Ruby Job Trends in the South West

Ruby
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Ruby skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 167 202
Rank change year-on-year -16 +35 -48
Permanent jobs citing Ruby 1 3 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.018% 0.082% 0.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.12% 0.24% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 43
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile - £55,000 £46,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile - £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - £93,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

All Programming Languages
South West

Ruby falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 835 1,274 2,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.82% 34.82% 39.39%
Number of salaries quoted 585 680 2,191
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,784 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,150 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Ruby
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ruby relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Ruby job vacancy trend in the South West

Ruby
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Ruby.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Ruby

Ruby
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ruby within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 February 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +9 1 £75,000 +25.00% 2
Ruby
England

Ruby
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Scala