R
West Midlands > Shropshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 12 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 83 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing R | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire | 0.65% | - | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.64% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £451 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £451 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £533 | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £451 | £488 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.59% | -11.36% | - |
All Programming Languages
Shropshire
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 Shropshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 304 | 78 | 43 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire | 39.28% | 39.39% | 38.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 280 | 57 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £386 | £354 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £454 | £359 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £466 | £515 | £492 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.53% | +4.78% | -8.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £515 | £538 | £535 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £547 | £539 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £469 | £469 | £492 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.05% | -4.63% | -1.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.05 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £53.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £56.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £58.25 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £59.15 | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £58.00 | £50.00 | £55.63 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.00% | -10.11% | +125.89% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing R.
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Contract Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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 |
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| Telford | - | 5 | £451 | - | 2 |
| R West Midlands |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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: