12.02%) Architectural Patterns
11 28 (10.85%) Clean Code
12 27 (10.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 25 (9.69%) OOP
13 25 (9.69%) Test Automation
14 23 (8.91%) Mob Programming
15 21 (8.14%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 75 (29.07%) Python
2 66 (25.58%) Java
3 58 (22.48%) JavaScript
4 27 (10.47%) Bash
5 24 (9.30%) PHP
5 24 (9.30%) TypeScript
6 19 (7.36%) SQL
7 18 (6.98%) Perl
8 17 (6.59%) C#
9 10 (3.88%) C
10 8 (3.10%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.71%) Rust
12 6 (2.33%) COBOL
12 6 (2.33%) Go
13 4 (1.55%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.55%) C++
13 4 (1.55%) Elixir
13 4 (1.55%) Scala
14 3 (1.16%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.39%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 30 (11.63%) Degree
1 30 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 24 (9.30%) AWS Certification
3 21 (8.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 16 (6.20%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.49%) A+ Certification
7 6 (2.33%) TOGAF Certification
8 5 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.55%) GPEN
9 4 (1.55%) GXPN
9 4 (1.55%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 4 (1.55%) OSCP
10 3 (1.16%) CCSAM
10 3 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.16%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.16%) OSCE
11 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.59%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.81%) WCAG
3 13 (5.04%) QA
4 8 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.33%) Government Security Classifications
5 6 (2.33%) NCSC
6 3 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (17.44%) Docker
2 8 (3.10%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (17.44%) Terraform
2 17 (6.59%) Ansible
3 15 (5.81%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.33%) Hadoop YARN
4 6 (2.33%) ZABBIX
5 5 (1.94%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.16%) Podman
6 3 (1.16%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.16%) SCCM
7 2 (0.78%) Grafana
7 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.39%) Bugsnag
8 1 (0.39%) Nessus
8 1 (0.39%) Packer
Vendors
1 33 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.81%) Oracle
3 13 (5.04%) Cisco
4 11 (4.26%) HP
5 8 (3.10%) VMware
6 7 (2.71%) OneLogin
6 7 (2.71%) SAP
7 6 (2.33%) IBM
7 6 (2.33%) Splunk
8 5 (1.94%) Google
8 5 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.16%) Citrix
9 3 (1.16%) New Relic
9 3 (1.16%) Thycotic
10 2 (0.78%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.39%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.39%) Informatica
11 1 (0.39%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow