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West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 47 | 66 | 74 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | +8 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.57% | 0.13% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.38% | 0.54% | 0.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £306 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £366 | - | £198 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -57.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £431 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £465 | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £432 | £550 | £198 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.55% | +177.78% | -61.92% |
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 126 | 186 | 228 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 24.14% | 24.06% | 25.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 87 | 144 | 158 |
| 10th Percentile | £341 | £259 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £310 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £512 | £410 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.88% | -18.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £575 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £650 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £456 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.11% | -13.10% | +14.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £40.20 | £21.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £47.50 | £40.50 | £24.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £55.00 | £33.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +64.74% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £56.25 | £75.63 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £98.50 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £27.50 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +96.13% | +68.59% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in Birmingham.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: