R
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 76 | 93 | 110 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +17 | +25 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.32% | 0.20% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.99% | 0.67% | 1.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £370 | - | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £399 | £413 | £372 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £455 | £425 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.06% | -10.53% | +50.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £463 | £438 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £590 |
| North West median daily rate | £455 | £513 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.22% | -21.15% | +107.17% |
All Programming Languages
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 303 | 450 | 570 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 32.72% | 29.66% | 30.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 231 | 355 | 442 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £343 | £339 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £401 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.78% | -10.00% | -1.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £539 | £538 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £622 | £620 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £470 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.05% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £68.38 | - | £39.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £69.69 | £52.50 | £40.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £76.25 | £70.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.93% | +55.56% | +192.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £84.69 | £81.00 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.13 | £82.90 | £59.10 |
| North West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £48.43 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.54% | +19.32% | -2.19% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in Manchester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: