The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited R over the 3 months to 24 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank 414 546 511
Rank change year-on-year
+132 -35
Permanent jobs citing R 172 90 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.393% 0.168% 0.240%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.734% 0.310% 0.439%
Number of salaries quoted 107 83 85
Average salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.16% -
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £40,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £87,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +30.76%
All Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
23444 29032 31633
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 53.61% 54.13% 54.54%
Number of salaries quoted 20129 25775 27093
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
R
England

R
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London R Jobs Demand Trend

R
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing R across the London region.

London R Salary Trend

R
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing R across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London R Salary Histogram

R
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +5 31 £60,000 -4.00%
R
England

R
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited R.

1 134 (43.51%) SQL
2 123 (39.94%) Finance
3 120 (38.96%) Analytics
4 115 (37.34%) Java
5 108 (35.06%) Degree
6 88 (28.57%) MATLAB
6 88 (28.57%) SAS
7 87 (28.25%) C#
8 82 (26.62%) Mathematics
9 71 (23.05%) Python
10 66 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
11 65 (21.10%) Data Mining
11 65 (21.10%) C++
12 63 (20.45%) SPSS
13 62 (20.13%) Computer Science
14 59 (19.16%) Hadoop
15 57 (18.51%) OO
16 56 (18.18%) Statistics
17 52 (16.88%) Marketing
17 52 (16.88%) C
17 52 (16.88%) Big Data
18 51 (16.56%) HTML
19 49 (15.91%) VBA
19 49 (15.91%) Ruby
20 47 (15.26%) CSS
21 43 (13.96%) PhD
22 42 (13.64%) SQL Server
22 42 (13.64%) Google
22 42 (13.64%) Visualisation
23 39 (12.66%) Oracle

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 IT job ads sampled that cited R. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 51 (16.56%) HTML
2 47 (15.26%) CSS
3 38 (12.34%) Ruby on Rails
4 37 (12.01%) Node.js
5 30 (9.740%) .NET
6 18 (5.844%) Spring
7 11 (3.571%) ASP.NET
7 11 (3.571%) Web Services
8 9 (2.922%) SAP XI
9 8 (2.597%) Lucene
9 8 (2.597%) Hibernate
10 7 (2.273%) WebSphere
10 7 (2.273%) jQuery
11 6 (1.948%) JSR 170
11 6 (1.948%) Spring MVC
11 6 (1.948%) ASP
12 5 (1.623%) OpenMP
12 5 (1.623%) .NET Framework
12 5 (1.623%) SOAP
12 5 (1.623%) Django
Application Platforms
1 88 (28.57%) SAS
2 39 (12.66%) Apache Pig
3 8 (2.597%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.273%) Mathematica
4 7 (2.273%) Apache
4 7 (2.273%) Apache Solr
5 6 (1.948%) CMS
6 4 (1.299%) Windows Azure
7 3 (0.974%) TIBCO EMS
8 1 (0.325%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (0.325%) Mule
Applications
1 63 (20.45%) SPSS
2 35 (11.36%) MS Excel
3 19 (6.169%) Stata
4 14 (4.545%) S-PLUS
5 13 (4.221%) Weka
6 3 (0.974%) MS Office
7 2 (0.649%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.649%) MS Project
8 1 (0.325%) InDesign
8 1 (0.325%) Maple
8 1 (0.325%) FastStats
8 1 (0.325%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.325%) EViews
Business Applications
1 7 (2.273%) HFM
1 7 (2.273%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (2.273%) Hyperion Planning
2 2 (0.649%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.649%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.325%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.571%) Internet
2 8 (2.597%) Broadband
3 5 (1.623%) HTTP
4 4 (1.299%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.299%) LAN
4 4 (1.299%) WLAN
4 4 (1.299%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.299%) 802.11
5 2 (0.649%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (21.10%) Data Mining
2 59 (19.16%) Hadoop
3 52 (16.88%) Big Data
4 42 (13.64%) SQL Server
5 32 (10.39%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (7.792%) QlikView
7 14 (4.545%) Apache Hive
8 13 (4.221%) MS Access
8 13 (4.221%) OLAP
9 11 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (3.571%) Crystal Reports
9 11 (3.571%) BusinessObjects XI
10 10 (3.247%) Mahout
10 10 (3.247%) KDB
10 10 (3.247%) Apache Cassandra
10 10 (3.247%) BusinessObjects
10 10 (3.247%) Star Schema
10 10 (3.247%) SAP BW
10 10 (3.247%) BODI
10 10 (3.247%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.948%) Team Foundation Server
1 6 (1.948%) JIRA
2 4 (1.299%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.649%) ERwin
4 1 (0.325%) Git (software)
General
1 123 (39.94%) Finance
2 52 (16.88%) Marketing
3 21 (6.818%) Banking
4 9 (2.922%) Games
4 9 (2.922%) Legal
4 9 (2.922%) Publishing
4 9 (2.922%) Front Office
4 9 (2.922%) Financial Institution
5 7 (2.273%) Retail
6 5 (1.623%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.299%) Electronics
7 4 (1.299%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.299%) Advertising
8 3 (0.974%) French Language
9 2 (0.649%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.325%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.325%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.325%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 111 (36.04%) Analyst
2 93 (30.19%) Developer
3 41 (13.31%) Web Developer
4 35 (11.36%) Data Analyst
5 32 (10.39%) Ruby on Rails Developer
6 31 (10.06%) Data Scientist
7 25 (8.117%) Quantitative Analyst
8 20 (6.494%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (5.844%) Consultant
10 14 (4.545%) MI Analyst
11 13 (4.221%) Architect
12 12 (3.896%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.571%) Quantitative Developer
13 11 (3.571%) Business Developer
14 10 (3.247%) Graduate
14 10 (3.247%) Junior
14 10 (3.247%) Junior Analyst
14 10 (3.247%) Business Objects Developer
14 10 (3.247%) C# Developer
14 10 (3.247%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 82 (26.62%) Mathematics
2 62 (20.13%) Computer Science
3 56 (18.18%) Statistics
4 42 (13.64%) Visualisation
5 25 (8.117%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 23 (7.468%) Hedge funds
7 20 (6.494%) Economics
8 16 (5.195%) Equities
9 13 (4.221%) Machine Learning
9 13 (4.221%) Social Network
9 13 (4.221%) Credit Risk
10 11 (3.571%) Derivative
11 10 (3.247%) Physics
12 9 (2.922%) Data Integration
13 8 (2.597%) Open Source
13 8 (2.597%) Management Information System
13 8 (2.597%) Fixed Income
14 7 (2.273%) Grid Computing
14 7 (2.273%) Reference Data
14 7 (2.273%) Oracle Exalogic
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.195%) Linux
2 10 (3.247%) UNIX
3 6 (1.948%) Windows
4 5 (1.623%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.623%) Android
5 1 (0.325%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (38.96%) Analytics
2 66 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
3 57 (18.51%) OO
4 38 (12.34%) Web Development
5 36 (11.69%) Risk Management
6 30 (9.740%) Data Management
6 30 (9.740%) Data Analysis
7 25 (8.117%) ETL
8 21 (6.818%) Agile Software Development
9 19 (6.169%) Master Data Management
10 18 (5.844%) Data Cleansing
10 18 (5.844%) B2B
11 17 (5.519%) E-Commerce
12 15 (4.870%) Information Management
12 15 (4.870%) Stress Testing
12 15 (4.870%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (4.545%) Unit Testing
14 13 (4.221%) CHAID
14 13 (4.221%) Customer Insight
14 13 (4.221%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 134 (43.51%) SQL
2 115 (37.34%) Java
3 88 (28.57%) MATLAB
4 87 (28.25%) C#
5 71 (23.05%) Python
6 65 (21.10%) C++
7 52 (16.88%) C
8 49 (15.91%) VBA
8 49 (15.91%) Ruby
9 39 (12.66%) PHP
10 38 (12.34%) Clojure
11 24 (7.792%) Perl
12 19 (6.169%) VB
13 12 (3.896%) PL/SQL
14 11 (3.571%) JavaScript
14 11 (3.571%) T-SQL
15 4 (1.299%) F#
15 4 (1.299%) Scala
16 3 (0.974%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.325%) XAML
Qualifications
1 108 (35.06%) Degree
2 43 (13.96%) PhD
3 4 (1.299%) Postgraduate
4 3 (0.974%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.273%) QA
2 5 (1.623%) MiFID
2 5 (1.623%) Basel III
3 4 (1.299%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.649%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (1.948%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 42 (13.64%) Google
2 39 (12.66%) Oracle
3 37 (12.01%) Business Objects
4 19 (6.169%) Tableau
5 13 (4.221%) Hyperion
5 13 (4.221%) Informatica
5 13 (4.221%) hybris
6 12 (3.896%) Reuters
7 11 (3.571%) Sybase
8 10 (3.247%) SAP
9 9 (2.922%) Minitab
9 9 (2.922%) Microsoft
10 8 (2.597%) Endeca
11 7 (2.273%) Teradata
11 7 (2.273%) ATG
12 6 (1.948%) Cadis
12 6 (1.948%) HP
12 6 (1.948%) Blue Martini
13 5 (1.623%) TIBCO
14 4 (1.299%) Unica
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Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
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Posted: 22 May 2013
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