Hybrid/Remote Ruby on Rails Job Trends

Ruby on Rails (RoR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Ruby on Rails skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 435 433
Rank change year-on-year +42 -2 -216
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 20 41 77
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.20% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.59% 0.68% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 17 25 61
10th Percentile £54,000 £44,250 £42,819
25th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -17.24%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Ruby on Rails falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,386 5,990 7,351
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.79% 29.67% 31.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,187 3,991 6,237
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £41,825
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £121,000 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.54% +0.54%

Ruby on Rails
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ruby on Rails and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Ruby on Rails job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ruby on Rails.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ruby on Rails over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Ruby on Rails salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Ruby on Rails
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (25.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) Heroku
2 2 (10.00%) Stripe
3 1 (5.00%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.00%) Cloudflare
3 1 (5.00%) Figma
3 1 (5.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) RSpec
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Tech for Good
3 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Advertising
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Senior
3 6 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Ruby Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Ruby Developer
7 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Backend Developer
8 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (5.00%) Java Developer
8 1 (5.00%) Lead
8 1 (5.00%) Lead Software Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
8 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (40.00%) React Native
2 7 (35.00%) React
3 3 (15.00%) CSS
4 2 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (5.00%) EDI
5 1 (5.00%) Flutter
5 1 (5.00%) JPA
5 1 (5.00%) Laravel
5 1 (5.00%) Node.js
5 1 (5.00%) RESTful
5 1 (5.00%) Sass
5 1 (5.00%) Spring
5 1 (5.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (40.00%) Clean Code
3 8 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (35.00%) Agile
5 6 (30.00%) TDD
6 5 (25.00%) Architectural Design
6 5 (25.00%) CRM
7 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (10.00%) Fintech
9 2 (10.00%) Mobile Development
9 2 (10.00%) User Experience
10 1 (5.00%) Front End Development
10 1 (5.00%) Line Management
10 1 (5.00%) Logistics
10 1 (5.00%) MVC
10 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
10 1 (5.00%) Security Management
10 1 (5.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) Ruby
2 7 (35.00%) SQL
3 6 (30.00%) Python
4 2 (10.00%) Java
4 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.00%) PHP
5 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Adobe
1 1 (5.00%) GoCardless
1 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (5.00%) SendGrid