R Contract Job Trends in the City of London

R
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 118 106
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 +48
Contract jobs citing R 9 5 19
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.44% 0.28% 0.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.43% 0.71% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 12
10th Percentile £283 £505 £376
25th Percentile £423 £569 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £700 £513
Median % change year-on-year -30.11% +36.59% -16.33%
75th Percentile £600 £725 £685
90th Percentile - - £859
Central London median daily rate £489 £700 £513
% change year-on-year -30.11% +36.59% -18.00%

All Programming Languages
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 628 706 762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 30.43% 39.03% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 461 538
10th Percentile £347 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £585 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +1.74% -6.12%
75th Percentile £638 £694 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £568
% change year-on-year -8.70% +1.32% -5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £29.70 - £46.30
25th Percentile £34.50 - £46.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £112.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.82% +133.33% -16.52%
75th Percentile £53.61 - £49.88
90th Percentile £57.28 - £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £76.75 £48.00
% change year-on-year -41.37% +59.90% -16.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

R job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing R.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing R

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for R in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing R.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing R

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Apache Spark
2 2 (22.22%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Power BI
2 4 (44.44%) Tableau
3 3 (33.33%) Looker
3 3 (33.33%) Mixpanel
4 1 (11.11%) Big Data
4 1 (11.11%) Hadoop
4 1 (11.11%) Metadata
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) Econometrician
3 1 (11.11%) Product Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Analytics
2 5 (55.56%) Data Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Machine Learning
2 5 (55.56%) Visualisation
3 4 (44.44%) Dashboard Development
3 4 (44.44%) Data Analytics
3 4 (44.44%) Data Science
3 4 (44.44%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (44.44%) Predictive Modelling
4 3 (33.33%) A/B Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Fintech
4 3 (33.33%) Personalization
4 3 (33.33%) Predictive Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Data Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (77.78%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Amplitude
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow