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East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring R skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 20 | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +18 | - |
| Contract jobs citing R | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | 1.65% | 1.57% | 0.41% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.56% | 5.13% | 1.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £628 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £640 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £671 | - | £260 |
| 75th Percentile | £690 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £696 | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £550 | - | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -36.36% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £17.99 | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | - | £17.99 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -71.22% | +13.64% |
All Programming Languages
Essex
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 36 | 39 | 74 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 29.75% | 30.71% | 30.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 13 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £357 | £173 | £261 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £213 | £328 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £489 | £350 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.59% | -30.00% | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £622 | £570 | £606 |
| East of England median daily rate | £503 | £425 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.24% | -12.82% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 12 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.33 | £22.00 | £59.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.19 | £51.06 | £64.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £65.00 | £74.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | -12.16% | +0.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £106.25 | £80.00 | £77.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £162.50 | - | £78.80 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +16.07% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Daily Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing R.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing R.
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Contract Job Locations in Essex
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Essex region over the 6 months to 30 August 2025. 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 Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | - | 1 | £700 | - | 5 |
| R East of England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: