The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 75 94 101
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +7
Contract jobs citing R 3 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.246% 0.249% 0.054%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.636% 0.669% 0.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £625
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year
- +39.13%
All Programming Languages
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
472 598 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 38.69% 37.21% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 287 329
Average daily rate £343 £350 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.14% +7.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £257 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 59 33
Average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.30 £27.50 £23.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.10 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
R
South East

R
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey R Daily Rate Trend

R
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing R across the Surrey region.

Surrey R Hourly Rate Trend

R
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (87.50%) SQL
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) DB2
2 6 (75.00%) WebLogic
2 6 (75.00%) JBoss
2 6 (75.00%) Apache
2 6 (75.00%) Tomcat
2 6 (75.00%) ClearCase
2 6 (75.00%) SAS
2 6 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 6 (75.00%) Perforce
2 6 (75.00%) Java
2 6 (75.00%) WebSphere
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Mercurial
2 6 (75.00%) Analytics
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (50.00%) Operations Research
4 2 (25.00%) Twitter
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (12.50%) Usability Testing

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) WebLogic
1 6 (75.00%) Apache
1 6 (75.00%) Tomcat
1 6 (75.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (75.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) ClearCase
1 6 (75.00%) Mercurial
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Consultant
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Financials Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Financials Functional Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Configuration Management
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Operations Research
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Usability Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 6 (75.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
2 6 (75.00%) JBoss
2 6 (75.00%) Perforce
3 2 (25.00%) Twitter