R Contracts in Wales

R
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 62 57
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 -17
Contract jobs citing R 3 1 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.82% 0.16% 2.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.78% 0.70% 6.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 17
10th Percentile £385 - £413
25th Percentile £393 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.35% +9.52% +33.33%
75th Percentile £497 £588 £538
90th Percentile £544 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £18.09
Median hourly rate - - £19.91
75th Percentile - - £20.33
90th Percentile - - £20.58
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £68.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% +81.33% +44.23%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 108 143 296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.43% 23.40% 30.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 110 214
10th Percentile £350 £374 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +21.39%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £615
90th Percentile £588 £664 £688
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £15.38 £17.18 £18.09
25th Percentile £15.66 £17.48 £19.91
Median hourly rate £18.14 £18.82 £20.33
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% -7.45% -19.49%
75th Percentile £21.29 £19.81 £23.94
90th Percentile £22.77 £19.91 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +16.63%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for R in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for R in Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in Wales over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for R in Wales

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for R in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 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
South Wales - 3 £412 - 10
R
UK

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Matching
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree