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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 349 395 404
Rank change year-on-year +46 +9 -193
Permanent jobs citing Ruby on Rails 26 39 60
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.95% 0.73% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 23 25 53
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -17.24%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £81,250 £82,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -20.00%

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 2,740 5,317 6,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 30.72% 30.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,175 3,481 5,121
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,625 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £85,875 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,158
% change year-on-year - -0.24% -1.28%

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 December 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 1 (3.85%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) AWS
2 6 (23.08%) Amazon EC2
2 6 (23.08%) Amazon ECS
2 6 (23.08%) Amazon S3
2 6 (23.08%) Amazon SQS
2 6 (23.08%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (23.08%) Serverless
3 2 (7.69%) Heroku
3 2 (7.69%) Stripe
4 1 (3.85%) Cloudflare
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (30.77%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (23.08%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Cypress.io
2 2 (7.69%) Git
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (7.69%) Tech for Good
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Software Engineer
2 11 (42.31%) Senior
3 10 (38.46%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (26.92%) Developer
5 6 (23.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (15.38%) Lead
7 3 (11.54%) Lead Software Engineer
8 2 (7.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 1 (3.85%) Ruby Developer
9 1 (3.85%) Ruby Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (46.15%) React Native
2 7 (26.92%) Node.js
2 7 (26.92%) React
3 6 (23.08%) Jest
4 5 (19.23%) GraphQL
5 2 (7.69%) CSS
6 1 (3.85%) EDI
6 1 (3.85%) HTML
6 1 (3.85%) Next.js
6 1 (3.85%) RESTful
6 1 (3.85%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (88.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 15 (57.69%) Software Engineering
3 9 (34.62%) Mentoring
4 8 (30.77%) Clean Code
5 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (23.08%) Microservices
6 6 (23.08%) Mob Programming
6 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 4 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
8 3 (11.54%) Agile
9 2 (7.69%) Architectural Design
9 2 (7.69%) Line Management
9 2 (7.69%) MVC
10 1 (3.85%) Coaching
10 1 (3.85%) Code Quality
10 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (3.85%) Containerisation
10 1 (3.85%) Secure Coding
10 1 (3.85%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) Ruby
2 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) GoCardless
1 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
1 1 (3.85%) SendGrid