R Contracts in England

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 3 months to 28 June 2017 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
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	325	399	480
Rank change year-on-year	+74	+81
Contract jobs citing R	288	229	142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.67%	0.46%	0.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category	1.59%	1.18%	0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	196	173	98
Median daily rate	£499	£463	£550
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.83%	-15.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£330	£331	£385
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£663	£600	£691
UK excluding London median daily rate	£450	£450	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	4
Median hourly rate	£21.75	-	£55.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£20.75	-	£25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£39.93	-	£80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	-

R is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for programming language skills.

Contract Programming Language Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	18068	19331	19324
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	41.80%	39.09%	38.49%
Number of daily rates quoted	24306	27144	25112
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£310	£288	£268
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£600	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	751	817	831
Median hourly rate	£41.50	£37.50	£37.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+10.66%	+1.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£20.75	£15.75	£18.27
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£53.00	£53.75	£51.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£37.00	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+14.86%	-

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing R in England over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for R in England

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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

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing R in England over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for R in England

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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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	+76	226	£500	+5.26%	69
East of England	+15	21	£500	-	10
South East	+12	13	£418	-9.23%	10
Midlands	+11	13	£436	-10.96%	1
East Midlands	-3	7	£411	-	1
South West	-14	7	£600	+41.17%	7
North of England	+58	6	£425	+6.25%	8
West Midlands	+12	6	£450	-8.16%
North West	+21	5	£550	+37.50%	2
Yorkshire	+18	1	£425	-	5
North East	-	1	£425	-	1
R UK

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing R also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for R.

1	368 (63.12%)	Python
2	319 (54.72%)	SQL
3	281 (48.20%)	Analytics
4	225 (38.59%)	Hadoop
5	213 (36.54%)	Big Data
6	183 (31.39%)	Apache Spark
7	157 (26.93%)	Machine Learning
8	151 (25.90%)	Visualisation
9	146 (25.04%)	Degree
10	140 (24.01%)	Business Intelligence
11	137 (23.50%)	SAS
12	136 (23.33%)	Analytical Skills
13	131 (22.47%)	Java
14	126 (21.61%)	Finance
15	113 (19.38%)	Mathematics

16	108 (18.52%)	Tableau
17	107 (18.35%)	Agile Software Development
18	106 (18.18%)	Apache Hive
19	105 (18.01%)	Statistics
20	99 (16.98%)	Data Visualisation
21	93 (15.95%)	Data Analytics
22	91 (15.61%)	Data Modelling
23	89 (15.27%)	Scala
24	84 (14.41%)	Relational Database
25	76 (13.04%)	Algorithms
26	73 (12.52%)	MATLAB
27	72 (12.35%)	Linux
28	67 (11.49%)	Microsoft Excel
29	64 (10.98%)	Data Mining
30	63 (10.81%)	Banking

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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
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	183 (31.39%)	Apache Spark
2	137 (23.50%)	SAS
3	43 (7.38%)	Apache Pig
4	19 (3.26%)	Apache
5	15 (2.57%)	Elasticsearch
6	9 (1.54%)	Drupal
7	8 (1.37%)	Confluence
8	7 (1.20%)	Apache Solr
9	4 (0.69%)	OpenStack
9	4 (0.69%)	SharePoint
10	3 (0.51%)	ArcGIS
10	3 (0.51%)	CMS
11	2 (0.34%)	CICS
11	2 (0.34%)	Oracle SOA Suite
11	2 (0.34%)	Tomcat
12	1 (0.17%)	Cloud Foundry
12	1 (0.17%)	IPython
12	1 (0.17%)	Jupyter
12	1 (0.17%)	Sitecore CMS
12	1 (0.17%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	67 (11.49%)	Microsoft Excel
2	56 (9.61%)	SPSS
3	23 (3.95%)	Microsoft Office
3	23 (3.95%)	Stata
4	15 (2.57%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	8 (1.37%)	Spreadsheet
6	7 (1.20%)	S-PLUS
7	4 (0.69%)	GNU Octave
7	4 (0.69%)	Weka
8	3 (0.51%)	Microsoft Project
8	3 (0.51%)	MS Visio
9	2 (0.34%)	EViews
9	2 (0.34%)	SPSS Modeler
10	1 (0.17%)	AutoCAD
10	1 (0.17%)	Mathematica
10	1 (0.17%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	10 (1.72%)	FastStats
2	8 (1.37%)	Eloqua
3	7 (1.20%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	3 (0.51%)	Salesforce.com CRM
5	2 (0.34%)	FINCAD Analytics
6	1 (0.17%)	Oracle Receivables

Cloud Services
1	48 (8.23%)	Amazon AWS
2	28 (4.80%)	Microsoft Azure
3	13 (2.23%)	Google Analytics
4	11 (1.89%)	Amazon EC2
5	10 (1.72%)	Virtual Private Cloud
6	9 (1.54%)	Amazon S3
6	9 (1.54%)	GitHub
7	7 (1.20%)	Amazon EMR
7	7 (1.20%)	Azure Machine Learning
8	6 (1.03%)	SaaS
9	5 (0.86%)	Cloud Computing
10	4 (0.69%)	AWS Lambda
10	4 (0.69%)	Google Play
11	3 (0.51%)	Azure Active Directory
11	3 (0.51%)	Azure Data Factory
11	3 (0.51%)	PaaS
12	2 (0.34%)	Data Lake Analytics
12	2 (0.34%)	Google Cloud Platform
13	1 (0.17%)	Amazon CloudWatch
13	1 (0.17%)	BIME

Communications & Networking
1	18 (3.09%)	Kerberos
2	4 (0.69%)	Internet
3	2 (0.34%)	Firewall
3	2 (0.34%)	HTTP
4	1 (0.17%)	DNS
4	1 (0.17%)	LDAP
4	1 (0.17%)	Skype
4	1 (0.17%)	SNMP
4	1 (0.17%)	SSL
4	1 (0.17%)	TCP/IP
4	1 (0.17%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	225 (38.59%)	Hadoop
2	213 (36.54%)	Big Data
3	106 (18.18%)	Apache Hive
4	84 (14.41%)	Relational Database
5	64 (10.98%)	Data Mining
6	59 (10.12%)	NoSQL
6	59 (10.12%)	Power BI
7	58 (9.95%)	SQL Server
8	56 (9.61%)	Data Warehouse
9	49 (8.40%)	MongoDB
10	41 (7.03%)	QlikView
11	34 (5.83%)	Apache Cassandra
11	34 (5.83%)	BusinessObjects
12	32 (5.49%)	HBase
13	31 (5.32%)	Impala
14	25 (4.29%)	MySQL
15	22 (3.77%)	RDBMS
16	19 (3.26%)	Qlik Sense
17	18 (3.09%)	Spotfire
18	17 (2.92%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	37 (6.35%)	Git (software)
2	30 (5.15%)	JIRA
3	14 (2.40%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4	12 (2.06%)	Selenium
5	8 (1.37%)	JUnit
6	5 (0.86%)	Cucumber
7	4 (0.69%)	Visual Studio
8	3 (0.51%)	Jenkins
8	3 (0.51%)	Talend Open Studio
8	3 (0.51%)	Vagrant
9	2 (0.34%)	ChangeMan
9	2 (0.34%)	ERwin
9	2 (0.34%)	GoCD
9	2 (0.34%)	Gradle
9	2 (0.34%)	gulp
9	2 (0.34%)	Maven
9	2 (0.34%)	Oracle Forms
9	2 (0.34%)	PowerBuilder
9	2 (0.34%)	Subversion
9	2 (0.34%)	Toad

General
1	126 (21.61%)	Finance
2	63 (10.81%)	Banking
3	62 (10.63%)	Marketing
4	36 (6.17%)	Front Office
5	23 (3.95%)	Retail
6	18 (3.09%)	Investment Banking
7	16 (2.74%)	Telecoms
8	15 (2.57%)	Financial Institution
9	14 (2.40%)	Publishing
10	9 (1.54%)	Legal
10	9 (1.54%)	Manufacturing
11	8 (1.37%)	Games
12	7 (1.20%)	Electronics
13	5 (0.86%)	Back Office
14	3 (0.51%)	Advertising
14	3 (0.51%)	German Language
14	3 (0.51%)	Pharmaceutical
15	2 (0.34%)	French Language
16	1 (0.17%)	Aerospace
16	1 (0.17%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	171 (29.33%)	Analyst
2	133 (22.81%)	Data Scientist
3	130 (22.30%)	Developer
4	87 (14.92%)	Data Analyst
5	54 (9.26%)	Data Engineer
6	43 (7.38%)	Python Developer
7	41 (7.03%)	Business Analyst
8	39 (6.69%)	Big Data Engineer
9	31 (5.32%)	Architect
10	28 (4.80%)	R Developer
11	27 (4.63%)	SQL Analyst
12	24 (4.12%)	Big Data Developer
13	20 (3.43%)	Data Architect
14	19 (3.26%)	Cloud Engineer
14	19 (3.26%)	Qualitative Analyst
14	19 (3.26%)	Quantitative Analyst
14	19 (3.26%)	SQL Data Analyst
15	18 (3.09%)	Infrastructure Engineer
16	17 (2.92%)	Business Intelligence Developer
16	17 (2.92%)	Hadoop Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	33 (5.66%)	Kafka
2	27 (4.63%)	D3.js
3	25 (4.29%)	JSON
4	23 (3.95%)	Natural Language Processing
5	21 (3.60%)	Web Services
6	14 (2.40%)	.NET
7	13 (2.23%)	AngularJS
8	12 (2.06%)	HTML
8	12 (2.06%)	Node.js
9	11 (1.89%)	CSS
9	11 (1.89%)	React
9	11 (1.89%)	RESTful
9	11 (1.89%)	XML
10	8 (1.37%)	MLlib
10	8 (1.37%)	Sass
11	7 (1.20%)	ActiveMQ
11	7 (1.20%)	Ajax
11	7 (1.20%)	LESS
12	6 (1.03%)	NumPy
12	6 (1.03%)	REST

Miscellaneous
1	136 (23.33%)	Analytical Skills
2	76 (13.04%)	Algorithms
3	60 (10.29%)	Computer Science
4	19 (3.26%)	Greenfield Project
5	18 (3.09%)	Market Risk
6	16 (2.74%)	Data Structures
7	15 (2.57%)	Fixed Income
8	13 (2.23%)	User Experience
9	9 (1.54%)	Credit Risk
9	9 (1.54%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	9 (1.54%)	Management Information System
10	8 (1.37%)	Data Protection Act
10	8 (1.37%)	Fintech
11	7 (1.20%)	Mainframe
12	5 (0.86%)	IBM Mainframe
12	5 (0.86%)	NHS
12	5 (0.86%)	Online Games
13	4 (0.69%)	Derivative
13	4 (0.69%)	Social Media
14	3 (0.51%)	Digital Media

Operating Systems
1	72 (12.35%)	Linux
2	57 (9.78%)	Unix
3	19 (3.26%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	7 (1.20%)	Windows
5	5 (0.86%)	Mac OS X
6	2 (0.34%)	CentOS
6	2 (0.34%)	MVS
7	1 (0.17%)	Android
7	1 (0.17%)	Ubuntu
7	1 (0.17%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	281 (48.20%)	Analytics
2	157 (26.93%)	Machine Learning
3	151 (25.90%)	Visualisation
4	140 (24.01%)	Business Intelligence
5	113 (19.38%)	Mathematics
6	107 (18.35%)	Agile Software Development
7	105 (18.01%)	Statistics
8	99 (16.98%)	Data Visualisation
9	93 (15.95%)	Data Analytics
10	91 (15.61%)	Data Modelling
11	62 (10.63%)	ETL
12	57 (9.78%)	Statistical Modelling
13	51 (8.75%)	Data Analysis
14	48 (8.23%)	Predictive Modelling
15	45 (7.72%)	E-Commerce
16	38 (6.52%)	Open Source
17	36 (6.17%)	MapReduce
18	32 (5.49%)	Statistical Analysis
19	31 (5.32%)	Scrum
20	30 (5.15%)	Data Management

Programming Languages
1	368 (63.12%)	Python
2	319 (54.72%)	SQL
3	131 (22.47%)	Java
4	89 (15.27%)	Scala
5	73 (12.52%)	MATLAB
6	44 (7.55%)	C++
7	30 (5.15%)	VBA
8	27 (4.63%)	JavaScript
9	19 (3.26%)	C#
9	19 (3.26%)	Shell Script
10	17 (2.92%)	T-SQL
11	14 (2.40%)	C
12	12 (2.06%)	Perl
13	11 (1.89%)	Bash Shell
13	11 (1.89%)	PL/SQL
14	8 (1.37%)	VB
15	7 (1.20%)	PHP
15	7 (1.20%)	Ruby
16	6 (1.03%)	Julia
17	5 (0.86%)	Go

Qualifications
1	146 (25.04%)	Degree
2	42 (7.20%)	PhD
3	22 (3.77%)	Security Cleared
4	19 (3.26%)	Numerate Degree
5	13 (2.23%)	Computer Science Degree
6	12 (2.06%)	Master's Degree
7	10 (1.72%)	SC Cleared
8	9 (1.54%)	CCA
8	9 (1.54%)	Postgraduate
9	6 (1.03%)	BC Cleared
10	4 (0.69%)	BPSS Clearance
11	2 (0.34%)	CBAP
11	2 (0.34%)	CISA
11	2 (0.34%)	CISM
11	2 (0.34%)	CISSP
11	2 (0.34%)	GSEC
11	2 (0.34%)	IIBA
12	1 (0.17%)	DV Cleared
12	1 (0.17%)	ISEB
12	1 (0.17%)	ITIL Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	31 (5.32%)	Data Quality
2	23 (3.95%)	QA
3	5 (0.86%)	IFRS
3	5 (0.86%)	IFRS 9
4	4 (0.69%)	IAS 39
5	2 (0.34%)	Actionable Recommendations
5	2 (0.34%)	CDISC
6	1 (0.17%)	Disclosure Scotland
6	1 (0.17%)	MiFID

System Software
1	18 (3.09%)	Apache Flume
2	15 (2.57%)	HDFS
3	8 (1.37%)	Docker
4	4 (0.69%)	Apache ZooKeeper
5	3 (0.51%)	Active Directory
6	2 (0.34%)	KVM
6	2 (0.34%)	LXC
6	2 (0.34%)	Virtual Machines
6	2 (0.34%)	Xen
7	1 (0.17%)	Slurm Workload Manager
7	1 (0.17%)	Varnish

Systems Management
1	9 (1.54%)	Terraform
2	7 (1.20%)	Puppet
3	6 (1.03%)	Hadoop YARN
3	6 (1.03%)	Opscode Chef
4	5 (0.86%)	Ansible
4	5 (0.86%)	Oozie
5	4 (0.69%)	Grafana
5	4 (0.69%)	Kubernetes
5	4 (0.69%)	StatsD
6	2 (0.34%)	Mesos
7	1 (0.17%)	Kibana
7	1 (0.17%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	108 (18.52%)	Tableau
2	61 (10.46%)	Microsoft
3	54 (9.26%)	Oracle
4	33 (5.66%)	Teradata
5	29 (4.97%)	Google
6	22 (3.77%)	Cloudera
7	19 (3.26%)	SAP
8	18 (3.09%)	Red Hat
9	16 (2.74%)	MicroStrategy
10	15 (2.57%)	IBM
11	13 (2.23%)	Cognos
12	11 (1.89%)	Netezza
13	10 (1.72%)	Sybase
14	9 (1.54%)	Informatica
15	8 (1.37%)	Apteco
16	7 (1.20%)	Bloomberg
16	7 (1.20%)	RapidMiner
16	7 (1.20%)	Reuters
17	6 (1.03%)	Alteryx
17	6 (1.03%)	Splunk