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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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 69 | 54 | 66 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | +12 | +26 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | 0.57% | 1.29% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.54% | 4.92% | 0.51% |
| 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 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | -12.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £22.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £37.50 | £24.00 | £40.32 |
| % change year-on-year | +56.25% | -40.47% | +33.27% |
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 | 197 | 183 | 198 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 22.29% | 26.26% | 25.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 146 | 122 | 153 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £310 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £364 | £356 | £393 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.03% | -5.53% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £489 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £603 | £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 | 2 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.46 | £13.75 | £19.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.88 | £15.00 | £43.64 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.92 | £17.71 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +108.47% | -66.58% | +169.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.96 | £21.04 | £54.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.38 | £22.67 | £60.20 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £60.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.44% | -3.20% |
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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 24 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 | -7 | 4 | - | - | 13 |
| Northamptonshire | -19 | 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: