Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 13 November 2018

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 November 2018 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 Nov 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 377 360 410
Rank change year-on-year -17 +50 +153
Contract jobs citing R 627 662 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 0.66% 0.70% 0.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.47% 1.67% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 468 383
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
10th Percentile £325 £330 £301
90th Percentile £688 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 22 10
England median hourly rate £45.00 £24.75 £24.27
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +81.82% +2.00% +19.74%
10th Percentile £19.40 £19.34 £16.16
90th Percentile £89.15 £43.00 £58.38
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £24.75 £21.03
% change year-on-year -5.05% +17.69% +3.77%

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 42,703 39,703 39,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.04% 42.27% 40.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 30,386 27,950 27,303
England median daily rate £475 £450 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +3.66%
10th Percentile £320 £310 £285
90th Percentile £650 £638 £588
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 628 754 815
England median hourly rate £42.19 £40.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +5.48% +6.67% +1.35%
10th Percentile £17.22 £16.43 £14.46
90th Percentile £52.50 £52.50 £52.22
UK median hourly rate £41.53 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +3.83% +6.67% +1.35%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for R in England

R
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing R in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for R in England

R
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing R in England over the 6 months to 13 November 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for R in England

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing R in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for R in England

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing R in England over the 6 months to 13 November 2018.

Contractor 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 November 2018. 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 -11 417 £525 - 123
South East +30 94 £513 +20.59% 27
North of England -6 45 £475 +11.76% 24
South West -14 38 £400 -15.79% 10
Yorkshire +8 23 £475 +11.76% 8
Midlands -49 21 £350 -22.22% 19
West Midlands -46 15 £350 -22.22% 12
North West -12 13 £455 -13.33% 13
East of England -34 11 £394 -28.41% 13
North East +8 9 £650 +52.94% 3
East Midlands -2 6 £700 +39.86% 7
R
UK

For the 6 months to 13 November 2018, 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.

1 471 (75.12%) Python
2 352 (56.14%) SQL
3 275 (43.86%) Analytics
3 275 (43.86%) Data Science
4 182 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
5 177 (28.23%) Machine Learning
6 175 (27.91%) Big Data
7 170 (27.11%) Finance
8 160 (25.52%) Hadoop
9 144 (22.97%) SAS
10 142 (22.65%) Agile Software Development
11 140 (22.33%) Visualisation
12 132 (21.05%) Apache Spark
13 127 (20.26%) Business Intelligence
13 127 (20.26%) Degree
14 122 (19.46%) Mathematics
14 122 (19.46%) Java
15 104 (16.59%) Tableau
16 103 (16.43%) Statistics
16 103 (16.43%) Amazon AWS
17 102 (16.27%) Microsoft Azure
18 98 (15.63%) Algorithms
19 91 (14.51%) ETL
19 91 (14.51%) MATLAB
20 88 (14.04%) Linux
21 87 (13.88%) Computer Science
22 84 (13.40%) SQL Server
22 84 (13.40%) Microsoft
23 79 (12.60%) Power BI
24 73 (11.64%) Data Analytics

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
1 144 (22.97%) SAS
2 132 (21.05%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.35%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.07%) Apache
4 13 (2.07%) Jupyter
5 10 (1.59%) Apache Pig
6 9 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.28%) Skype for Business
8 7 (1.12%) CMS
8 7 (1.12%) IIS
8 7 (1.12%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.48%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.32%) Confluence
11 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.16%) nginx
11 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (8.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.99%) SPSS
3 11 (1.75%) Chatbot
3 11 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.80%) Stata
5 4 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.48%) Mathematica
6 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.32%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.16%) EViews
8 1 (0.16%) Fireworks
8 1 (0.16%) InVision
8 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (0.48%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.32%) ReMetrica
4 1 (0.16%) Actimize
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) FastStats
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle AML
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 103 (16.43%) Amazon AWS
2 102 (16.27%) Microsoft Azure
3 33 (5.26%) Google Cloud Platform
4 22 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (3.19%) Data Lake Analytics
6 19 (3.03%) Azure Machine Learning
7 18 (2.87%) PaaS
8 17 (2.71%) GitHub
9 15 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (1.91%) Google Analytics
10 12 (1.91%) IaaS
11 11 (1.75%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.28%) Apigee
13 7 (1.12%) Amazon EMR
14 4 (0.64%) SaaS
15 3 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
15 3 (0.48%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.48%) Amazon SageMaker
15 3 (0.48%) Serverless
16 2 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.75%) SSL
2 8 (1.28%) Skype
3 5 (0.80%) Internet
4 3 (0.48%) HTTP
4 3 (0.48%) SNA
4 3 (0.48%) VPN
5 2 (0.32%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.32%) Firewall
5 2 (0.32%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.32%) LAN
5 2 (0.32%) LTE
5 2 (0.32%) SMS
5 2 (0.32%) WAN
5 2 (0.32%) WCDMA
5 2 (0.32%) Wireless
6 1 (0.16%) AMQP
6 1 (0.16%) Broadband
6 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.16%) PBX
6 1 (0.16%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (27.91%) Big Data
2 160 (25.52%) Hadoop
3 84 (13.40%) SQL Server
4 79 (12.60%) Power BI
5 70 (11.16%) Data Warehouse
6 62 (9.89%) Apache Hive
7 61 (9.73%) Relational Database
8 57 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 55 (8.77%) NoSQL
10 50 (7.97%) Data Lake
11 48 (7.66%) Data Mining
12 44 (7.02%) MongoDB
13 35 (5.58%) Impala
14 34 (5.42%) MySQL
15 33 (5.26%) HBase
15 33 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
16 27 (4.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 26 (4.15%) Spotfire
18 25 (3.99%) Apache Cassandra
19 19 (3.03%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 44 (7.02%) Git (software)
2 38 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.51%) JIRA
3 22 (3.51%) RStudio
4 14 (2.23%) Visual Studio
4 14 (2.23%) Visual Studio Team System
5 9 (1.44%) Maven
6 7 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.12%) ReSharper
6 7 (1.12%) Subversion
6 7 (1.12%) Vagrant
7 6 (0.96%) Selenium
8 5 (0.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (0.80%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.80%) Toad
9 4 (0.64%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.48%) Gradle
10 3 (0.48%) PostCSS
10 3 (0.48%) SoapUI
General
1 170 (27.11%) Finance
2 51 (8.13%) Banking
3 46 (7.34%) Marketing
4 43 (6.86%) Retail
5 32 (5.10%) Front Office
6 19 (3.03%) Telecoms
7 11 (1.75%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.59%) Advertising
9 9 (1.44%) Games
9 9 (1.44%) Legal
10 8 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.96%) Electronics
13 5 (0.80%) Publishing
14 4 (0.64%) Law
14 4 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.64%) Social Science
15 3 (0.48%) Back Office
15 3 (0.48%) Retail Finance
16 1 (0.16%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 151 (24.08%) Data Scientist
2 133 (21.21%) Developer
3 104 (16.59%) Analyst
4 69 (11.00%) Data Engineer
5 49 (7.81%) Data Analyst
6 40 (6.38%) Consultant
7 30 (4.78%) Big Data Engineer
8 25 (3.99%) Data Consultant
8 25 (3.99%) Python Engineer
9 24 (3.83%) Architect
9 24 (3.83%) SQL Developer
10 23 (3.67%) Python Developer
11 21 (3.35%) Administrator
11 21 (3.35%) C# Developer
12 19 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
13 18 (2.87%) Senior Data Scientist
14 17 (2.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 17 (2.71%) SQL Analyst
15 16 (2.55%) AWS Engineer
16 15 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (9.57%) Kafka
2 52 (8.29%) HTML
3 49 (7.81%) Natural Language Processing
4 38 (6.06%) .NET
5 35 (5.58%) AngularJS
6 33 (5.26%) HTML5
6 33 (5.26%) TensorFlow
7 26 (4.15%) Node.js
8 25 (3.99%) React
8 25 (3.99%) Web Services
8 25 (3.99%) XML
9 23 (3.67%) RESTful
10 20 (3.19%) Pandas
11 18 (2.87%) CSS
11 18 (2.87%) Keras
11 18 (2.87%) scikit-learn
12 17 (2.71%) ASP.NET
12 17 (2.71%) SOAP
13 15 (2.39%) Theano
14 14 (2.23%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 182 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
2 98 (15.63%) Algorithms
3 87 (13.88%) Computer Science
4 16 (2.55%) Mobile App
5 15 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.75%) Fixed Income
6 11 (1.75%) User Experience
7 10 (1.59%) Credit Risk
7 10 (1.59%) Digital Media
7 10 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.44%) Derivative
8 9 (1.44%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.28%) Equities
9 8 (1.28%) Reference Data
9 8 (1.28%) Taxonomies
10 7 (1.12%) Fintech
10 7 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.12%) Market Risk
11 6 (0.96%) FMCG
11 6 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 88 (14.04%) Linux
2 46 (7.34%) Unix
3 26 (4.15%) Windows
4 13 (2.07%) Ubuntu
5 12 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.28%) CentOS
7 7 (1.12%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) Android
9 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.16%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (43.86%) Analytics
1 275 (43.86%) Data Science
2 177 (28.23%) Machine Learning
3 142 (22.65%) Agile Software Development
4 140 (22.33%) Visualisation
5 127 (20.26%) Business Intelligence
6 122 (19.46%) Mathematics
7 103 (16.43%) Statistics
8 91 (14.51%) ETL
9 73 (11.64%) Data Analytics
9 73 (11.64%) Data Modelling
10 72 (11.48%) Data Visualisation
11 71 (11.32%) Data Analysis
12 67 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
13 57 (9.09%) DevOps
14 55 (8.77%) Artificial Intelligence
15 50 (7.97%) Statistical Analysis
16 45 (7.18%) Statistical Modelling
17 43 (6.86%) Deep Learning
18 41 (6.54%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 471 (75.12%) Python
2 352 (56.14%) SQL
3 122 (19.46%) Java
4 91 (14.51%) MATLAB
5 68 (10.85%) Scala
6 64 (10.21%) C#
7 56 (8.93%) JavaScript
8 34 (5.42%) C++
9 24 (3.83%) VBA
10 22 (3.51%) Bash Shell
11 21 (3.35%) T-SQL
12 19 (3.03%) C
12 19 (3.03%) PHP
13 16 (2.55%) U-SQL
14 14 (2.23%) Perl
15 13 (2.07%) PL/SQL
16 12 (1.91%) PowerShell
16 12 (1.91%) VBScript
17 10 (1.59%) Ruby
18 9 (1.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (20.26%) Degree
2 62 (9.89%) PhD
3 27 (4.31%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
5 19 (3.03%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.23%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.64%) MBA
9 3 (0.48%) OSCP
10 2 (0.32%) MCSA
11 1 (0.16%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) CCIE
11 1 (0.16%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.16%) CCNP
11 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 25 (3.99%) QA
3 15 (2.39%) GDPR
4 10 (1.59%) IFRS
4 10 (1.59%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.16%) CDISC
5 1 (0.16%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.16%) GCP
5 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (7.02%) Docker
2 31 (4.94%) Apache Flume
3 10 (1.59%) HDFS
4 2 (0.32%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (3.83%) Terraform
2 19 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.07%) Puppet
4 12 (1.91%) Ansible
5 8 (1.28%) Opscode Chef
6 6 (0.96%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.48%) Control-M
8 3 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.48%) Kibana
9 1 (0.16%) CASB
9 1 (0.16%) Mesos
9 1 (0.16%) Oozie
9 1 (0.16%) SCCM
9 1 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 104 (16.59%) Tableau
2 84 (13.40%) Microsoft
3 62 (9.89%) Oracle
4 43 (6.86%) Teradata
5 39 (6.22%) Google
6 32 (5.10%) Cloudera
7 31 (4.94%) Informatica
8 30 (4.78%) Alteryx
9 22 (3.51%) Talend
10 21 (3.35%) Hortonworks
10 21 (3.35%) SAP
11 10 (1.59%) MapR
12 9 (1.44%) Databricks
13 8 (1.28%) Datameer
13 8 (1.28%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.12%) IBM
14 7 (1.12%) Sitecore
15 5 (0.80%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.80%) New Relic
15 5 (0.80%) Red Hat