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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 187 217
Rank change year-on-year +2 +30 -48
Contract jobs citing R 13 29 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.52% 0.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.06% 1.90% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 24
10th Percentile £312 £115 -
25th Percentile £320 £214 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £338
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +62.96% -33.17%
75th Percentile £378 - £542
90th Percentile £483 £572 £675
England median daily rate £546 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -0.77% +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 £65.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.62% +73.33% +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 1,221 1,530 2,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.34% 27.35% 26.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 1,082 1,315
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £607 £594
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 85 81
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £67.14 £67.50 £54.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £63.25
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 21 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 21 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 21 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 +8 11 £350 -36.36% 16
Berkshire -11 9 £350 -36.36% 6
Buckinghamshire +23 1 - - 4
Hampshire -13 1 - - 8
Kent - 1 £625 - 3
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 6
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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 11 (84.62%) SAS
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) SPSS
2 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (7.69%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Tableau
2 7 (53.85%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.69%) Looker
3 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
5 1 (7.69%) Advertising
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing
5 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
1 8 (61.54%) Data Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Senior
3 4 (30.77%) SQL Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) SQL Data Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Marketing Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Programmer
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) SAS Programmer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) D3.js
2 1 (7.69%) Google JAX
2 1 (7.69%) PyTorch
2 1 (7.69%) scikit-learn
2 1 (7.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
1 1 (7.69%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) Analytics
2 7 (53.85%) Data Analysis
3 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
3 6 (46.15%) Data Cleansing
3 6 (46.15%) Six Sigma
3 6 (46.15%) Statistics
4 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (38.46%) Visualisation
5 4 (30.77%) Data Analytics
5 4 (30.77%) Data Interpretation
5 4 (30.77%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
5 4 (30.77%) Physics
6 3 (23.08%) Data Enrichment
6 3 (23.08%) Econometrics
6 3 (23.08%) ITIL
7 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Python
2 10 (76.92%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Java
4 1 (7.69%) C
4 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) PhD
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) CDISC
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Adobe