R Contracts in the East of England

R
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 100 127
Rank change year-on-year -2 +27 -14
Contract jobs citing R 9 17 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.47% 0.87% 0.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.20% 2.96% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 14
10th Percentile £339 £209 £402
25th Percentile £361 £218 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £280 £550
Median % change year-on-year +38.39% -49.09% +62.96%
75th Percentile £575 £350 £594
90th Percentile £594 £446 £647
England median daily rate £500 £571 £527
% change year-on-year -12.43% +8.26% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £15.98 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -76.33% - -
England median hourly rate £26.24 £70.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -62.51% +97.18% +36.54%

All Programming Languages
East of England

R is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 409 575 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 21.37% 29.34% 29.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 344 461
10th Percentile £312 £313 £295
25th Percentile £384 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £669
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.09% +2.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 93 88
10th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.50 £67.78
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +19.62% +20.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for R in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for R in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for R in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for R in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Hertfordshire -5 4 £375 +7.14%
Cambridgeshire - 3 £550 - 10
Essex 0 1 - - 8
Suffolk - 1 £625 - 5
R
England

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Looker
1 2 (22.22%) Tableau
2 1 (11.11%) Big Data
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) MS Access
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Data Scientist
3 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Core
2 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
2 1 (11.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
1 4 (44.44%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) CRISPR
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Data Science
1 6 (66.67%) Predictive Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
3 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
3 4 (44.44%) Software Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Statistics
4 3 (33.33%) Analytics
4 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) A/B Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (22.22%) Data Transformation
5 2 (22.22%) Experimental Design
5 2 (22.22%) Market Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft