R
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 98 | 98 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +26 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire | 0.68% | 0.33% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.99% | 1.26% | 1.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £483 | - | £536 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | - | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £500 | £615 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -18.70% | +45.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £525 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £540 | £635 |
| South East median daily rate | £588 | £513 | £615 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.63% | -16.67% | +44.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £28.50 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | - | £28.50 | £48.75 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -41.54% | +128.71% |
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Berkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 335 | 398 | 351 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 22.64% | 25.88% | 20.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 216 | 242 | 255 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £390 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | £582 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.85% | +5.82% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £573 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £619 | £675 | £688 |
| South East median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.65% | -4.71% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.25 | £50.25 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £70.00 | £55.87 | £48.40 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £63.75 | £54.56 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.66% | +16.83% | -0.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £82.00 | £69.69 | £58.48 |
| 90th Percentile | £84.40 | £77.39 | £66.36 |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | £57.40 | £57.32 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +0.13% | -4.47% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing R.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing R.
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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | +18 | 8 | £588 | +17.50% | 3 |
| Wokingham | - | 2 | £475 | - | |
| R South East |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: