The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited R over the 3 months to 17 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 Wiltshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing R 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.121% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.425% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £378 £625
% change year-on-year
-3.97% -39.60%
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
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
146 199 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 32.74% 31.49% 31.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 117 79
Average daily rate £325 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £213 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 13
Average hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.48 £23.88 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
R
South West

R
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire R Daily Rate Trend

R
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing R across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire R Daily Rate Histogram

R
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Swindon - 3 £450 -
R
South West

R
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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%) C++
1 7 (87.50%) Mathematics
2 5 (62.50%) Statistics
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Monte Carlo Method
3 4 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Big Data
4 3 (37.50%) Mathematica
4 3 (37.50%) Data Management
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) SAS
4 3 (37.50%) SPSS
4 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (12.50%) Military
5 1 (12.50%) DNA
5 1 (12.50%) Information Management
5 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) C

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SAS
1 3 (37.50%) Mathematica
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Big Data
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Statistician
2 3 (37.50%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Mathematics
2 5 (62.50%) Statistics
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 4 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Information Management
3 1 (12.50%) DNA
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
3 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared