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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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 65 | 53 | 68 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | +15 | +28 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 0.64% | 1.66% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.39% | 6.25% | 0.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £447 | £358 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.86% | -40.33% | +93.55% |
| 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 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +66.67% | -59.09% | +71.88% |
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 | 209 | 208 | 229 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 26.83% | 26.56% | 26.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 174 | 146 | 174 |
| 10th Percentile | £270 | £310 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £360 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £445 | £474 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.30% | -6.07% | +1.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | £509 | £547 |
| 90th Percentile | £546 | £588 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.82% | - | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £51.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £21.25 | £51.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.00 | £22.50 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.56% | -57.55% | +51.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.50 | £23.75 | £62.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £63.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +3.17% | +10.18% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all 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 16 September 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 | - | - | 7 |
| Northamptonshire | -25 | 1 | £447 | +25.56% | 4 |
| R England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: