The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited R over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank 94 91 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs citing R 5 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.388% 0.267% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.708% 0.475% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
Average salary £28,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £44,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -4.86%
All Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
706 631 672
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 54.77% 56.19% 57.34%
Number of salaries quoted 640 569 619
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
R
UK

R
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Wales region.

Wales R Salary Trend

R
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing R across the Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South Wales - 5 £28,000 -
R
UK

R
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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 6 (100.00%) SAS
2 5 (83.33%) SPSS
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Statistical Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Logistic Regression
2 5 (83.33%) Open Source
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Advertising
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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 6 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) SPSS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Data Modeller
2 2 (33.33%) Statistician
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Open Source
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
1 5 (83.33%) Statistical Analysis
1 5 (83.33%) Logistic Regression
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
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