R
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 403 | 279 | 251 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -124 | -28 | +55 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 639 | 1,252 | 2,723 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.62% | 1.29% | 1.63% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.90% | 2.99% | 3.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 425 | 579 | 868 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,200 | £40,000 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,447 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £88,125 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £115,000 | £92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £50,238 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.48% | -4.31% | +5.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
R is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,562 | 41,867 | 90,496 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 32.71% | 43.01% | 54.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,071 | 26,942 | 43,619 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £107,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,772 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.23% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R.
R
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.
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Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -123 | 564 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 378 |
| UK excluding London | -207 | 315 | £55,000 | +9.48% | 217 |
| London | +27 | 299 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 184 |
| Work from Home | -172 | 243 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 103 |
| South East | -18 | 81 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 52 |
| North of England | -180 | 60 | £51,528 | -6.11% | 52 |
| Midlands | -12 | 58 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 45 |
| Scotland | -60 | 46 | £45,600 | -9.23% | 16 |
| North West | +23 | 41 | £47,500 | -20.86% | 29 |
| South West | -67 | 41 | £67,500 | +34.36% | 20 |
| West Midlands | +5 | 40 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 28 |
| East of England | -7 | 19 | £65,000 | +85.71% | 18 |
| East Midlands | -17 | 18 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 17 |
| Yorkshire | -140 | 14 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 15 |
| North East | -30 | 5 | £55,000 | +23.14% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | +23 | 4 | £33,750 | - | 5 |
| Wales | -8 | 3 | £40,000 | -27.12% | 10 |
| Channel Islands | - | 3 | £67,500 | - |
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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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