R Contract Job Trends in the East of England

R
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 64 106
Rank change year-on-year -44 +42 +1
Contract jobs citing R 7 16 10
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.34% 1.69% 0.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.60% 6.72% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 10
10th Percentile - £442 £293
25th Percentile £406 £597 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £650 £388
Median % change year-on-year -36.54% +67.74% +29.17%
75th Percentile £419 £675 £575
90th Percentile - - £581
England median daily rate £510 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.80% -0.77%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 437 238 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.94% 25.21% 23.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 130 200
10th Percentile £320 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £548 £563
90th Percentile £688 £675 £639
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 59 140
10th Percentile £55.00 £34.33 £52.50
25th Percentile £62.97 £59.00 £59.69
Median hourly rate £68.21 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £91.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -4.00%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

R job vacancy trend in the East of England

R
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing R.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing R

R
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing R.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing R

R
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire +4 7 £413 - 5
R
England

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
General
1 6 (85.71%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) CRISPR
2 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Bioinformatics
1 6 (85.71%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (14.29%) Data Collection
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft