The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited R over the 3 months to 22 May 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 West Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank - 109 -
Contract jobs citing R 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.044% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.129% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £34.13 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year
-14.68% -6.97%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
518 777 595
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.89% 34.00% 32.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 394 306
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 30 30
Average hourly rate £36.25 £31.00 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.93% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £12.65 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
R
England

R
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands R Daily Rate Trend

R
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Choice Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Choice Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) TIBCO