Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 26 June 2019

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 26 June 2019 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
26 Jun 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 329 300 354
Rank change year-on-year -29 +54 +152
Contract jobs citing R 659 748 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.81% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.84% 1.86% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 502 394
England median daily rate £530 £525 £500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +5.26%
10th Percentile £363 £339 £305
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 7
England median hourly rate £20.96 £23.75 £21.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -11.77% +10.47% +13.16%
10th Percentile £16.67 £18.30 £17.90
90th Percentile £31.37 £48.43 £50.90
UK median hourly rate £20.96 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.75% +2.33% +13.16%

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 35,847 40,245 35,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.06% 43.75% 41.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,072 28,270 24,185
England median daily rate £480 £475 £450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +1.05% +5.56% +5.88%
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
90th Percentile £650 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £438
% change year-on-year +3.26% +5.14% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 639 725 759
England median hourly rate £43.00 £41.50 £41.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +3.61% - +7.79%
10th Percentile £19.60 £17.52 £17.70
90th Percentile £55.00 £53.75 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £40.88 £41.50
% change year-on-year +5.20% -1.51% +9.21%

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 26 June 2019.

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 26 June 2019.

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 26 June 2019. 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 -3 449 £550 - 31
North of England +77 81 £498 +4.74% 3
South East -42 52 £475 +0.53% 4
Yorkshire +49 42 £500 +14.29%
East of England 0 37 £563 +25.00% 5
North West +54 36 £450 - 3
Midlands +6 26 £513 +10.81% 1
West Midlands +12 19 £438 +9.38% 1
South West -43 10 £500 +25.00% 4
East Midlands +2 4 £513 +10.81%
North East +24 3 £475 -25.49%
R
UK

For the 6 months to 26 June 2019, 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.

1 558 (84.67%) Python
2 363 (55.08%) SQL
3 347 (52.66%) Data Science
4 308 (46.74%) Analytics
5 237 (35.96%) Machine Learning
6 185 (28.07%) Agile Software Development
7 174 (26.40%) Finance
8 156 (23.67%) Big Data
9 152 (23.07%) Apache Spark
10 146 (22.15%) Hadoop
11 142 (21.55%) Visualisation
12 138 (20.94%) Amazon AWS
13 135 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
14 134 (20.33%) Java
15 119 (18.06%) Microsoft Azure
16 115 (17.45%) Statistics
17 114 (17.30%) Mathematics
18 111 (16.84%) Business Intelligence
19 102 (15.48%) Degree
20 101 (15.33%) Tableau
21 99 (15.02%) Google Cloud Platform
22 97 (14.72%) Data Visualisation
23 96 (14.57%) MATLAB
24 93 (14.11%) Artificial Intelligence
25 92 (13.96%) SAS
26 91 (13.81%) Data Modelling
26 91 (13.81%) Computer Science
27 87 (13.20%) Algorithms
28 82 (12.44%) Power BI
28 82 (12.44%) Power Platform

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
1 152 (23.07%) Apache Spark
2 92 (13.96%) SAS
3 25 (3.79%) Confluence
4 19 (2.88%) Jupyter
5 16 (2.43%) Apache Pig
6 13 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.52%) SharePoint
8 9 (1.37%) ArcGIS
9 8 (1.21%) R Markdown
10 7 (1.06%) Apache
10 7 (1.06%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.76%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
13 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
14 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.15%) Pachyderm
Applications
1 67 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (5.92%) SPSS
3 29 (4.40%) Stata
4 13 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.52%) Weka
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.30%) Maya
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (0.61%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.30%) Actimize
3 2 (0.30%) JDE World
3 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.15%) FastStats
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.15%) Raiser's Edge
4 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.15%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 138 (20.94%) Amazon AWS
2 119 (18.06%) Microsoft Azure
3 99 (15.02%) Google Cloud Platform
4 82 (12.44%) Power Platform
5 24 (3.64%) Amazon EMR
6 21 (3.19%) GitHub
7 16 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (2.43%) Serverless
8 13 (1.97%) Amazon S3
8 13 (1.97%) Google Analytics
9 12 (1.82%) Adobe Analytics
10 11 (1.67%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
11 9 (1.37%) PaaS
12 8 (1.21%) Azure Machine Learning
13 7 (1.06%) Trello
14 6 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (0.91%) IaaS
15 5 (0.76%) Amazon SQS
16 4 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.37%) Internet
2 3 (0.46%) SSL
2 3 (0.46%) ZigBee
3 2 (0.30%) DHCP
3 2 (0.30%) DNS
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) LAN
3 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.30%) RFID
3 2 (0.30%) Skype
3 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) BGP
4 1 (0.15%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.15%) IPsec
4 1 (0.15%) OSPF
4 1 (0.15%) VoIP
4 1 (0.15%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) Wireless
4 1 (0.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (23.67%) Big Data
2 146 (22.15%) Hadoop
3 82 (12.44%) Power BI
4 69 (10.47%) SQL Server
5 68 (10.32%) Data Warehouse
6 63 (9.56%) Apache Hive
7 62 (9.41%) NoSQL
8 60 (9.10%) Data Mining
9 35 (5.31%) MongoDB
10 33 (5.01%) HBase
10 33 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (4.86%) BigQuery
12 30 (4.55%) Relational Database
13 29 (4.40%) MySQL
14 27 (4.10%) Data Lake
14 27 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 26 (3.95%) Amazon Redshift
15 26 (3.95%) Apache Cassandra
16 17 (2.58%) Sqoop
17 16 (2.43%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 58 (8.80%) JIRA
2 46 (6.98%) Jenkins
3 42 (6.37%) Git (software)
4 24 (3.64%) RStudio
5 10 (1.52%) IBM UrbanCode
5 10 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (1.37%) Travis CI
7 7 (1.06%) ERwin
7 7 (1.06%) Gradle
8 6 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.91%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.61%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.46%) GitLab
10 3 (0.46%) Mocha
10 3 (0.46%) Toad
10 3 (0.46%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.30%) Hudson
11 2 (0.30%) RSpec
11 2 (0.30%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.30%) Yeoman
General
1 174 (26.40%) Finance
2 71 (10.77%) Banking
3 62 (9.41%) Marketing
4 47 (7.13%) Retail
5 25 (3.79%) Investment Banking
6 22 (3.34%) Front Office
7 17 (2.58%) Financial Institution
8 16 (2.43%) Retail Banking
9 11 (1.67%) Legal
10 10 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.91%) Advertising
13 6 (0.91%) Back Office
14 5 (0.76%) Automotive
14 5 (0.76%) Games
14 5 (0.76%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.76%) Publishing
14 5 (0.76%) Social Science
15 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 202 (30.65%) Data Scientist
2 123 (18.66%) Analyst
3 92 (13.96%) Developer
4 69 (10.47%) Data Engineer
5 64 (9.71%) Data Analyst
6 45 (6.83%) Architect
7 32 (4.86%) Python Engineer
8 30 (4.55%) Data Architect
9 29 (4.40%) Python Developer
10 23 (3.49%) Consultant
11 22 (3.34%) Senior Data Scientist
12 20 (3.03%) Big Data Engineer
12 20 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (2.73%) Java Developer
13 18 (2.73%) SQL Analyst
14 16 (2.43%) Insight Analyst
15 14 (2.12%) Hadoop Engineer
15 14 (2.12%) Machine Learning Engineer
16 13 (1.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 12 (1.82%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (9.71%) Natural Language Processing
2 41 (6.22%) TensorFlow
3 38 (5.77%) Kafka
3 38 (5.77%) NumPy
4 33 (5.01%) Pandas
5 32 (4.86%) Web Services
6 30 (4.55%) .NET
7 29 (4.40%) scikit-learn
8 27 (4.10%) JSON
9 21 (3.19%) SciPy
10 20 (3.03%) PySpark
11 19 (2.88%) Anaconda
12 18 (2.73%) HTML
13 17 (2.58%) Keras
14 16 (2.43%) RESTful
15 14 (2.12%) Caffe
16 13 (1.97%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.97%) D3.js
16 13 (1.97%) HTML5
16 13 (1.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 135 (20.49%) Analytical Skills
2 87 (13.20%) Algorithms
3 19 (2.88%) Derivative
3 19 (2.88%) Fixed Income
3 19 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
4 18 (2.73%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.73%) User Experience
5 16 (2.43%) Market Risk
6 15 (2.28%) Hedge funds
7 14 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.67%) FMCG
9 10 (1.52%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.06%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.06%) Social Media
12 6 (0.91%) NHS
12 6 (0.91%) OTC Derivatives
13 5 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.76%) Over-the-Top Content
13 5 (0.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.98%) Linux
2 29 (4.40%) Unix
3 13 (1.97%) Windows
4 3 (0.46%) Solaris
5 2 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) CentOS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (52.66%) Data Science
2 308 (46.74%) Analytics
3 237 (35.96%) Machine Learning
4 185 (28.07%) Agile Software Development
5 142 (21.55%) Visualisation
6 115 (17.45%) Statistics
7 114 (17.30%) Mathematics
8 111 (16.84%) Business Intelligence
9 97 (14.72%) Data Visualisation
10 93 (14.11%) Artificial Intelligence
11 91 (13.81%) Computer Science
11 91 (13.81%) Data Modelling
12 81 (12.29%) DevOps
13 80 (12.14%) Data Analysis
14 72 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
15 69 (10.47%) Data Analytics
16 64 (9.71%) ETL
17 57 (8.65%) Statistical Modelling
18 51 (7.74%) Deep Learning
19 46 (6.98%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 558 (84.67%) Python
2 363 (55.08%) SQL
3 134 (20.33%) Java
4 96 (14.57%) MATLAB
5 81 (12.29%) Scala
6 72 (10.93%) C++
7 55 (8.35%) C#
8 43 (6.53%) C
9 42 (6.37%) JavaScript
10 27 (4.10%) VBA
11 12 (1.82%) PHP
12 11 (1.67%) Bash Shell
12 11 (1.67%) Perl
12 11 (1.67%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.52%) HiveQL
14 9 (1.37%) Go
15 7 (1.06%) Lua
15 7 (1.06%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.91%) Clojure
16 6 (0.91%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 102 (15.48%) Degree
2 78 (11.84%) PhD
3 18 (2.73%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (2.12%) Master's Degree
4 14 (2.12%) Numerate Degree
5 7 (1.06%) SC Cleared
6 6 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.46%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.15%) CCIE
9 1 (0.15%) CCIE Collaboration
9 1 (0.15%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (0.15%) CFA
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.15%) HND
9 1 (0.15%) MBA
9 1 (0.15%) MCSA
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.70%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.28%) QA
3 4 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.46%) GDPR
4 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.15%) Basel III
5 1 (0.15%) GxP
5 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.15%) MiFID
5 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.15%) PMO
5 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (7.74%) Docker
2 26 (3.95%) HDFS
3 16 (2.43%) Apache Flume
4 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.28%) Hadoop YARN
3 12 (1.82%) Ansible
4 6 (0.91%) Opscode Chef
5 5 (0.76%) Kibana
6 4 (0.61%) Oozie
6 4 (0.61%) Terraform
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.30%) Puppet
8 1 (0.15%) Ambari
8 1 (0.15%) Consul
8 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 101 (15.33%) Tableau
2 70 (10.62%) Microsoft
3 66 (10.02%) Google
4 35 (5.31%) Oracle
5 17 (2.58%) MicroStrategy
6 16 (2.43%) Informatica
7 12 (1.82%) Adobe
7 12 (1.82%) Hortonworks
7 12 (1.82%) Talend
8 11 (1.67%) Cloudera
8 11 (1.67%) Teradata
9 9 (1.37%) Databricks
9 9 (1.37%) SAP
10 8 (1.21%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.91%) Dataiku
11 6 (0.91%) Verint
12 5 (0.76%) IBM
12 5 (0.76%) Vertica
13 4 (0.61%) MapR
13 4 (0.61%) Netezza