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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 420 414
Rank change year-on-year +70 -6 -163
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 23 43 67
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.22% 0.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.82% 0.72% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 57
10th Percentile £52,500 £44,250 £40,691
25th Percentile £61,563 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +14.58% -20.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £81,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +7.69% +6.12% -18.33%

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 2,814 5,943 6,541
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.42% 30.24% 31.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,286 3,878 5,558
10th Percentile £39,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,056
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.60% +1.62%

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 29 November 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 3 (13.04%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (13.04%) Amazon ECS
2 3 (13.04%) Amazon S3
2 3 (13.04%) Amazon SQS
2 3 (13.04%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (13.04%) Serverless
3 2 (8.70%) Heroku
3 2 (8.70%) Stripe
4 1 (4.35%) Cloudflare
4 1 (4.35%) GitHub
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (17.39%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Cypress.io
2 2 (8.70%) Git
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Tech for Good
3 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Software Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Senior
3 9 (39.13%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Ruby Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Ruby Developer
7 1 (4.35%) Backend Developer
7 1 (4.35%) Java Developer
7 1 (4.35%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (43.48%) React Native
2 7 (30.43%) React
3 5 (21.74%) Node.js
4 3 (13.04%) CSS
4 3 (13.04%) GraphQL
4 3 (13.04%) Jest
5 2 (8.70%) HTML
6 1 (4.35%) EDI
6 1 (4.35%) JPA
6 1 (4.35%) Next.js
6 1 (4.35%) RESTful
6 1 (4.35%) Sass
6 1 (4.35%) Spring
6 1 (4.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 13 (56.52%) Software Engineering
3 8 (34.78%) Clean Code
4 7 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (30.43%) Mentoring
5 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
6 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
6 3 (13.04%) CRM
6 3 (13.04%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (13.04%) Microservices
6 3 (13.04%) Mob Programming
6 3 (13.04%) TDD
7 2 (8.70%) Fintech
7 2 (8.70%) Line Management
7 2 (8.70%) MVC
7 2 (8.70%) User Experience
8 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (4.35%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) Ruby
2 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.04%) Python
3 3 (13.04%) SQL
4 2 (8.70%) Java
4 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) GoCardless
1 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
1 1 (4.35%) SendGrid