R Contracts in England

R
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 393 371
Rank change year-on-year +14 -22 -86
Contract jobs citing R 161 269 480
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.44% 0.55% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.48% 1.57% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 169 322
10th Percentile £355 £323 £313
25th Percentile £391 £435 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £763 £835 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 22 26
10th Percentile £24.89 £20.47 £19.52
25th Percentile £37.50 £22.16 £25.78
Median hourly rate £43.75 £67.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +80.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 £54.88
90th Percentile £77.88 - £65.52
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £68.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -33.82% +81.33% +44.23%

All Programming Languages
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 England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,870 17,144 25,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.57% 35.08% 36.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,899 12,520 19,102
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 443 422 451
10th Percentile £37.78 £26.08 £20.00
25th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year - +21.95% +19.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.95
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.43 £62.50 £50.64
% change year-on-year -0.12% +23.43% +17.08%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for R in England

R
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for R in England

R
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for R in England

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for R in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for R in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +53 99 £580 -3.33% 129
Midlands +44 18 £450 -18.18% 23
East Midlands +28 9 £363 -39.58% 4
West Midlands +23 9 £550 +47.06% 19
South East -3 9 £350 -36.36% 35
East of England +4 8 £388 +29.17% 6
North of England -7 6 £513 -6.82% 28
South West +2 5 £525 +10.53% 10
North West -19 5 £513 -21.15% 15
North East - 1 - - 5
R
UK

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (9.94%) SAS
2 6 (3.73%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.24%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.62%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (6.83%) SPSS
2 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Primavera
2 1 (0.62%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.98%) Azure
2 31 (19.25%) Power Platform
3 29 (18.01%) AWS
4 19 (11.80%) GCP
5 5 (3.11%) Power Automate
5 5 (3.11%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.48%) Azure Machine Learning
6 4 (2.48%) GitHub
7 3 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.24%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.24%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.62%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.62%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.62%) PaaS
9 1 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (19.25%) Power BI
2 28 (17.39%) Tableau
3 19 (11.80%) Big Data
4 16 (9.94%) Hadoop
5 11 (6.83%) BusinessObjects
6 10 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (4.97%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (4.97%) Qlik Sense
8 7 (4.35%) Data Lake
9 6 (3.73%) SQL Server
10 5 (3.11%) Data Mining
10 5 (3.11%) Impala
10 5 (3.11%) Relational Database
10 5 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (1.86%) Looker
12 3 (1.86%) MySQL
12 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
12 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.48%) JIRA
1 4 (2.48%) RStudio
2 2 (1.24%) CircleCI
2 2 (1.24%) Git
3 1 (0.62%) PyCharm
3 1 (0.62%) Toad
3 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (34.78%) Finance
2 54 (33.54%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (24.84%) Social Skills
4 16 (9.94%) Front Office
5 14 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.45%) Banking
7 8 (4.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (4.35%) Marketing
9 6 (3.73%) Police
9 6 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.11%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.86%) Advertising
11 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Retail
11 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.24%) Agriculture
12 2 (1.24%) Law
12 2 (1.24%) Legal
12 2 (1.24%) Local Government
12 2 (1.24%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (24.22%) Analyst
2 33 (20.50%) Data Scientist
2 33 (20.50%) Developer
3 28 (17.39%) Data Analyst
4 17 (10.56%) Python Developer
4 17 (10.56%) Quantitative Developer
5 14 (8.70%) Finance Manager
6 11 (6.83%) Data Engineer
7 10 (6.21%) Senior
8 8 (4.97%) SIEM Engineer
9 6 (3.73%) Lead
9 6 (3.73%) Qualitative Analyst
9 6 (3.73%) Quantitative Analyst
9 6 (3.73%) SQL Analyst
9 6 (3.73%) SQL Data Analyst
10 5 (3.11%) Consultant
10 5 (3.11%) Credit Analyst
11 4 (2.48%) Analytics Manager
11 4 (2.48%) Econometrician
11 4 (2.48%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.97%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (4.35%) D3.js
3 6 (3.73%) PySpark
4 5 (3.11%) Shiny
5 3 (1.86%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.86%) React
5 3 (1.86%) scikit-learn
5 3 (1.86%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.24%) .NET
6 2 (1.24%) GeoPandas
6 2 (1.24%) HTML
6 2 (1.24%) JSON
6 2 (1.24%) Kafka
6 2 (1.24%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.24%) NumPy
6 2 (1.24%) Pandas
7 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.62%) Anaconda
7 1 (0.62%) ODBC
7 1 (0.62%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.91%) Algorithms
1 24 (14.91%) Derivative
2 20 (12.42%) Hedge funds
3 18 (11.18%) Fixed Income
4 14 (8.70%) Equities
5 8 (4.97%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (3.73%) Credit Derivative
6 6 (3.73%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.86%) Social Media
9 2 (1.24%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.24%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.24%) Multi-touch
9 2 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.62%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.62%) Genomics
10 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.83%) Windows
2 9 (5.59%) Linux
3 8 (4.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (35.40%) Visualisation
2 49 (30.43%) Data Analysis
3 48 (29.81%) Data Science
4 44 (27.33%) Business Intelligence
5 38 (23.60%) Analytics
6 37 (22.98%) Data Modelling
7 34 (21.12%) Agile
7 34 (21.12%) Statistics
8 32 (19.88%) Mathematics
9 31 (19.25%) Data Visualisation
9 31 (19.25%) Machine Learning
10 23 (14.29%) Computer Science
11 22 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (12.42%) Software Engineering
13 17 (10.56%) Asset Management
13 17 (10.56%) Predictive Modelling
13 17 (10.56%) Quantitative Research
14 16 (9.94%) Investment Management
15 14 (8.70%) Data Analytics
16 13 (8.07%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 137 (85.09%) Python
2 72 (44.72%) SQL
3 13 (8.07%) Java
4 8 (4.97%) C#
5 7 (4.35%) C++
5 7 (4.35%) Scala
6 5 (3.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (3.11%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.48%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.86%) PHP
9 2 (1.24%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.62%) Bash
10 1 (0.62%) Julia
10 1 (0.62%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (20.50%) Degree
2 19 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 11 (6.83%) Master's Degree
6 10 (6.21%) Numerate Degree
7 8 (4.97%) PhD
8 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.86%) CIMA
10 2 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.24%) IBM Certification
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.62%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.21%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.73%) QA
3 4 (2.48%) PMO
4 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.24%) NCSC
4 2 (1.24%) NIST
5 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.62%) Basel II
5 1 (0.62%) Basel III
5 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.62%) CDISC
5 1 (0.62%) GDPR
5 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.97%) iptables
3 3 (1.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.97%) Kibana
1 8 (4.97%) logstash
2 3 (1.86%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (8.70%) Bloomberg
2 11 (6.83%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.35%) Databricks
3 7 (4.35%) SAP
4 5 (3.11%) Google
5 2 (1.24%) ESRI
5 2 (1.24%) IBM
5 2 (1.24%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.62%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.62%) Cognos
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle
6 1 (0.62%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.62%) Snow
6 1 (0.62%) Workday