The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited R over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing R 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.474% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.832% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £28,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £35,750
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +18.88%
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
601 516 498
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 56.97% 52.92% 55.89%
Number of salaries quoted 553 446 466
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
R
Wales

R
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales R Salary Trend

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff - 4 £27,250 -
R
Wales

R
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 7 (100.00%) SAS
1 7 (100.00%) SPSS
1 7 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Logistic Regression
1 7 (100.00%) Open Source
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Statistics

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (100.00%) SPSS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Data Modeller
2 4 (57.14%) Statistician
3 1 (14.29%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Open Source
2 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 7 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Logistic Regression
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL