Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 13 April 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 13 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

R
UK > England
6 months to
13 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 269 269 337
Rank change year-on-year 0 +68 -35
Contract jobs citing R 386 510 671
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 0.95% 0.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.25% 2.31% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 355 375
10th Percentile £325 £366 £353
25th Percentile £413 £429 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +1.94% -1.90%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £603
90th Percentile £675 £750 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £505
% change year-on-year - +3.96% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 2
10th Percentile £18.10 £20.87 £24.39
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.00 £25.74
Median hourly rate £26.50 £31.75 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% +8.57% +16.98%
75th Percentile £43.00 £40.00 £34.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £54.18 £36.10
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £31.75 £29.25
% change year-on-year -16.54% +8.57% +25.78%

R is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
England
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 17,124 22,049 38,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.08% 40.95% 43.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,227 15,680 27,331
10th Percentile £320 £325 £325
25th Percentile £404 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £658 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £475
% change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 408 552
10th Percentile £17.19 £17.43 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.92 £26.25
Median hourly rate £42.25 £44.00 £42.63
Median % change year-on-year -3.98% +3.23% +6.56%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £49.30
90th Percentile £58.75 £57.50 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £43.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -2.30% +2.35% +6.25%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for R in England

R
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in England.

Daily rate trend for R in England

R
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in England over the 6 months to 13 April 2021.

Daily rate histogram for R in England

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in England.

Hourly rate trend for R in England

R
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R in England over the 6 months to 13 April 2021.

Hourly rate histogram for R in England

R
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 13 April 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
London -42 232 £550 - 72
North of England +63 34 £425 -5.56% 13
South West +48 32 £640 +38.38% 6
South East +51 31 £530 +11.58% 18
Yorkshire +43 19 £525 +16.67% 5
North West +31 15 £413 -21.43% 7
East of England +41 10 £329 -45.21% 11
Midlands +19 10 £425 - 11
West Midlands +13 6 £438 +2.94% 7
East Midlands +29 4 £310 -31.11% 4
R
UK

For the 6 months to 13 April 2021, IT contractor jobs citing R also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for R.

1 303 (78.50%) Python
2 214 (55.44%) SQL
3 159 (41.19%) Analytics
4 139 (36.01%) Data Science
5 127 (32.90%) Analytical Skills
6 122 (31.61%) Machine Learning
7 112 (29.02%) Agile Software Development
8 109 (28.24%) Visualisation
9 98 (25.39%) Finance
10 95 (24.61%) Azure
11 94 (24.35%) AWS
12 77 (19.95%) Statistics
13 70 (18.13%) Business Intelligence
14 64 (16.58%) Data Modelling
15 63 (16.32%) Data Analysis
16 62 (16.06%) SAS
16 62 (16.06%) Java
17 61 (15.80%) Security Cleared
18 60 (15.54%) Apache Spark
19 57 (14.77%) Mathematics
19 57 (14.77%) Data Visualisation
20 54 (13.99%) Computer Science
21 53 (13.73%) Degree
21 53 (13.73%) Tableau
22 52 (13.47%) SC Cleared
23 51 (13.21%) Data Management
24 48 (12.44%) Software Engineering
25 47 (12.18%) Data Analytics
26 46 (11.92%) Data Engineering
27 45 (11.66%) Power BI

R
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 62 (16.06%) SAS
2 60 (15.54%) Apache Spark
3 14 (3.63%) Apache
4 13 (3.37%) Confluence
5 10 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.33%) Jupyter
7 7 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.52%) Apache Synapse
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (7.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.11%) SPSS
3 7 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (1.81%) Stata
4 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.52%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 95 (24.61%) Azure
2 94 (24.35%) AWS
3 45 (11.66%) Power Platform
4 44 (11.40%) GCP
5 18 (4.66%) Amazon S3
6 12 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (3.11%) Amazon EMR
7 7 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (1.81%) Serverless
8 6 (1.55%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (1.55%) Amazon Glacier
8 6 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.55%) GitHub
9 5 (1.30%) Amazon Kinesis
9 5 (1.30%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.78%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 3 (0.78%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (0.78%) AWS Step Functions
10 3 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.55%) Network Security
2 4 (1.04%) 2G
2 4 (1.04%) 3G
2 4 (1.04%) 4G
2 4 (1.04%) 5G
2 4 (1.04%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (0.78%) BIG-IP
3 3 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (0.78%) H.323
3 3 (0.78%) MGCP
3 3 (0.78%) NX-OS
3 3 (0.78%) Sourcefire
3 3 (0.78%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.78%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.78%) VoIP
3 3 (0.78%) Wireless
4 2 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.73%) Tableau
2 45 (11.66%) Power BI
3 43 (11.14%) Data Mining
4 42 (10.88%) Big Data
5 37 (9.59%) SQL Server
6 35 (9.07%) Relational Database
7 33 (8.55%) Hadoop
8 28 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
9 25 (6.48%) NoSQL
10 20 (5.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (4.40%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (4.15%) Amazon Athena
14 15 (3.89%) Apache Hive
14 15 (3.89%) MySQL
15 12 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (3.11%) SAS Data Integration Studio
16 9 (2.33%) Data Lake
17 8 (2.07%) HBase
17 8 (2.07%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 23 (5.96%) JIRA
2 20 (5.18%) Git (software)
3 16 (4.15%) RStudio
4 10 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.30%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.04%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.78%) ERwin
7 3 (0.78%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.78%) Maven
7 3 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.78%) Subversion
8 2 (0.52%) MLflow
8 2 (0.52%) Selenium
8 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.52%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.26%) FishEye
9 1 (0.26%) JProfiler
9 1 (0.26%) TestNG
General
1 98 (25.39%) Finance
2 42 (10.88%) Public Sector
3 34 (8.81%) Marketing
4 32 (8.29%) Front Office
5 18 (4.66%) Pharmaceutical
6 15 (3.89%) Retail
7 12 (3.11%) Banking
8 8 (2.07%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.55%) Games
9 6 (1.55%) Multimedia
10 5 (1.30%) Local Government
11 3 (0.78%) Electronics
11 3 (0.78%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.52%) Legal
13 1 (0.26%) Advertising
13 1 (0.26%) Automotive
13 1 (0.26%) Law
13 1 (0.26%) Publishing
13 1 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (24.09%) Data Scientist
2 78 (20.21%) Analyst
2 78 (20.21%) Developer
3 58 (15.03%) Data Analyst
4 49 (12.69%) Data Engineer
5 31 (8.03%) Senior Data Scientist
6 29 (7.51%) Python Developer
7 27 (6.99%) JavaScript Developer
8 26 (6.74%) Front Office Developer
9 18 (4.66%) Architect
10 15 (3.89%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (3.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 13 (3.37%) Programmer
12 12 (3.11%) Data Architect
13 9 (2.33%) SQL Analyst
14 8 (2.07%) Consultant
14 8 (2.07%) Data Manager
14 8 (2.07%) SAS Analyst
14 8 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
14 8 (2.07%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.10%) Shiny
2 33 (8.55%) Web Services
3 30 (7.77%) AngularJS
4 28 (7.25%) React
5 26 (6.74%) Vue.js
6 23 (5.96%) NumPy
6 23 (5.96%) TensorFlow
7 15 (3.89%) PyTorch
8 14 (3.63%) Keras
9 13 (3.37%) scikit-learn
10 12 (3.11%) Pandas
11 10 (2.59%) Kafka
12 7 (1.81%) Akka
13 6 (1.55%) Natural Language Processing
13 6 (1.55%) Play Framework
13 6 (1.55%) XML
14 5 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
15 4 (1.04%) PySpark
15 4 (1.04%) Spring
16 3 (0.78%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 127 (32.90%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (8.03%) Algorithms
3 27 (6.99%) Derivative
4 26 (6.74%) Equities
4 26 (6.74%) Fixed Income
5 23 (5.96%) Data Structures
6 15 (3.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.85%) NHS
8 9 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.07%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.81%) Lidar
11 6 (1.55%) PlayStation
12 5 (1.30%) Credit Risk
12 5 (1.30%) Market Risk
12 5 (1.30%) Social Media
12 5 (1.30%) Swaptions
13 4 (1.04%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.04%) FMCG
13 4 (1.04%) Life Science
13 4 (1.04%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.37%) Linux
2 6 (1.55%) Unix
3 5 (1.30%) Windows
4 1 (0.26%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (41.19%) Analytics
2 139 (36.01%) Data Science
3 122 (31.61%) Machine Learning
4 112 (29.02%) Agile Software Development
5 109 (28.24%) Visualisation
6 77 (19.95%) Statistics
7 70 (18.13%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (16.58%) Data Modelling
9 63 (16.32%) Data Analysis
10 57 (14.77%) Data Visualisation
10 57 (14.77%) Mathematics
11 54 (13.99%) Computer Science
12 51 (13.21%) Data Management
13 48 (12.44%) Software Engineering
14 47 (12.18%) Data Analytics
15 46 (11.92%) Data Engineering
16 45 (11.66%) ETL
17 40 (10.36%) Decision-Making
18 39 (10.10%) Predictive Modelling
18 39 (10.10%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 303 (78.50%) Python
2 214 (55.44%) SQL
3 62 (16.06%) Java
4 37 (9.59%) JavaScript
5 35 (9.07%) Scala
6 21 (5.44%) MATLAB
7 16 (4.15%) VBA
8 13 (3.37%) C++
9 10 (2.59%) C#
10 9 (2.33%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.81%) Bash Shell
12 5 (1.30%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
13 4 (1.04%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.78%) HiveQL
14 3 (0.78%) Java 8
14 3 (0.78%) Perl
14 3 (0.78%) PHP
14 3 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 61 (15.80%) Security Cleared
2 53 (13.73%) Degree
3 52 (13.47%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.92%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.63%) PhD
6 10 (2.59%) Numerate Degree
7 9 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.04%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.78%) CCNP
10 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.78%) PMP
11 2 (0.52%) CCNA
11 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.26%) CCIE
12 1 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.26%) ISEB
12 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (11.66%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.40%) QA
3 5 (1.30%) CDISC
4 3 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.26%) EMIR
5 1 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 18 (4.66%) Docker
2 6 (1.55%) HDFS
3 3 (0.78%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 17 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.85%) Terraform
3 7 (1.81%) Kibana
4 6 (1.55%) Ansible
5 4 (1.04%) Opscode Chef
6 3 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (0.78%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.78%) Puppet
7 2 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.52%) HP SiteScope
7 2 (0.52%) Salt
7 2 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
8 1 (0.26%) logstash
8 1 (0.26%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 31 (8.03%) Databricks
1 31 (8.03%) Oracle
2 25 (6.48%) Microsoft
3 20 (5.18%) Adobe
4 15 (3.89%) Google
5 12 (3.11%) Salesforce.com
5 12 (3.11%) SAP
5 12 (3.11%) Talend
6 9 (2.33%) IBM
7 6 (1.55%) Alteryx
7 6 (1.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 6 (1.55%) Teradata
8 5 (1.30%) Informatica
9 4 (1.04%) Vertica
10 3 (0.78%) Cisco
10 3 (0.78%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.78%) ExtraHop
10 3 (0.78%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.78%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.78%) Sparx