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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 406 | 325 | 342 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -81 | +17 | -65 |
| Contract jobs citing Ruby | 176 | 426 | 702 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.41% | 0.74% | 0.79% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.38% | 2.15% | 2.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 124 | 290 | 507 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £424 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £433 | £471 | £501 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £590 | £586 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.02% | +0.68% | +17.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £602 | £675 | £684 |
| 90th Percentile | £739 | £725 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £605 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.36% | +0.83% | +26.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | - | £25.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | - | £26.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | - | £26.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £26.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -42.22% |
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 | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
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 20 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 20 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 | -72 | 136 | £513 | -14.58% | 136 |
| London | -31 | 99 | £525 | -12.50% | 88 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 78 | £525 | -12.50% | 90 |
| UK excluding London | +11 | 47 | £500 | -17.36% | 69 |
| North of England | -1 | 19 | £450 | -27.57% | 14 |
| North West | -1 | 14 | £450 | -22.58% | 6 |
| Scotland | +49 | 11 | £623 | +24.50% | 6 |
| South East | +13 | 9 | £475 | -22.13% | 28 |
| Yorkshire | +6 | 5 | £600 | -14.29% | 6 |
| Midlands | +2 | 5 | £999 | +42.71% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +6 | 4 | £999 | +42.71% | 3 |
| Wales | +20 | 2 | £488 | -15.22% | |
| South West | +5 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
| East Midlands | +4 | 1 | £475 | -32.14% | 2 |
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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