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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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | 50 | 66 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -18 | +16 | +26 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | 0.56% | 1.26% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.45% | 4.69% | 0.48% |
| 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 | £22.50 | £40.32 |
| % change year-on-year | +66.67% | -44.19% | +34.38% |
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 | 204 | 192 | 208 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 23.00% | 26.93% | 25.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 156 | 130 | 158 |
| 10th Percentile | £309 | £310 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £356 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £423 | £425 | £453 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.47% | -6.12% | +0.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £585 | £525 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.65% | -2.27% | -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 | £63.32 | £65.00 | £61.92 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.59% | +4.97% | +0.68% |
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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 17 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 | - | - | 8 |
| Northamptonshire | -20 | 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: