R
South West > Bristol
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 | 71 | 96 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | +25 | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol | 1.49% | 0.28% | 0.40% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.57% | 1.17% | 1.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £330 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | - | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -5.26% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | - | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £610 |
| South West median daily rate | £670 | £525 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.62% | +10.53% | +4.97% |
All Programming Languages
Bristol
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 Bristol.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 175 | 256 | 396 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol | 32.59% | 24.22% | 31.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 98 | 140 | 271 |
| 10th Percentile | £336 | £300 | £358 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £325 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.44% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £524 | £541 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £621 | £639 | £675 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +2.44% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 75 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.25 | £52.50 | £54.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.50 | £70.00 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +6.87% | +0.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | - | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £85.00 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £67.50 | £67.25 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.37% | +3.46% | +6.12% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in Bristol.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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: