Skill ProfileLanguages

Ruby

Ruby appeared in 6 hiring posts in June 2026 — roughly 0.8% of all jobs. Currently #10 of 21 languages.

Mentions · June 2026+20%vs prior

mentions

this month

12-Mo TrendJul '25 → Jun '26

Share of All Jobs

0.8%

All-Time Peak

48mentions · August 2015

First Seen

April 2011

Month Momentum

Rising+20%

§ 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

3,183since April 2011 · 183 months

-12% YoY2025 vs 2024

366

'15

355

'16

420

PEAK

'17

310

'18

217

'19

174

'20

201

'21

107

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

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

All-time

3,183183 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

$140k – $170k middle 50% · n=99

By seniority

Junior$165k – $165k n=28

Mid— n=1

Senior$63k – $180k n=34

Staff+$166k – $200k n=18

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

Disclosed

99of 283 posts

Disclosure rate

35.0%

Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present

Where Ruby sits in the pay distribution

−2%vs JavaScript+21%vs C#

LanguageMedianvs Ruby

JavaScript

$163k+1.6%

Java

$160k0%

PHP

$160k0%

Rubyyou are here

$160k—

HTML/CSS

$150k−6.3%

$133k−17.2%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where Ruby is hired

Regions

Top geographies

Share of Ruby posts by where the role is based.

United States88.9%

United States88.9%16

Europe (EU)66.7%

Europe (EU)66.7%12

Canada50.0%

Canada50.0%9

Latin America44.4%

Latin America44.4%8

United Kingdom22.2%

United Kingdom22.2%4

Unspecified11.1%

Unspecified11.1%2

Remote Policy

83%remote

Remote

83.3%

Hybrid

11.1%

On-site

5.6%

§ 04Composition

Who hires for Ruby

By Seniority

Roles by level

Principal27.8%

Principal27.8%5

Senior16.7%

Senior16.7%3

By Function

Roles by function

Engineering72.2%

Engineering72.2%13

Product16.7%

Product16.7%3

Design5.6%

Design5.6%1

Sales5.6%

Sales5.6%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

18.1×

MongoDB

7.2×

Kotlin

5.6×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present

01Ruby on Rails43568%

02React27142%

03JavaScript17127%

04Python15524%

05Go13020%

06PostgreSQL11818%

07AWS11218%

08TypeScript10516%

09GitHub9715%

10Docker8814%

11Kubernetes8814%

12MongoDB8613%

13Kotlin7912%

14Rust6811%

15Terraform6711%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere Ruby stands among languages

SkillMentionsYoYMarket share

Python

48-7.7%

6.7%

TypeScript

41-4.7%

5.7%

20-9.1%

2.8%

Rust

12-7.7%

1.7%

JavaScript

9-18%

1.3%

SQL

80.0%

1.1%

GraphQL

70.0%

1.0%

Java

60.0%

0.8%

Kotlin

6+100%

0.8%

Rubyyou are here

6-14%

0.8%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · June 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship

21 posts offer sponsorship

2.9%

Offer sponsorship

212.9%

Explicitly decline

101.4%

Don’t mention

68995.7%

Based on 720 HN job posts in June 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.