The first table below looks at the demand for R skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
R
Rank 171 - 152
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing R 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.054% - 0.034%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.099% - 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £28,100
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +30.76%
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2025 1733 1601
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 54.82% 53.74% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1663 1553 1394
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
R
Yorkshire

R
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Wakefield - 2 £32,500 -
R
Yorkshire

R
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) PhD
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Grid Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 2 (100.00%) jBPM
1 2 (100.00%) Ontologies

R
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) jBPM
General
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Grid Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Ontologies
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PhD
West Yorkshire
The role is for a Forecasting Modelling Analyst who is proficient in the use of statistical software packages that may include SAS, Matlab, R, SPSS or Excel, for...
Harnham
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013