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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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 71 | 51 | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -20 | +14 | +28 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | 0.47% | 1.71% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.87% | 6.31% | 0.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £358 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -40.33% | - |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -14.29% | -12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £22.50 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £37.50 | £21.50 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +74.42% | -52.22% | +50.00% |
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 | 214 | 206 | 215 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 25.27% | 27.03% | 25.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 170 | 142 | 160 |
| 10th Percentile | £270 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £356 | £377 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £425 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.94% | -10.53% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £484 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £550 | £537 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £543 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.53% | -1.36% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £51.25 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £21.25 | £51.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.84 | £22.50 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.49% | -57.55% | +169.51% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £23.75 | £59.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.50 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | - |
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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 19 October 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 | +1 | 4 | - | - | 4 |
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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: