Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 22 January 2022

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 22 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

R
UK
6 months to
22 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 341 270 287
Rank change year-on-year -71 +17 +109
Contract jobs citing R 666 398 674
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.95% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.99% 2.30% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 283 414
10th Percentile £276 £313 £363
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £602 £625 £625
90th Percentile £680 £666 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £429 £475
% change year-on-year +8.30% -9.61% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 13
10th Percentile £18.60 £17.76 £19.25
25th Percentile £19.52 £20.75 £21.66
Median hourly rate £20.75 £25.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.82% +1.00% -28.06%
75th Percentile £60.25 £40.30 £40.00
90th Percentile £65.54 £58.68 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.52 £23.00 £19.53
% change year-on-year -15.13% +17.77% -14.49%

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
UK
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,464 17,267 29,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.57% 41.37% 40.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,384 12,148 20,762
10th Percentile £369 £313 £325
25th Percentile £440 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% - -
75th Percentile £638 £575 £575
90th Percentile £725 £663 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £430
% change year-on-year +11.76% -1.16% +1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 411 532
10th Percentile £19.52 £14.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £24.00 £23.35
Median hourly rate £49.00 £42.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% -1.16% +1.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.47 £58.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £42.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +13.10% -1.18% -

R
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for R in the UK

R
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for R in the UK

R
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 22 January 2022.

Daily rate histogram for R in the UK

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for R in the UK

R
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R over the 6 months to 22 January 2022.

Hourly rate histogram for R in the UK

R
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the UK over the 6 months to 22 January 2022. 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
England -67 521 £500 -0.99% 126
London -93 314 £550 - 59
UK excluding London -24 223 £465 +8.30% 82
Work from Home -70 208 £525 +7.69% 24
South East -19 63 £300 -27.27% 13
Wales +4 48 £525 +5.00% 1
North of England -55 42 £440 +10.00% 18
Midlands -28 33 £520 +18.86% 13
West Midlands -22 29 £509 +16.34% 8
Yorkshire -35 29 £440 +120.00% 4
South West -54 19 £475 -3.06% 11
Scotland -39 14 £458 -2.40% 12
North West -42 13 £438 +2.94% 10
East of England -58 5 £495 +39.44% 11
East Midlands -30 3 £550 - 5

For the 6 months to 22 January 2022, IT contractor jobs citing R also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for R.

1 502 (75.38%) Python
2 356 (53.45%) SQL
3 252 (37.84%) Analytics
4 230 (34.53%) Social Skills
5 227 (34.08%) Data Science
6 213 (31.98%) Analytical Skills
7 199 (29.88%) Azure
8 183 (27.48%) Visualisation
9 173 (25.98%) Agile Software Development
10 168 (25.23%) Business Intelligence
11 161 (24.17%) Power Platform
12 160 (24.02%) Power BI
13 133 (19.97%) Machine Learning
13 133 (19.97%) Data Analysis
14 131 (19.67%) AWS
15 124 (18.62%) Data Visualisation
16 116 (17.42%) Microsoft Excel
17 115 (17.27%) Mathematics
18 114 (17.12%) Tableau
19 112 (16.82%) Java
20 111 (16.67%) Finance
21 103 (15.47%) Security Cleared
22 100 (15.02%) Public Sector
22 100 (15.02%) Microsoft
23 99 (14.86%) SAS
24 98 (14.71%) Degree
25 95 (14.26%) Statistics
26 93 (13.96%) Big Data
27 92 (13.81%) Apache Spark
28 89 (13.36%) ETL

R
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 99 (14.86%) SAS
2 92 (13.81%) Apache Spark
3 32 (4.80%) Confluence
4 22 (3.30%) Jupyter
5 20 (3.00%) Apache
6 16 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (2.40%) SharePoint
7 9 (1.35%) ArcGIS
8 7 (1.05%) IIS
9 4 (0.60%) Camunda
9 4 (0.60%) Oracle Coherence
10 3 (0.45%) R Markdown
11 2 (0.30%) Apache Pig
11 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.15%) Appian
12 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.15%) nginx
12 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 116 (17.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (6.16%) Stata
3 28 (4.20%) SPSS
4 8 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS Modeler
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.15%) SessionCam
1 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 199 (29.88%) Azure
2 161 (24.17%) Power Platform
3 131 (19.67%) AWS
4 76 (11.41%) GCP
5 63 (9.46%) GitHub
6 33 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 25 (3.75%) Google Analytics
8 22 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 22 (3.30%) Google Data Studio
9 18 (2.70%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.55%) Serverless
11 16 (2.40%) PowerApps
12 15 (2.25%) Snowflake
13 13 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.80%) Matillion
15 11 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 9 (1.35%) PaaS
18 8 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.05%) SD-WAN
1 7 (1.05%) WAN
2 5 (0.75%) LAN
3 4 (0.60%) VPN
4 3 (0.45%) Firewall
4 3 (0.45%) Internet
4 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.30%) 4G
5 2 (0.30%) CATAPAN
5 2 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.30%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.30%) HTTP
5 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) Intranet
6 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.15%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.15%) SSH
6 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (24.02%) Power BI
2 114 (17.12%) Tableau
3 93 (13.96%) Big Data
4 73 (10.96%) Hadoop
5 63 (9.46%) SQL Server
6 55 (8.26%) Data Warehouse
7 51 (7.66%) Apache Hive
8 40 (6.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 39 (5.86%) Data Lake
10 37 (5.56%) NoSQL
11 36 (5.41%) Data Mining
12 32 (4.80%) BigQuery
13 31 (4.65%) Relational Database
14 28 (4.20%) HBase
15 25 (3.75%) MySQL
16 22 (3.30%) Looker
17 20 (3.00%) QlikView
18 18 (2.70%) Pentaho
19 16 (2.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
20 12 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 73 (10.96%) Git (software)
2 52 (7.81%) JIRA
3 30 (4.50%) Jenkins
4 29 (4.35%) RStudio
5 25 (3.75%) GitLab
6 20 (3.00%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.20%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.05%) MLflow
10 6 (0.90%) Subversion
11 5 (0.75%) Crucible
11 5 (0.75%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.75%) FishEye
11 5 (0.75%) JUnit
11 5 (0.75%) Maven
11 5 (0.75%) Selenium
11 5 (0.75%) TestNG
12 4 (0.60%) PyCharm
13 3 (0.45%) webpack
14 2 (0.30%) git-flow
General
1 230 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 213 (31.98%) Analytical Skills
3 111 (16.67%) Finance
4 100 (15.02%) Public Sector
5 45 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
6 39 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (4.35%) Banking
8 24 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.95%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.95%) Marketing
11 12 (1.80%) Legal
11 12 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.50%) Front Office
12 10 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.20%) Publishing
14 7 (1.05%) Advertising
14 7 (1.05%) Retail
15 5 (0.75%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.60%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 195 (29.28%) Analyst
2 125 (18.77%) Data Analyst
3 102 (15.32%) Data Scientist
4 82 (12.31%) Data Engineer
5 77 (11.56%) Developer
6 30 (4.50%) Architect
7 29 (4.35%) Consultant
8 26 (3.90%) Software Engineer
9 23 (3.45%) Java Engineer
10 18 (2.70%) Data Consultant
10 18 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (2.55%) Digital Analyst
12 16 (2.40%) Data Manager
12 16 (2.40%) Senior Data Scientist
13 14 (2.10%) Python Engineer
13 14 (2.10%) SQL Analyst
14 13 (1.95%) Python Developer
15 12 (1.80%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 12 (1.80%) Product Analyst
15 12 (1.80%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (6.16%) Shiny
2 34 (5.11%) TensorFlow
3 33 (4.95%) Kafka
3 33 (4.95%) Pandas
4 27 (4.05%) .NET
5 23 (3.45%) NumPy
6 21 (3.15%) PyTorch
7 20 (3.00%) HTML
8 18 (2.70%) JSON
9 17 (2.55%) Keras
9 17 (2.55%) PySpark
9 17 (2.55%) REST
10 16 (2.40%) CSS
11 13 (1.95%) Spring
11 13 (1.95%) XML
12 12 (1.80%) Matplotlib
12 12 (1.80%) scikit-learn
13 10 (1.50%) D3.js
14 9 (1.35%) Akka
15 8 (1.20%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.86%) Algorithms
2 22 (3.30%) NHS
3 18 (2.70%) User Experience
4 12 (1.80%) Data Structures
4 12 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.50%) Market Risk
5 10 (1.50%) Swaptions
6 9 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.20%) Replication
8 7 (1.05%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.05%) Clustering
8 7 (1.05%) Credit Risk
8 7 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.05%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.05%) Public Cloud
9 6 (0.90%) Blog
9 6 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.75%) Client/Server
10 5 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 60 (9.01%) Linux
2 46 (6.91%) Windows
3 34 (5.11%) Unix
4 17 (2.55%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.15%) CentOS
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (37.84%) Analytics
2 227 (34.08%) Data Science
3 183 (27.48%) Visualisation
4 173 (25.98%) Agile Software Development
5 168 (25.23%) Business Intelligence
6 133 (19.97%) Data Analysis
6 133 (19.97%) Machine Learning
7 124 (18.62%) Data Visualisation
8 115 (17.27%) Mathematics
9 95 (14.26%) Statistics
10 89 (13.36%) Data Modelling
10 89 (13.36%) ETL
11 80 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
12 71 (10.66%) Software Engineering
13 67 (10.06%) Computer Science
13 67 (10.06%) Data Analytics
14 64 (9.61%) Statistical Modelling
15 60 (9.01%) Data Engineering
16 58 (8.71%) CI/CD
16 58 (8.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 502 (75.38%) Python
2 356 (53.45%) SQL
3 112 (16.82%) Java
4 75 (11.26%) Scala
5 55 (8.26%) VBA
6 42 (6.31%) JavaScript
7 40 (6.01%) C#
8 25 (3.75%) C++
9 24 (3.60%) Bash
9 24 (3.60%) Shell Script
10 22 (3.30%) Perl
11 21 (3.15%) PL/SQL
12 20 (3.00%) T-SQL
13 19 (2.85%) PowerShell
14 18 (2.70%) HiveQL
15 13 (1.95%) C
15 13 (1.95%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
15 13 (1.95%) MATLAB
16 10 (1.50%) Java 8
16 10 (1.50%) Julia
Qualifications
1 103 (15.47%) Security Cleared
2 98 (14.71%) Degree
3 82 (12.31%) SC Cleared
4 35 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (2.25%) PhD
6 12 (1.80%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.50%) MCSA
9 9 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (1.20%) Tableau Certification
11 7 (1.05%) CCNP
11 7 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.90%) MCSE
13 5 (0.75%) PRNE
14 3 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.86%) Data Quality
2 54 (8.11%) QA
3 9 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.45%) GDPR
6 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.15%) Basel II
7 1 (0.15%) CDISC
7 1 (0.15%) IFRS
7 1 (0.15%) PMO
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
7 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 53 (7.96%) Docker
2 21 (3.15%) HDFS
3 8 (1.20%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.60%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (0.60%) Platform Symphony
7 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.15%) NFS
8 1 (0.15%) Samba
8 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 30 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.75%) Terraform
3 13 (1.95%) Ansible
4 11 (1.65%) Kibana
5 8 (1.20%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.60%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.30%) Ambari
9 2 (0.30%) Control-M
9 2 (0.30%) WSUS
10 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.15%) logstash
10 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 100 (15.02%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.41%) Databricks
2 56 (8.41%) Google
3 49 (7.36%) Oracle
4 34 (5.11%) Talend
5 24 (3.60%) Informatica
6 21 (3.15%) Alteryx
7 17 (2.55%) Splunk
8 12 (1.80%) StreamSets
9 11 (1.65%) Foundry
10 10 (1.50%) Palantir
11 8 (1.20%) SAP
12 7 (1.05%) Cisco
12 7 (1.05%) VMware
13 6 (0.90%) IBM
14 5 (0.75%) Cloudera
14 5 (0.75%) Cognos
14 5 (0.75%) ESRI
14 5 (0.75%) TIBCO
15 4 (0.60%) Hortonworks