R Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

R
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 73 89
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 +17
Contract jobs citing R 4 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.31% 0.55% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.57% 2.34% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £620
Median % change year-on-year - - +169.07%
75th Percentile - - £655
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £588 £513 £615
% change year-on-year +14.63% -16.67% +44.71%

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 254 214 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.49% 23.34% 23.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 139 176
10th Percentile £362 £359 £425
25th Percentile £447 £431 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £609 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £678 £655
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.65% -4.71% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 23
10th Percentile £40.49 £27.00 £46.75
25th Percentile £45.90 £52.22 £52.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £52.32 £70.63 -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.25 £56.69
% change year-on-year -3.93% +0.99% -5.52%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

R job vacancy trend in Hampshire

R
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing R.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing R

R
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing R.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing R

R
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Winchester - 2 £500 -
R
South East

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Tableau
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Pricing Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Economics
2 2 (50.00%) People Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cognos
2 1 (25.00%) Arqiva
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle