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Ruby

Ruby appeared in 2 hiring posts in August 2026 — roughly 0.5% of all jobs. Currently #12 of 25 languages.

Mentions · August 20260.0%vs prior
2
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
0.5%
All-Time Peak
48mentions · August 2015
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Flat0.0%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
3,187since April 2011 · 185 months
-12% YoY2025 vs 2024
366
'15
355
'16
420
PEAK
'17
310
'18
217
'19
174
'20
201
'21
107
'22
64
'23
43
'24
38
'25
31
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
3,187185 mo
↑ Best year
2017420
↓ Quietest full year
202538
Latest full year
2025-12% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What Ruby jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD165Kmedian
$133k $170k middle 50% · n=93
By seniority
Junior$165k – $165k n=29
Mid n=1
Senior$63k – $180k n=30
Staff+$170k – $200k n=16

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Mid shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
93of 265 posts
Disclosure rate
35.1%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Ruby sits in the pay distribution
−2%vs JavaScript+36%vs C#
LanguageMedianvs Ruby
01$163k+1.6%
02$160k0%
03$160k0%
04
Rubyyou are here
$160k
05$150k−6.3%
06$118k−26.3%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Ruby is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of Ruby posts by where the role is based.

01
Europe (EU)60.0%
3
02
Canada20.0%
1
03
United States20.0%
1
Remote Policy
80%remote
Remote
80.0%
Hybrid
20.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Ruby

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior20.0%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering60.0%
3
02
Other20.0%
1
03
Product20.0%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

Ruby on Rails is the skill most co-mentioned with Ruby.

#01
Signature Stack
Ruby’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with Ruby over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Ruby on Rails
18.8×
MongoDB
7.7×
Kotlin
5.7×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Ruby on Rails41670%
02React25743%
03JavaScript16327%
04Python14625%
05Go12321%
06PostgreSQL11119%
07TypeScript9716%
08AWS9616%
09GitHub9416%
10Docker8915%
11MongoDB8314%
12Kubernetes7913%
13Kotlin7713%
14Terraform6511%
15Rust6311%

% of Ruby jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Ruby stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0143-2.3%
10.0%
02380.0%
8.8%
0311-48%
2.6%
0410-29%
2.3%
0510+67%
2.3%
068+60%
1.9%
077+17%
1.6%
086+50%
1.4%
0930.0%
0.7%
103-77%
0.7%
11
Rubyyou are here
2-50%
0.5%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · August 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
2.8%
Offer sponsorship
122.8%
Explicitly decline
81.9%
Don’t mention
41095.3%

Based on 430 HN job posts in August 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.