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South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring R skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 101 | 119 | 139 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +20 | +40 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.74% | 0.32% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.91% | 1.46% | 1.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £460 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | - | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £583 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -5.58% | +38.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £544 | - | £626 |
| 90th Percentile | £560 | - | £633 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £531 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -3.41% | +22.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £51.75 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | - | £28.50 | £72.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -60.69% | +192.46% |
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 | 412 | 480 | 642 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 25.42% | 21.74% | 23.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 247 | 329 | 457 |
| 10th Percentile | £346 | £363 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £419 | £411 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £493 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.19% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £619 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £603 | £660 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.00 | £34.80 | £32.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.88 | £56.53 | £32.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.00 | £63.93 | £48.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.69% | +32.09% | -28.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.38 | £76.84 | £55.48 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.40 | £88.13 | £63.34 |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | £70.00 | £55.53 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.43% | +26.06% | -7.45% |
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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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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing R.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing R.
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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 16 September 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 | +24 | 12 | £500 | - | 39 |
| 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: