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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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 67 | 50 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing R | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | 1.05% | 1.36% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.86% | 5.56% | - |
| 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 | £536 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.76% | -8.92% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.97 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £21.68 | £21.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £23.71 | £22.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.37% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £25.09 | £23.75 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £25.41 | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £26.46 | £28.50 | £35.32 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.17% | -19.30% | +17.72% |
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 | 185 | 162 | 184 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 21.54% | 24.51% | 24.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 129 | 115 | 141 |
| 10th Percentile | £314 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £356 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.12% | -5.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £530 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £543 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.57% | -1.32% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.84 | £13.75 | £19.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.84 | £15.00 | £26.02 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.71 | £17.71 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.87% | -66.58% | +33.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.72 | £21.04 | £54.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £56.69 | £22.67 | £60.20 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £62.18 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.54% | -1.04% |
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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 9 December 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 | 7 | - | - | 11 |
| Northamptonshire | -14 | 2 | £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: