Skill ProfileLanguages

Ruby

Ruby appeared in 5 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.7% of all jobs. Currently #10 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 20260.0%vs prior
5
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.7%
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
3,177since April 2011 · 182 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
21
'26

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

All-time
3,177182 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
$134k $167k middle 50% · n=98
By seniority
Junior$165k – $165k n=28
Mid n=1
Senior$63k – $180k n=34
Staff+$166k – $200k n=17

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

Disclosed
98of 284 posts
Disclosure rate
34.5%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where Ruby sits in the pay distribution
+23%vs C#
LanguageMedianvs Ruby
01$161k+0.8%
02$160k0%
03$160k0%
04
Rubyyou are here
$160k
05$158k−1.6%
06$130k−18.8%

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
Canada56.0%
14
02
United States48.0%
12
03
Europe (EU)20.0%
5
04
United Kingdom16.0%
4
Remote Policy
36%remote
Remote
36.0%
Hybrid
60.0%
On-site
4.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for Ruby

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior56.0%
14
02
Principal20.0%
5
03
Junior16.0%
4
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering56.0%
14
02
Operations12.0%
3
03
Sales12.0%
3
04
Other8.0%
2
05
Data / ML4.0%
1
06
Executive4.0%
1
07
Legal & Compliance4.0%
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
17.9×
HTML/CSS
7.5×
MongoDB
7.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Ruby on Rails44468%
02React27042%
03JavaScript17327%
04Python15424%
05Go13421%
06PostgreSQL12319%
07AWS11718%
08TypeScript10516%
09GitHub9915%
10Docker8914%
11Kubernetes8814%
12MongoDB8814%
13Kotlin8513%
14Android7211%
15HTML/CSS7211%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Ruby stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
10
Rubyyou are here
5+25%
0.7%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.