R
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 97 | 135 | 143 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +38 | +8 | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.33% | 0.37% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.26% | 1.88% | 1.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £369 | £311 | £524 |
| 25th Percentile | £397 | £318 | £541 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £350 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.29% | -36.36% | +52.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £375 | £555 |
| 90th Percentile | £594 | £378 | £565 |
| South East median daily rate | £368 | £350 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -36.36% | +69.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £75.00 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | - | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +15.38% | +232.99% |
All Programming Languages
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 397 | 533 | 702 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 26.27% | 19.84% | 23.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 251 | 364 | 521 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £352 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.67% | - | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £668 | £680 |
| South East median daily rate | £514 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 30 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.49 | £33.94 | £25.64 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.75 | £46.25 | £32.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £58.30 | £56.88 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +2.51% | -21.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.62 | £65.00 | £76.61 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.25 | £67.63 | £79.41 |
| South East median hourly rate | £56.75 | £60.00 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.42% | +9.09% | +26.03% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the Thames Valley.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the Thames Valley.
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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | +25 | 3 | £450 | +28.57% | 10 |
| Buckinghamshire | +16 | 1 | £575 | - | 14 |
| Oxfordshire | - | 1 | £425 | - | 6 |
| R South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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: