R Contract Job Trends in the North West

R
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 114 124
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 +54
Contract jobs citing R 8 6 23
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.35% 0.25% 0.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.39% 1.16% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 12
10th Percentile £233 £326 £216
25th Percentile £262 £345 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £356 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.16% -28.80% +2.56%
75th Percentile £471 £367 £550
90th Percentile £495 £387 £640
England median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -12.50%

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 576 519 787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 25.08% 22.04% 27.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 320 577
10th Percentile £312 £329 £329
25th Percentile £359 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £500 £540 £583
90th Percentile £616 £610 £675
England median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 19 47
10th Percentile £29.28 £37.55 £40.00
25th Percentile £47.89 £46.18 -
Median hourly rate £68.25 £49.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% +6.11% -20.31%
75th Percentile £85.63 £73.00 £54.50
90th Percentile £95.23 £90.00 £73.95
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -

R
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

R job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing R.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing R

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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 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for R in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing R.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing R

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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 23 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
Cheshire -17 5 £270 -24.16% 10
Manchester -1 2 £200 -44.83% 27
R
England

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Hadoop
1 3 (37.50%) Impala
2 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Data Science
2 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Decision Tree
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Logistic Regression
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Statistical Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Stress Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Pega
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow