R
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring R skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 375 | 344 | 428 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -31 | +84 | -34 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 184 | 226 | 232 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.57% | 0.59% | 0.46% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.73% | 1.86% | 1.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 106 | 130 | 160 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £309 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £350 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £488 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -11.36% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £608 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £664 | £801 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £519 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.22% | -2.38% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 19 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.86 | £20.09 | £29.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.40 | £20.12 | £35.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £21.50 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.16% | -60.91% | +70.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £39.00 | £70.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £56.25 | £58.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.84 | £20.24 | £61.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.87% | -66.96% | +75.53% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 10,627 | 12,177 | 16,171 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.74% | 31.93% | 32.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,032 | 8,268 | 11,462 |
| 10th Percentile | £340 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.67% | -4.55% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £775 | £783 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 292 | 343 | 465 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £27.00 | £32.31 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.50 | £46.18 | £48.32 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +4.00% | +11.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.06 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.50 | £82.40 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.92% | - | +13.04% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing R.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing R.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.
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Top 16 Contract Job 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 15 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 |
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| England | -3 | 163 | £500 | +5.26% | 659 |
| London | -1 | 82 | £513 | +7.89% | 326 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 78 | £519 | +1.22% | 490 |
| Work from Home | +30 | 73 | £513 | +5.13% | 190 |
| East of England | +26 | 23 | £563 | - | 49 |
| South East | +26 | 18 | £500 | -5.88% | 181 |
| Midlands | -23 | 12 | £550 | +50.68% | 57 |
| North of England | -17 | 10 | £350 | -4.24% | 117 |
| South West | +20 | 7 | £865 | +38.40% | 31 |
| North West | -11 | 7 | £269 | -24.44% | 79 |
| West Midlands | -15 | 6 | £550 | -10.13% | 34 |
| East Midlands | -10 | 5 | £447 | +24.86% | 23 |
| Wales | -4 | 4 | £376 | -8.68% | 25 |
| Scotland | -8 | 3 | £550 | -12.00% | 28 |
| Yorkshire | -12 | 3 | £450 | -2.70% | 32 |
| Northern Ireland | -6 | 1 | £350 | - | 4 |
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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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