R Contracts in the South East

R
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 191 202
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -32
Contract jobs citing R 10 30 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% 0.52% 0.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.84% 1.88% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 33
10th Percentile £311 £115 -
25th Percentile £318 £214 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £325
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +69.23% -35.64%
75th Percentile £375 - £538
90th Percentile £378 £572 £670
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 9
10th Percentile - £20.47 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £22.16 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +232.99% -70.20%
75th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile - - £65.51
England median hourly rate £42.50 £70.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -39.29% +86.67% +41.51%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,196 1,596 2,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.67% 27.47% 26.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 1,136 1,360
10th Percentile £325 £328 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £684 £700 £650
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 91 87
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £60.07 £55.00 £43.64
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% +26.03% +5.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £75.00 £65.52
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +13.64%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for R in the South East

R
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for R in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for R in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Thames Valley +7 10 £350 -36.36% 14
Berkshire -1 9 £350 -36.36% 7
Buckinghamshire +26 1 - - 1
R
England

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (80.00%) SAS
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) SPSS
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Qlik Sense
1 7 (70.00%) Tableau
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
1 7 (70.00%) Data Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Data Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SAS Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analytics Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) D3.js
2 1 (10.00%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Data Cleansing
2 6 (60.00%) Six Sigma
3 5 (50.00%) Analytics
3 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (40.00%) Data Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Data Interpretation
4 4 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Statistics
4 4 (40.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (30.00%) Data Enrichment
5 3 (30.00%) Econometrics
5 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (30.00%) Physics
6 1 (10.00%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 8 (80.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) MCITP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) CDISC
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft