Ruby Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Ruby
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 109 129
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 +55
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 13 3 23
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.75% 0.16% 1.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.07% 0.56% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 20
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% -30.77% +9.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £47,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,500 - £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £73,750 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +63.89% -30.77% +30.00%

All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire

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 in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 423 532 832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 24.42% 28.30% 39.88%
Number of salaries quoted 334 320 661
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,675 £38,591
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,331 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Ruby job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Ruby
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Ruby

Ruby
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ruby in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Ruby in West Yorkshire

Ruby
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 2025. 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
Leeds +7 5 £72,500 +61.11% 2
Batley - 1 - -
Bingley - 1 - -
Bradford - 1 - -
Brighouse - 1 - -
Castleford - 1 - -
Cleckheaton - 1 - -
Dewsbury - 1 - -
Elland - 1 - -
Ruby
Yorkshire

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Ruby Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) HTML
2 4 (30.77%) React Native
2 4 (30.77%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) AI
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
1 8 (61.54%) Data Privacy
1 8 (61.54%) Machine Learning
2 4 (30.77%) Clean Code
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Java
2 8 (61.54%) C
2 8 (61.54%) C#
2 8 (61.54%) C++
2 8 (61.54%) Dart
2 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) MATLAB
2 8 (61.54%) PHP
2 8 (61.54%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) R
2 8 (61.54%) Rust
2 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 8 (61.54%) TypeScript
3 1 (7.69%) Kotlin
3 1 (7.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (61.54%) Degree