R
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 8 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 62 | 92 | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | -6 | +12 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.70% | 0.24% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.30% | 1.09% | 1.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £519 | - | £608 |
| 25th Percentile | £528 | - | £609 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | £620 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +47.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | - | £634 |
| 90th Percentile | £571 | - | £636 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £350 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.86% | -36.36% | +57.87% |
All Programming Languages
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 174 | 275 | 265 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 30.37% | 22.45% | 22.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 112 | 199 | 202 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £331 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £448 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £580 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.17% | +5.45% | +13.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £619 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £675 | £746 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £54.13 | £73.68 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £56.65 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £77.19 | £58.40 | £79.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.19% | -26.26% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £66.96 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £71.47 | £80.50 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £54.35 | £61.60 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.78% | -12.00% | -12.50% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in Reading.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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: