R Markdown
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring R Markdown skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited R Markdown 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 | 517 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing R Markdown | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.010% | - | - |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 0.090% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £388 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £394 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £388 | - | - |
All Application Platform Skills
UK
R Markdown falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 3,315 | 4,173 | 6,554 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 11.32% | 9.58% | 10.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,210 | 2,865 | 4,602 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £250 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.44% | -0.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £454 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.78% | -5.26% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 77 | 161 | 147 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.55 | £13.00 | £15.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.00 | £15.42 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £27.52 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +49.01% | -31.21% | +81.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.50 | £46.18 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.00 | £68.00 | £78.48 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £46.18 | £23.75 | £26.24 |
| % change year-on-year | +94.44% | -9.49% | +41.84% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R Markdown as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R Markdown.
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Top 4 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R Markdown within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midlands | - | 3 | £388 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £388 | - | |
| England | - | 3 | £388 | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | - | 3 | £388 | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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