R
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 | 107 | 128 | 153 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +21 | +25 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.55% | 0.045% | 0.35% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.37% | 0.15% | 1.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £273 | - | £329 |
| 25th Percentile | £392 | - | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £509 | £221 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +130.22% | -41.11% | -22.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | - | £647 |
| 90th Percentile | £568 | - | £844 |
| UK median daily rate | £540 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | - | +4.76% |
All Programming Languages
Scotland
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 Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 658 | 668 | 1,001 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 40.49% | 30.13% | 34.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 370 | 438 | 730 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £369 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £415 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £484 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.79% | -1.98% | +3.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £586 | £557 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £650 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29.60 | £48.79 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £41.31 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.77 | £57.50 | £59.79 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -58.67% | -3.83% | +27.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.72 | £60.75 | £67.27 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.00 | £62.50 | £69.63 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in Scotland.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Scotland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | - | 7 | £509 | - | 3 |
| Edinburgh | +6 | 2 | £372 | +68.12% | 22 |
| R UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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: