The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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
24
20
-
Rank change year-on-year
-4
-
-
Contract jobs citing R
1
1
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton
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 Northampton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
50
33
38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton
40.65%
25.98%
28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted
41
26
32
10th Percentile
£268
£356
-
25th Percentile
£322
£377
£231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£367
£445
£325
Median % change year-on-year
-17.53%
+36.92%
-20.00%
75th Percentile
£447
£500
£400
90th Percentile
£525
£551
£495
Northamptonshire median daily rate
£383
£435
£313
% change year-on-year
-11.95%
+39.20%
-21.88%
R Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.
R Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in Northampton.
R Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing R also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northampton region with a requirement for R.
R Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:
