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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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 122 | 113 | 153 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +40 | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.23% | 0.21% | 0.30% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.62% | 0.76% | 0.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £373 | £338 | £428 |
| 25th Percentile | £471 | £515 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £625 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +4.17% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £583 | £641 | £788 |
| 90th Percentile | £597 | £646 | £900 |
| UK median daily rate | £493 | £500 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.50% | -16.67% | +7.43% |
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 | 646 | 528 | 826 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 37.34% | 27.08% | 30.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 371 | 364 | 550 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | -7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £525 | £543 |
| 90th Percentile | £589 | £621 | £613 |
| UK median daily rate | £501 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.67% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.54 | £33.78 | £41.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.50 | £38.00 | £50.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £52.50 | £58.27 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -9.89% | +23.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £62.50 | £61.04 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.00 | - | £66.16 |
| UK median hourly rate | £56.38 | £65.00 | £60.55 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.27% | +7.35% | +12.13% |
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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 27 July 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 27 July 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 | - | 3 | £550 | - | 11 |
| Edinburgh | +5 | 1 | £550 | -12.00% | 13 |
| 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: