R
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 139 | 186 | 189 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +47 | +3 | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 0.37% | 0.27% | 0.46% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.39% | 1.18% | 1.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £341 | £313 | £115 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £323 | £115 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £406 | £350 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.07% | -36.36% | +62.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £482 | £376 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £505 | £457 | £554 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £570 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -12.28% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25.36 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £33.21 | £22.16 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £47.62 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -31.98% | +258.61% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £63.21 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £71.79 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £41.91 | £26.24 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.72% | -62.51% | +97.18% |
All Programming Languages
South East
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 the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 794 | 1,270 | 1,499 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 26.98% | 22.51% | 26.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 544 | 871 | 1,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £351 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £430 | £413 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £501 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.15% | -4.57% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £675 | £692 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £543 | £564 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.23% | -3.81% | +2.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 83 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £38.83 | £35.00 | £19.74 |
| 25th Percentile | £48.99 | £46.25 | £32.79 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £61.60 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +12.00% | +57.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £70.00 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.62 | £77.00 | £75.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £61.75 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.20% | - | +19.05% |
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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.
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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.
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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 2 June 2025.
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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.
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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 2 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley | +29 | 7 | £468 | +33.57% | 220 |
| Berkshire | +29 | 6 | £475 | +35.71% | 121 |
| Surrey | +22 | 3 | £365 | -2.67% | 65 |
| Hampshire | +32 | 1 | £388 | - | 99 |
| Oxfordshire | +4 | 1 | £425 | - | 43 |
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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: