R Contracts

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 3 months to 29 June 2017 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
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	325	428	494
Rank change year-on-year	+103	+66
Contract jobs citing R	318	226	150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.68%	0.42%	0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category	1.61%	1.08%	0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted	210	170	102
Median daily rate	£493	£464	£550
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.19%	-15.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£325	£330	£385
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£663	£600	£699
UK excluding London median daily rate	£450	£450	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	4
Median hourly rate	£21.75	-	£55.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£20.75	-	£25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£39.93	-	£80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	-	-

R is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills.

Contract Programming Language Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	19717	20891	21377
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	41.85%	38.90%	38.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	26337	28906	27296
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£310	£285	£263
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£600	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	790	904	929
Median hourly rate	£42.00	£37.50	£36.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+12.00%	+2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£19.82	£14.54	£18.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£53.00	£52.50	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£37.00	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+14.86%	-

R
Job Vacancy Trend

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

R
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing R.

Contractor daily rate trend for R in the UK

R
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing R over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for R in the UK

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing R.

Contractor hourly rate trend for R in the UK

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing R over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for R in the UK

R
Top 11 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 3 months to 29 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+83	290	£499	+6.68%	105
London	+69	228	£500	+5.26%	69
UK excluding London	+66	84	£450	-	48
East of England	+10	21	£500	-	10
Scotland	+53	19	£475	+35.71%	10
Midlands	+7	13	£436	-10.96%	1
South East	+1	13	£418	-8.24%	10
South West	-11	7	£600	+41.17%	7
North of England	+57	6	£425	+6.25%	8
Wales	-	3	-	-	2
Northern Ireland	-43	2	£403	-

R
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing R also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for R.

1	396 (63.06%)	Python
2	343 (54.62%)	SQL
3	314 (50.00%)	Analytics
4	236 (37.58%)	Hadoop
5	230 (36.62%)	Big Data
6	192 (30.57%)	Apache Spark
7	174 (27.71%)	Machine Learning
8	169 (26.91%)	Visualisation
9	157 (25.00%)	Analytical Skills
10	156 (24.84%)	Degree
10	156 (24.84%)	SAS
11	154 (24.52%)	Business Intelligence
12	145 (23.09%)	Finance
13	135 (21.50%)	Java
14	126 (20.06%)	Mathematics

15	122 (19.43%)	Statistics
16	118 (18.79%)	Tableau
17	117 (18.63%)	Agile Software Development
18	110 (17.52%)	Apache Hive
18	110 (17.52%)	Data Visualisation
19	99 (15.76%)	Data Modelling
20	98 (15.61%)	Data Analytics
21	93 (14.81%)	Scala
22	89 (14.17%)	Relational Database
23	85 (13.54%)	Algorithms
24	84 (13.38%)	MATLAB
25	73 (11.62%)	Linux
26	71 (11.31%)	Data Mining
27	70 (11.15%)	ETL
28	69 (10.99%)	Microsoft Excel

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
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	192 (30.57%)	Apache Spark
2	156 (24.84%)	SAS
3	44 (7.01%)	Apache Pig
4	19 (3.03%)	Apache
5	17 (2.71%)	Elasticsearch
6	9 (1.43%)	Drupal
7	8 (1.27%)	Apache Solr
7	8 (1.27%)	Confluence
7	8 (1.27%)	SharePoint
8	4 (0.64%)	Adobe Experience Manager
8	4 (0.64%)	Cloud Foundry
8	4 (0.64%)	OpenStack
9	3 (0.48%)	ArcGIS
9	3 (0.48%)	CMS
10	2 (0.32%)	Apache Airflow
10	2 (0.32%)	CICS
10	2 (0.32%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	2 (0.32%)	Tomcat
11	1 (0.16%)	IPython
11	1 (0.16%)	Jupyter

Applications
1	69 (10.99%)	Microsoft Excel
2	61 (9.71%)	SPSS
3	25 (3.98%)	Microsoft Office
3	25 (3.98%)	Stata
4	17 (2.71%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	8 (1.27%)	Spreadsheet
6	7 (1.11%)	MS Visio
6	7 (1.11%)	S-PLUS
7	4 (0.64%)	GNU Octave
7	4 (0.64%)	Weka
8	3 (0.48%)	Microsoft Project
9	2 (0.32%)	EViews
9	2 (0.32%)	SPSS Modeler
10	1 (0.16%)	AutoCAD
10	1 (0.16%)	Mathematica
10	1 (0.16%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	10 (1.59%)	FastStats
2	8 (1.27%)	Eloqua
2	8 (1.27%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	4 (0.64%)	Adobe Campaign
4	3 (0.48%)	Salesforce.com CRM
5	2 (0.32%)	FINCAD Analytics
6	1 (0.16%)	Oracle Receivables

Cloud Services
1	50 (7.96%)	Amazon AWS
2	29 (4.62%)	Microsoft Azure
3	13 (2.07%)	Google Analytics
4	11 (1.75%)	Amazon EC2
4	11 (1.75%)	Amazon S3
5	10 (1.59%)	Virtual Private Cloud
6	9 (1.43%)	GitHub
7	7 (1.11%)	Amazon EMR
7	7 (1.11%)	Azure Machine Learning
8	6 (0.96%)	SaaS
9	5 (0.80%)	Cloud Computing
10	4 (0.64%)	Adobe Analytics
10	4 (0.64%)	AWS Lambda
10	4 (0.64%)	Google Play
11	3 (0.48%)	Azure Active Directory
11	3 (0.48%)	Azure Data Factory
11	3 (0.48%)	PaaS
12	2 (0.32%)	Data Lake Analytics
12	2 (0.32%)	Google Cloud Platform
13	1 (0.16%)	Flurry Analytics

Communications & Networking
1	18 (2.87%)	Kerberos
2	4 (0.64%)	Internet
3	2 (0.32%)	Firewall
3	2 (0.32%)	HTTP
4	1 (0.16%)	DNS
4	1 (0.16%)	LDAP
4	1 (0.16%)	Skype
4	1 (0.16%)	SNMP
4	1 (0.16%)	SSL
4	1 (0.16%)	TCP/IP
4	1 (0.16%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	236 (37.58%)	Hadoop
2	230 (36.62%)	Big Data
3	110 (17.52%)	Apache Hive
4	89 (14.17%)	Relational Database
5	71 (11.31%)	Data Mining
6	66 (10.51%)	NoSQL
7	65 (10.35%)	Data Warehouse
8	64 (10.19%)	Power BI
8	64 (10.19%)	SQL Server
9	53 (8.44%)	MongoDB
10	47 (7.48%)	QlikView
11	39 (6.21%)	HBase
12	38 (6.05%)	Apache Cassandra
13	35 (5.57%)	BusinessObjects
14	34 (5.41%)	Impala
15	26 (4.14%)	MySQL
16	24 (3.82%)	RDBMS
17	21 (3.34%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
18	20 (3.18%)	Spotfire
18	20 (3.18%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	37 (5.89%)	Git (software)
2	31 (4.94%)	JIRA
3	15 (2.39%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4	12 (1.91%)	Selenium
5	8 (1.27%)	JUnit
6	7 (1.11%)	Visual Studio
7	5 (0.80%)	Cucumber
7	5 (0.80%)	Team Foundation Server
8	4 (0.64%)	Jenkins
9	3 (0.48%)	Maven
9	3 (0.48%)	Talend Open Studio
9	3 (0.48%)	Toad
9	3 (0.48%)	Vagrant
10	2 (0.32%)	ChangeMan
10	2 (0.32%)	ERwin
10	2 (0.32%)	Gradle
10	2 (0.32%)	gulp
10	2 (0.32%)	Oracle Forms
10	2 (0.32%)	PowerBuilder
10	2 (0.32%)	Subversion

General
1	145 (23.09%)	Finance
2	68 (10.83%)	Marketing
3	66 (10.51%)	Banking
4	38 (6.05%)	Front Office
5	27 (4.30%)	Retail
6	19 (3.03%)	Investment Banking
7	17 (2.71%)	Telecoms
8	14 (2.23%)	Financial Institution
8	14 (2.23%)	Publishing
9	10 (1.59%)	Manufacturing
10	9 (1.43%)	Legal
11	8 (1.27%)	Electronics
11	8 (1.27%)	Games
12	5 (0.80%)	Advertising
12	5 (0.80%)	Back Office
13	4 (0.64%)	Pharmaceutical
14	3 (0.48%)	German Language
15	2 (0.32%)	French Language
15	2 (0.32%)	Retail Banking
16	1 (0.16%)	Aerospace

Job Titles
1	180 (28.66%)	Analyst
2	142 (22.61%)	Data Scientist
2	142 (22.61%)	Developer
3	92 (14.65%)	Data Analyst
4	57 (9.08%)	Data Engineer
5	44 (7.01%)	Python Developer
6	42 (6.69%)	Business Analyst
7	39 (6.21%)	Big Data Engineer
8	35 (5.57%)	Architect
9	29 (4.62%)	SQL Analyst
10	28 (4.46%)	R Developer
11	25 (3.98%)	Big Data Developer
12	24 (3.82%)	Data Architect
13	21 (3.34%)	Business Intelligence Developer
13	21 (3.34%)	SQL Data Analyst
14	20 (3.18%)	Consultant
15	19 (3.03%)	Cloud Engineer
16	18 (2.87%)	Infrastructure Engineer
16	18 (2.87%)	Senior Analyst
17	17 (2.71%)	Quantitative Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	34 (5.41%)	Kafka
2	27 (4.30%)	D3.js
3	25 (3.98%)	JSON
4	24 (3.82%)	Natural Language Processing
5	21 (3.34%)	Web Services
6	15 (2.39%)	.NET
7	13 (2.07%)	AngularJS
8	12 (1.91%)	HTML
8	12 (1.91%)	Node.js
9	11 (1.75%)	CSS
9	11 (1.75%)	React
9	11 (1.75%)	RESTful
9	11 (1.75%)	XML
10	9 (1.43%)	MLlib
11	8 (1.27%)	Sass
12	7 (1.11%)	ActiveMQ
12	7 (1.11%)	Ajax
12	7 (1.11%)	LESS
12	7 (1.11%)	NumPy
13	6 (0.96%)	REST

Miscellaneous
1	157 (25.00%)	Analytical Skills
2	85 (13.54%)	Algorithms
3	65 (10.35%)	Computer Science
4	19 (3.03%)	Greenfield Project
5	18 (2.87%)	Market Risk
6	17 (2.71%)	Data Structures
7	16 (2.55%)	User Experience
8	15 (2.39%)	Fixed Income
9	9 (1.43%)	Credit Risk
9	9 (1.43%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	9 (1.43%)	Management Information System
10	8 (1.27%)	Data Protection Act
10	8 (1.27%)	Fintech
10	8 (1.27%)	Mainframe
11	5 (0.80%)	Data Centre
11	5 (0.80%)	IBM Mainframe
11	5 (0.80%)	NHS
11	5 (0.80%)	Online Games
12	4 (0.64%)	Digital Media
12	4 (0.64%)	Social Media

Operating Systems
1	73 (11.62%)	Linux
2	58 (9.24%)	Unix
3	19 (3.03%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4	7 (1.11%)	Windows
5	5 (0.80%)	Mac OS X
6	3 (0.48%)	MVS
7	2 (0.32%)	CentOS
8	1 (0.16%)	Android
8	1 (0.16%)	Ubuntu
8	1 (0.16%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	314 (50.00%)	Analytics
2	174 (27.71%)	Machine Learning
3	169 (26.91%)	Visualisation
4	154 (24.52%)	Business Intelligence
5	126 (20.06%)	Mathematics
6	122 (19.43%)	Statistics
7	117 (18.63%)	Agile Software Development
8	110 (17.52%)	Data Visualisation
9	99 (15.76%)	Data Modelling
10	98 (15.61%)	Data Analytics
11	70 (11.15%)	ETL
12	64 (10.19%)	Statistical Modelling
13	62 (9.87%)	Data Analysis
14	49 (7.80%)	Predictive Modelling
15	48 (7.64%)	E-Commerce
16	41 (6.53%)	Predictive Analytics
17	40 (6.37%)	Data Management
18	39 (6.21%)	MapReduce
18	39 (6.21%)	Open Source
19	37 (5.89%)	Scrum

Programming Languages
1	396 (63.06%)	Python
2	343 (54.62%)	SQL
3	135 (21.50%)	Java
4	93 (14.81%)	Scala
5	84 (13.38%)	MATLAB
6	47 (7.48%)	C++
7	33 (5.25%)	VBA
8	27 (4.30%)	C#
8	27 (4.30%)	JavaScript
9	19 (3.03%)	Shell Script
10	18 (2.87%)	T-SQL
11	16 (2.55%)	C
12	13 (2.07%)	Perl
13	11 (1.75%)	Bash Shell
13	11 (1.75%)	PL/SQL
14	9 (1.43%)	VB
15	8 (1.27%)	Ruby
16	7 (1.11%)	PHP
17	6 (0.96%)	Julia
18	5 (0.80%)	Go

Qualifications
1	156 (24.84%)	Degree
2	46 (7.32%)	PhD
3	23 (3.66%)	Numerate Degree
3	23 (3.66%)	Security Cleared
4	16 (2.55%)	Computer Science Degree
5	12 (1.91%)	Master's Degree
6	10 (1.59%)	Postgraduate
6	10 (1.59%)	SC Cleared
7	9 (1.43%)	CCA
8	7 (1.11%)	BPSS Clearance
9	6 (0.96%)	BC Cleared
10	2 (0.32%)	CBAP
10	2 (0.32%)	CISA
10	2 (0.32%)	CISM
10	2 (0.32%)	CISSP
10	2 (0.32%)	GSEC
10	2 (0.32%)	IIBA
11	1 (0.16%)	DV Cleared
11	1 (0.16%)	ISEB
11	1 (0.16%)	ITIL Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	31 (4.94%)	Data Quality
2	23 (3.66%)	QA
3	6 (0.96%)	IFRS
3	6 (0.96%)	IFRS 9
4	4 (0.64%)	IAS 39
5	2 (0.32%)	Actionable Recommendations
5	2 (0.32%)	CDISC
6	1 (0.16%)	Disclosure Scotland
6	1 (0.16%)	MiFID

System Software
1	18 (2.87%)	Apache Flume
2	17 (2.71%)	HDFS
3	8 (1.27%)	Docker
4	4 (0.64%)	Apache ZooKeeper
5	3 (0.48%)	Active Directory
6	2 (0.32%)	KVM
6	2 (0.32%)	LXC
6	2 (0.32%)	Virtual Machines
6	2 (0.32%)	Xen
7	1 (0.16%)	Slurm Workload Manager
7	1 (0.16%)	Varnish

Systems Management
1	9 (1.43%)	Terraform
2	8 (1.27%)	Hadoop YARN
3	7 (1.11%)	Oozie
3	7 (1.11%)	Puppet
4	6 (0.96%)	Opscode Chef
5	5 (0.80%)	Ansible
6	4 (0.64%)	Grafana
6	4 (0.64%)	Kubernetes
6	4 (0.64%)	StatsD
7	2 (0.32%)	Mesos
8	1 (0.16%)	Kibana
8	1 (0.16%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	118 (18.79%)	Tableau
2	64 (10.19%)	Oracle
3	63 (10.03%)	Microsoft
4	37 (5.89%)	Teradata
5	29 (4.62%)	Google
6	26 (4.14%)	Cloudera
7	23 (3.66%)	SAP
8	18 (2.87%)	Red Hat
9	17 (2.71%)	Cognos
10	16 (2.55%)	MicroStrategy
11	15 (2.39%)	IBM
12	13 (2.07%)	Informatica
13	11 (1.75%)	Netezza
14	10 (1.59%)	Splunk
14	10 (1.59%)	Sybase
15	8 (1.27%)	Apteco
16	7 (1.11%)	Adobe
16	7 (1.11%)	Bloomberg
16	7 (1.11%)	RapidMiner
16	7 (1.11%)	Reuters