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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 398 | 339 | 333 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -59 | -6 | -40 |
| Contract jobs citing Ruby | 180 | 396 | 706 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.42% | 0.71% | 0.81% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.39% | 2.07% | 2.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 125 | 264 | 499 |
| 10th Percentile | £380 | £413 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £474 | £501 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £600 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £615 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.70% | +2.50% | +29.03% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £53.39 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £54.73 | - | £25.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £58.22 | - | £26.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £60.45 | - | £26.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.04 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -50.48% |
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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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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 1 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ruby.
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Top 15 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 1 June 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 |
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| England | -86 | 140 | £513 | -14.58% | 115 |
| London | -31 | 102 | £525 | -12.50% | 79 |
| Work from Home | +9 | 81 | £525 | -12.50% | 78 |
| UK excluding London | +10 | 47 | £500 | -18.70% | 46 |
| North of England | +1 | 17 | £450 | -28.00% | 11 |
| North West | +10 | 12 | £450 | -22.58% | 6 |
| Scotland | +45 | 10 | £623 | +31.05% | 6 |
| South East | +4 | 9 | £475 | -22.13% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +8 | 5 | £600 | -14.29% | 3 |
| Midlands | +7 | 5 | £999 | +42.71% | 7 |
| West Midlands | -1 | 4 | £999 | +42.71% | 4 |
| South West | +5 | 3 | £675 | +8.04% | 7 |
| Wales | +18 | 2 | £488 | -15.22% | 1 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 1 | £475 | -32.14% | 3 |
| East of England | -5 | 1 | £700 | - | 2 |
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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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