R
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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 50 | 65 | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +15 | +7 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.58% | 0.26% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.38% | 1.09% | 0.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £231 |
| 25th Percentile | £254 | - | £280 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £258 | - | £374 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -34.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £261 | - | £481 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £537 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £419 | £550 | £374 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.86% | +47.06% | -29.37% |
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 | 183 | 217 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 24.32% | 23.67% | 24.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 88 | 135 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £307 | £259 | £304 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £313 | £383 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £425 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.12% | -15.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £674 |
| 90th Percentile | £696 | £654 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £460 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.22% | -10.00% | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £40.20 | £21.70 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £40.50 | £24.31 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | £33.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +64.74% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £56.25 | £75.63 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £98.50 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £50.00 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +96.13% | -49.45% |
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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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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: