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 citing R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	114	83	82
Rank change year-on-year	-31	-1	+27
Contract jobs citing R	7	16	5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England	0.30%	1.13%	0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category	1.51%	3.88%	1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	9	0
10^th Percentile	-	£490	-
25^th Percentile	£406	£503	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£413	£575	-
Median % change year-on-year	-28.26%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£419	£662	-
90^th Percentile	-	£686	-
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£470
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	+6.38%	-10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	£16.38
25^th Percentile	£51.50	-	£16.99
Median hourly rate	£53.00	-	£17.99
75^th Percentile	£54.50	-	£19.00
90^th Percentile	-	-	£19.60
England median hourly rate	£53.00	£37.50	£22.00
% change year-on-year	+41.33%	+70.45%	-51.11%

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 citing coding skills in the East of England.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills	463	412	322
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England	19.66%	29.03%	24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	185	174	145
10^th Percentile	£347	£307	£290
25^th Percentile	£405	£413	£325
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£510	£500	£420
Median % change year-on-year	+2.00%	+19.05%	-16.00%
75^th Percentile	£600	£575	£550
90^th Percentile	£675	£662	£588
England median daily rate	£525	£513	£540
% change year-on-year	+2.44%	-5.09%	-1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted	119	80	56
10^th Percentile	£50.45	£40.60	£46.88
25^th Percentile	£65.00	£54.08	£56.80
Median hourly rate	£70.00	£65.00	£65.00
Median % change year-on-year	+7.69%	-	-5.80%
75^th Percentile	£75.00	£70.94	£67.50
90^th Percentile	£85.00	£77.75	£95.00
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£62.50	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	+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 Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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.

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 3 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cambridgeshire	+1	3	£413	-	7
Bedfordshire	+2	2	-	-	4
Hertfordshire	-24	2	-	-	9
R England

R Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing R also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region citing R.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	100.0%	7
2	Degree	71.4%	5
2	Master's Degree	71.4%	5
4	Continuous Improvement	57.1%	4
4	Data Analysis	57.1%	4
4	Data Science	57.1%	4
4	SAS	57.1%	4
8	Bioinformatics	42.9%	3
8	Decision-Making	42.9%	3
8	Statistics	42.9%	3
11	Adaptive Web Design	28.6%	2
11	Biostatistics	28.6%	2
11	CDISC	28.6%	2
11	Clinical Data Management	28.6%	2
11	Data Collection	28.6%	2
11	Data Management	28.6%	2
11	Data Quality	28.6%	2
11	Experimental Design	28.6%	2
11	Market Surveillance	28.6%	2
11	Mathematics	28.6%	2
11	Numerate Degree	28.6%	2
11	PhD	28.6%	2
11	Problem-Solving	28.6%	2
11	Project Planning	28.6%	2
11	Statistical Analysis	28.6%	2
11	Statistical Modelling	28.6%	2
11	Transcriptomics	28.6%	2
11	Validation	28.6%	2
11	Verification and Validation	28.6%	2
11	Visualisation	28.6%	2

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	100.0%	7