R
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 | 115 | 132 | 120 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | -12 | +43 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | 0.25% | 0.18% | 1.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.93% | 0.73% | 3.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £389 | £431 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | £459 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £455 | £513 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.22% | -21.15% | +107.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £559 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £687 | £584 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
All Programming Languages
North West
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 the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 537 | 689 | 929 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 27.29% | 25.01% | 29.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 398 | 516 | 700 |
| 10th Percentile | £359 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.05% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £544 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £613 | £651 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 32 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.75 | £41.25 | £20.46 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.25 | £44.72 | £37.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £48.43 | £40.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.54% | +19.32% | -2.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.00 | £69.53 | £51.93 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.10 | £80.15 | £62.95 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the North West.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the North West.
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Contract Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | +17 | 3 | £455 | +7.06% | 45 |
| Cheshire | +1 | 2 | £640 | - | 7 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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: