R Contracts in the South East

R
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 186 211
Rank change year-on-year +2 +25 -41
Contract jobs citing R 11 30 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.53% 0.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.91% 1.94% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 28
10th Percentile £312 £115 -
25th Percentile £320 £214 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £386
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +42.53% -23.59%
75th Percentile £378 - £560
90th Percentile £483 £572 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 8
10th Percentile £25.36 £20.47 -
25th Percentile £33.21 £22.16 -
Median hourly rate £47.62 £65.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -26.74% +232.99% -70.20%
75th Percentile £63.21 £75.00 £45.94
90th Percentile £71.79 - £53.79
England median hourly rate £42.50 £67.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.04% +80.00% +44.23%

All Programming Languages
South East

R is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,208 1,550 2,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.08% 27.55% 26.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 1,098 1,323
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 87 84
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.10 £19.88
Median hourly rate £60.87 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +57.14% -16.17%
75th Percentile £66.52 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £75.00 £61.51
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +18.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for R in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the South East.

Daily rate trend for R in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for R in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for R in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for R in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +9 9 £350 -36.36% 19
Berkshire -8 8 £350 -36.36% 8
Buckinghamshire +30 1 - - 4
Hampshire -21 1 - - 9
Kent - 1 £625 - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (90.91%) SAS
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (63.64%) SPSS
2 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (9.09%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Qlik Sense
1 7 (63.64%) Tableau
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Data Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Analyst
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Data Analyst
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Programmer
5 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) SAS Programmer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Analytics Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) D3.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Data Modelling
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) Analytics
3 6 (54.55%) Data Analysis
3 6 (54.55%) Data Cleansing
3 6 (54.55%) Six Sigma
4 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
4 5 (45.45%) Statistics
5 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (36.36%) Data Analytics
5 4 (36.36%) Data Interpretation
5 4 (36.36%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
5 4 (36.36%) Physics
5 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (36.36%) Visualisation
6 3 (27.27%) Data Enrichment
6 3 (27.27%) Econometrics
6 3 (27.27%) ITIL
7 1 (9.09%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PhD
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) CDISC
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality