The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
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 the North East with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
83 |
170 |
138 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East |
24.41% |
42.82% |
27.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
32 |
136 |
102 |
| 10th Percentile |
£351 |
£394 |
£375 |
| 25th Percentile |
£398 |
£500 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£463 |
£565 |
£500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-18.14% |
+13.00% |
+7.53% |
| 75th Percentile |
£510 |
£700 |
£565 |
| 90th Percentile |
£645 |
£768 |
£650 |
| England median daily rate |
£550 |
£563 |
£550 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.28% |
+2.33% |
+10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
14 |
2 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
£20.77 |
£32.98 |
£22.90 |
| 25th Percentile |
£46.20 |
£35.56 |
£34.70 |
| Median hourly rate |
£47.50 |
£40.75 |
£46.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+16.56% |
-11.41% |
+196.77% |
| 75th Percentile |
£63.75 |
£45.56 |
£51.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£68.75 |
£47.93 |
£53.95 |
| England median hourly rate |
£62.50 |
£61.18 |
£50.10 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.17% |
+22.11% |
+15.84% |
