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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 85 94
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing R 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.39% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.67% 1.74% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £369 - £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - £620
Median % change year-on-year - - +169.07%
75th Percentile £406 - £655
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £513 £615
% change year-on-year +2.44% -16.67% +45.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £70.50
25th Percentile - £20.12 £71.25
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -72.09% +192.46%
75th Percentile - £20.35 £73.75
90th Percentile - - £74.50
South East median hourly rate - £24.37 £60.00
% change year-on-year - -59.39% +142.03%

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 240 287 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.58% 23.86% 27.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 178 208
10th Percentile £387 £400 £400
25th Percentile £461 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £636
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £490 £513 £530
% change year-on-year -4.39% -3.30% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 35
10th Percentile - £27.00 £31.90
25th Percentile - £61.56 £52.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £58.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +19.66% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - £74.50
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £64.76 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.07% +17.75% -12.12%

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 October 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 - 1 - - 1
Farnborough - 1 £388 -
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
2 3 (75.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 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%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ODBC
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Economics
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
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%) Microsoft