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England > East Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 73 | 56 | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | +9 | +26 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | 0.56% | 1.23% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.42% | 4.59% | 0.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £289 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £295 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £340 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.29% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £388 | £356 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £384 | - |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -9.52% | -12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £22.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £37.50 | £22.00 | £35.63 |
| % change year-on-year | +70.45% | -38.25% | +17.79% |
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
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 East Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 207 | 196 | 206 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 23.34% | 26.81% | 26.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 162 | 133 | 157 |
| 10th Percentile | £279 | £308 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £356 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £420 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.18% | -5.56% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £484 | £500 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | £574 | £525 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £540 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.09% | -1.82% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.46 | - | £20.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.88 | £21.25 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.92 | £22.50 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +64.09% | -57.55% | +169.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.96 | £23.75 | £55.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.38 | - | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £64.00 | £62.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.95% | +3.23% | -0.80% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing R.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing R.
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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire | -5 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| Northamptonshire | -21 | 1 | £375 | +17.74% | 6 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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: