Ruby
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ruby skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ruby over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 394 | 345 | 332 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -49 | -13 | -67 |
| Contract jobs citing Ruby | 186 | 436 | 729 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.43% | 0.74% | 0.82% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.45% | 2.12% | 2.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 127 | 299 | 527 |
| 10th Percentile | £383 | £424 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £473 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +4.35% | +13.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £705 | £702 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £613 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +6.52% | +21.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £28.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | - | £32.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | £40.50 |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | - | £47.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £52.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £40.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
Ruby is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,853 | 20,585 | 32,198 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.62% | 34.85% | 36.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,145 | 14,838 | 23,462 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £489 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.25% | +15.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 490 | 466 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.93 | £26.19 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.28 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.20% | +20.55% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.25 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.18 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.17% | +22.96% | +18.45% |
Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Ruby as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Ruby
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ruby.
Ruby
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ruby over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
Ruby
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ruby.
Ruby
Top 14 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -78 | 146 | £525 | -12.50% | 103 |
| London | -12 | 108 | £525 | -12.50% | 66 |
| Work from Home | +9 | 81 | £525 | -12.50% | 79 |
| UK excluding London | +12 | 49 | £525 | -14.29% | 42 |
| North of England | -16 | 20 | £450 | -28.71% | 8 |
| North West | -2 | 15 | £450 | -27.13% | 5 |
| Scotland | +49 | 12 | £623 | +24.50% | 3 |
| South East | +14 | 9 | £475 | -18.10% | 8 |
| Midlands | +16 | 5 | £999 | +42.71% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 5 | £600 | -14.29% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +6 | 4 | £999 | +42.71% | 4 |
| Wales | +16 | 2 | £488 | -15.22% | 2 |
| South West | +21 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 1 | £475 | -32.14% | 1 |
Ruby
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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