R
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 18 March 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 18 Mar 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 361 | 445 | 357 |
Rank change year-on-year | +84 | -88 | -59 |
Contract jobs citing R | 230 | 333 | 698 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.52% | 0.52% | 0.78% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.78% | 1.44% | 2.10% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 162 | 212 | 469 |
10th Percentile | £313 | £289 | £313 |
25th Percentile | £388 | £428 | £413 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £550 | £525 |
Median % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £644 | £619 |
90th Percentile | £763 | £738 | £700 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £431 | £475 |
% change year-on-year | -7.25% | -9.21% | +10.14% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 21 | 41 |
10th Percentile | £25.36 | £19.25 | £19.35 |
25th Percentile | £25.47 | £20.47 | £19.52 |
Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £50.00 | £37.50 |
Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +33.33% | +50.00% |
75th Percentile | £47.50 | £75.00 | £58.75 |
90th Percentile | £52.00 | - | £65.54 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.55 | £22.16 | £19.52 |
% change year-on-year | +6.25% | +13.52% | -16.69% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,907 | 23,196 | 33,168 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.06% | 36.12% | 36.99% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,141 | 16,731 | 24,223 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £378 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +12.82% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £744 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £500 | £475 |
% change year-on-year | -2.70% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 486 | 494 | 477 |
10th Percentile | £30.63 | £26.25 | £20.00 |
25th Percentile | £46.20 | £48.88 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +25.00% | +14.94% |
75th Percentile | £67.29 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
90th Percentile | £74.10 | £75.00 | £70.54 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £61.60 | £65.00 | £48.87 |
% change year-on-year | -5.23% | +33.01% | +14.99% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 18 March 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R over the 6 months to 18 March 2024.
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Top 14 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the UK over the 6 months to 18 March 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 |
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England | +59 | 192 | £541 | -1.68% | 379 |
London | +84 | 125 | £575 | -4.17% | 198 |
Work from Home | +126 | 108 | £575 | +7.48% | 115 |
UK excluding London | +6 | 56 | £400 | -7.25% | 197 |
Midlands | +51 | 12 | £550 | +4.76% | 41 |
South East | +4 | 12 | £350 | -33.33% | 45 |
East of England | +12 | 11 | £400 | +70.21% | 24 |
West Midlands | +40 | 9 | £550 | +15.79% | 26 |
South West | +25 | 7 | £600 | +26.32% | 22 |
North West | +14 | 7 | £425 | -22.73% | 26 |
North of England | +7 | 7 | £425 | -15.00% | 49 |
Scotland | +28 | 5 | £170 | -51.43% | 10 |
East Midlands | +23 | 3 | £375 | -37.50% | 15 |
Wales | +15 | 2 | £170 | -53.10% | 9 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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