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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 113 120
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +46
Contract jobs citing R 6 10 19
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.33% 0.49% 0.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.00% 1.37% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 15
10th Percentile £243 £436 £368
25th Percentile £288 £459 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £514 £584 £688
90th Percentile £521 £700 £847
Central London median daily rate £505 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

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 602 730 840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 32.66% 35.52% 33.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 466 604
10th Percentile £356 £404 £400
25th Percentile £432 £477 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £580
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £675 £693 £713
90th Percentile £775 £795 £831
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £600
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £26.00 £51.80 -
25th Percentile £26.31 £74.38 £46.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £112.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.32% +135.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £48.75
90th Percentile £55.63 - -
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £41.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -25.30% -12.63% -17.39%

R
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 26 December 2025.

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 1 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Big Data
2 1 (16.67%) Hadoop
2 1 (16.67%) Metadata
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Econometrician
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Data Science
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Fortran
3 1 (16.67%) Korn
3 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Postgraduate
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow