The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited R over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank 118 108 -
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -
Contract jobs citing R 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.040% 0.037% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.101% 0.144% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £375 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £625
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year
- +39.13%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
994 695 839
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 39.70% 25.85% 29.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 292 435
Average daily rate £368 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £233 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £416 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 24
Average hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £30.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -2.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.37 £16.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £32.75 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
R
UK

R
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing R across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scotland R Jobs Demand Trend

R
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing R across the Scotland region.

Scotland R Daily Rate Trend

R
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +2 1 - - 5
R
UK

R
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing R also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited R.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) ProC
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing R also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited R. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle iProcurement
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ProC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Procurement Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) E-Business Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
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