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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 460 431
Rank change year-on-year +57 -29 -224
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 22 35 83
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.15% 0.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.61% 0.56% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 67
10th Percentile £52,500 £36,250 £42,819
25th Percentile £61,563 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £83,750 £86,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -13.79%

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 3,579 6,198 8,051
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.10% 26.63% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,345 4,447 7,003
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £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 £122,500 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £64,244 £66,056
% change year-on-year +5.07% -2.74% +1.62%

Ruby on Rails
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Ruby on Rails as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Ruby on Rails trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Ruby on Rails
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

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

Ruby on Rails
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Ruby on Rails over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Ruby on Rails salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Ruby on Rails
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (4.55%) Amazon S3
2 1 (4.55%) Cloudflare
2 1 (4.55%) Figma
2 1 (4.55%) GitHub
2 1 (4.55%) Heroku
2 1 (4.55%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) RSpec
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Tech for Good
3 1 (4.55%) Advertising
3 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Software Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Ruby Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Senior
3 5 (22.73%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Developer
5 3 (13.64%) Lead
5 3 (13.64%) Ruby Developer
6 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Lead Software Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) UI Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Backend Developer
7 1 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Java Developer
7 1 (4.55%) Lead Developer
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) React
2 7 (31.82%) React Native
3 4 (18.18%) CSS
3 4 (18.18%) HTML
4 1 (4.55%) Flutter
4 1 (4.55%) JPA
4 1 (4.55%) Laravel
4 1 (4.55%) Node.js
4 1 (4.55%) RESTful
4 1 (4.55%) Spring
4 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Software Engineering
2 10 (45.45%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (36.36%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) Clean Code
4 7 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (31.82%) TDD
5 6 (27.27%) Architectural Design
5 6 (27.27%) CRM
6 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.09%) Fintech
8 2 (9.09%) Mobile Development
8 2 (9.09%) Web Development
9 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
9 1 (4.55%) MVC
9 1 (4.55%) OOP
9 1 (4.55%) Project Management
9 1 (4.55%) Security Management
9 1 (4.55%) Test Automation
9 1 (4.55%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) Ruby
2 9 (40.91%) Python
3 8 (36.36%) SQL
4 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (9.09%) Bash
5 2 (9.09%) Java
5 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
6 1 (4.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe
1 1 (4.55%) SendGrid