R Contracts in the South West

R
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 152 154
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -41
Contract jobs citing R 5 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.16% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.81% 1.41% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 11
10th Percentile - £328 £313
25th Percentile £450 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -26.36%
75th Percentile £631 £550 £581
90th Percentile £643 £592 £600
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £70.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -39.29% +86.67% +41.51%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 617 1,061 1,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.44% 29.26% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 760 770
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +7.53%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £630
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 97 69
10th Percentile £44.47 £49.87 £46.62
25th Percentile £54.38 £57.33 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.14 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +4.00% +37.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.10 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +13.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for R in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for R in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for R in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for R in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Bristol +21 3 £450 -5.26% 3
Somerset +5 1 £600 -
Wiltshire -5 1 £600 +41.18% 3
R
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Data Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Actuarial Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Data Acquisition
2 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Data Lineage
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) ETL
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Interpretation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) IBM Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IBM