Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 23 July 2019

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 23 July 2019 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
23 Jul 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 316 340 357
Rank change year-on-year +24 +17 +143
Contract jobs citing R 733 790 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.76% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.87% 1.75% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 518 424
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
10th Percentile £325 £325 £306
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 10
UK median hourly rate £20.96 £22.00 £28.75
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -4.75% -23.48% +51.32%
10th Percentile £16.67 £18.35 £20.53
90th Percentile £27.69 £47.45 £45.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.96 £22.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -4.75% -47.62% +121.05%

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 39,192 45,260 39,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.58% 43.83% 41.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,122 31,702 27,125
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £445
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +2.70% +3.93% +4.71%
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
90th Percentile £650 £638 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +3.66% +2.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 728 783 797
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £41.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +6.10% -0.61% +10.00%
10th Percentile £20.31 £16.54 £16.25
90th Percentile £55.65 £52.50 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £41.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +12.00%

R
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for R in the UK

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 6 months to 23 July 2019.

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 6 months to 23 July 2019.

Contractor 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 23 July 2019. 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
Job
Vacancies
England +5 671 £550 +4.76% 133
London +3 450 £550 - 71
UK excluding London +32 255 £500 +11.11% 69
North of England +62 78 £500 +5.26% 13
South East -20 63 £450 -5.26% 23
East of England +21 41 £575 +29.58% 13
Yorkshire +45 40 £525 +20.00% 3
North West +51 36 £450 -5.26% 7
Scotland +24 25 £338 -22.41% 6
Midlands +17 23 £513 +11.11% 5
West Midlands +28 16 £425 +9.68% 3
Wales -13 13 £138 -60.71% 1
South West -34 12 £500 +25.00% 9
East Midlands -1 4 £513 +9.92% 2
North East +13 2 £531 -18.27% 3

For the 6 months to 23 July 2019, 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.

1 617 (84.17%) Python
2 390 (53.21%) SQL
3 380 (51.84%) Data Science
4 324 (44.20%) Analytics
5 254 (34.65%) Machine Learning
6 197 (26.88%) Agile Software Development
7 192 (26.19%) Finance
8 190 (25.92%) Apache Spark
9 169 (23.06%) Hadoop
10 163 (22.24%) Visualisation
11 157 (21.42%) Amazon AWS
11 157 (21.42%) Big Data
12 150 (20.46%) Analytical Skills
13 145 (19.78%) Java
14 134 (18.28%) Statistics
15 133 (18.14%) Microsoft Azure
16 131 (17.87%) Business Intelligence
17 123 (16.78%) Mathematics
18 116 (15.83%) Degree
19 103 (14.05%) Tableau
20 101 (13.78%) Algorithms
20 101 (13.78%) Scala
21 99 (13.51%) Computer Science
21 99 (13.51%) Artificial Intelligence
21 99 (13.51%) SAS
22 96 (13.10%) Power Platform
22 96 (13.10%) Power BI
23 94 (12.82%) Data Visualisation
23 94 (12.82%) Data Modelling
24 91 (12.41%) DevOps

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
1 190 (25.92%) Apache Spark
2 99 (13.51%) SAS
3 29 (3.96%) Jupyter
4 25 (3.41%) Confluence
5 13 (1.77%) Apache Pig
5 13 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.23%) ArcGIS
6 9 (1.23%) OpenStack
7 8 (1.09%) Apache
7 8 (1.09%) R Markdown
7 8 (1.09%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.68%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.55%) Pachyderm
10 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.14%) Drupal
12 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 77 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (5.59%) SPSS
3 29 (3.96%) Stata
4 16 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (1.50%) Weka
6 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.55%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.14%) Maya
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.95%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (0.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 4 (0.55%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.27%) JDE World
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.14%) Raiser's Edge
Cloud Services
1 157 (21.42%) Amazon AWS
2 133 (18.14%) Microsoft Azure
3 96 (13.10%) Power Platform
4 90 (12.28%) Google Cloud Platform
5 26 (3.55%) Amazon EMR
6 25 (3.41%) GitHub
7 23 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.00%) Serverless
9 19 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.32%) Amazon S3
11 14 (1.91%) Google Analytics
12 12 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
12 12 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.36%) Adobe Analytics
15 9 (1.23%) Azure Machine Learning
16 7 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
16 7 (0.95%) Trello
17 6 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
17 6 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.23%) Internet
2 3 (0.41%) ZigBee
3 2 (0.27%) DHCP
3 2 (0.27%) DNS
3 2 (0.27%) Firewall
3 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.27%) RFID
3 2 (0.27%) SSL
3 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.14%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.14%) IPsec
4 1 (0.14%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.14%) LAN
4 1 (0.14%) Multicast
4 1 (0.14%) OSPF
4 1 (0.14%) VoIP
4 1 (0.14%) VPN
4 1 (0.14%) WAN
4 1 (0.14%) Wireless
4 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (23.06%) Hadoop
2 157 (21.42%) Big Data
3 96 (13.10%) Power BI
4 88 (12.01%) SQL Server
5 74 (10.10%) Data Warehouse
6 69 (9.41%) NoSQL
7 67 (9.14%) Apache Hive
8 56 (7.64%) Data Mining
9 44 (6.00%) MongoDB
10 40 (5.46%) PostgreSQL
11 38 (5.18%) Data Lake
12 37 (5.05%) Relational Database
13 34 (4.64%) HBase
13 34 (4.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 33 (4.50%) Apache Cassandra
15 31 (4.23%) Amazon Redshift
16 29 (3.96%) BigQuery
17 26 (3.55%) Impala
18 25 (3.41%) MySQL
19 20 (2.73%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 56 (7.64%) JIRA
2 47 (6.41%) Git (software)
2 47 (6.41%) Jenkins
3 39 (5.32%) RStudio
4 14 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
5 11 (1.50%) Travis CI
6 10 (1.36%) IBM UrbanCode
7 9 (1.23%) Gradle
8 6 (0.82%) ERwin
9 5 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.55%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.55%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.41%) Mocha
11 3 (0.41%) Subversion
11 3 (0.41%) Toad
11 3 (0.41%) Vagrant
12 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 192 (26.19%) Finance
2 67 (9.14%) Banking
3 56 (7.64%) Marketing
4 47 (6.41%) Retail
5 33 (4.50%) Front Office
6 22 (3.00%) Investment Banking
7 17 (2.32%) Financial Institution
7 17 (2.32%) Retail Banking
8 14 (1.91%) Legal
9 12 (1.64%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.09%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.82%) Advertising
12 6 (0.82%) Back Office
13 5 (0.68%) Publishing
13 5 (0.68%) Social Science
14 4 (0.55%) Automotive
14 4 (0.55%) Games
14 4 (0.55%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.55%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 220 (30.01%) Data Scientist
2 133 (18.14%) Analyst
3 120 (16.37%) Developer
4 72 (9.82%) Data Engineer
5 63 (8.59%) Data Analyst
6 41 (5.59%) Architect
6 41 (5.59%) Python Developer
7 33 (4.50%) Python Engineer
8 30 (4.09%) Data Architect
9 28 (3.82%) Senior Data Scientist
10 26 (3.55%) Consultant
11 24 (3.27%) SQL Analyst
12 23 (3.14%) Java Developer
13 21 (2.86%) Insight Analyst
14 18 (2.46%) Big Data Engineer
14 18 (2.46%) DevOps Engineer
15 16 (2.18%) Hadoop Developer
15 16 (2.18%) Machine Learning Engineer
15 16 (2.18%) Machine Learning Scientist
16 15 (2.05%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (10.64%) Natural Language Processing
2 48 (6.55%) Pandas
3 47 (6.41%) NumPy
4 41 (5.59%) TensorFlow
5 40 (5.46%) Web Services
6 38 (5.18%) Kafka
7 37 (5.05%) scikit-learn
8 31 (4.23%) .NET
9 27 (3.68%) PySpark
10 23 (3.14%) AngularJS
10 23 (3.14%) JSON
11 21 (2.86%) SciPy
12 20 (2.73%) Flask
13 19 (2.59%) D3.js
13 19 (2.59%) HTML
14 17 (2.32%) Anaconda
14 17 (2.32%) Keras
15 14 (1.91%) Caffe
15 14 (1.91%) MLlib
15 14 (1.91%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 150 (20.46%) Analytical Skills
2 101 (13.78%) Algorithms
3 31 (4.23%) Fixed Income
4 26 (3.55%) Derivative
5 24 (3.27%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.18%) Market Risk
7 15 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.05%) User Experience
8 14 (1.91%) Hedge funds
9 12 (1.64%) NHS
10 11 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
10 11 (1.50%) Social Media
11 10 (1.36%) FMCG
12 8 (1.09%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.95%) Smart Home
14 6 (0.82%) OTC Derivatives
15 5 (0.68%) Cloud Native
15 5 (0.68%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.55%) Linux
2 42 (5.73%) Unix
3 9 (1.23%) Windows
4 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.27%) Android
5 2 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (51.84%) Data Science
2 324 (44.20%) Analytics
3 254 (34.65%) Machine Learning
4 197 (26.88%) Agile Software Development
5 163 (22.24%) Visualisation
6 134 (18.28%) Statistics
7 131 (17.87%) Business Intelligence
8 123 (16.78%) Mathematics
9 99 (13.51%) Artificial Intelligence
9 99 (13.51%) Computer Science
10 94 (12.82%) Data Modelling
10 94 (12.82%) Data Visualisation
11 91 (12.41%) DevOps
12 80 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
13 79 (10.78%) Data Analysis
14 72 (9.82%) Deep Learning
15 65 (8.87%) Data Analytics
16 63 (8.59%) ETL
17 60 (8.19%) Statistical Modelling
18 59 (8.05%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 617 (84.17%) Python
2 390 (53.21%) SQL
3 145 (19.78%) Java
4 101 (13.78%) Scala
5 86 (11.73%) MATLAB
6 62 (8.46%) C++
6 62 (8.46%) JavaScript
7 54 (7.37%) C#
8 38 (5.18%) C
9 27 (3.68%) VBA
10 16 (2.18%) PHP
11 15 (2.05%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.77%) Perl
13 12 (1.64%) Bash Shell
14 10 (1.36%) HiveQL
15 7 (0.95%) Clojure
15 7 (0.95%) Go
15 7 (0.95%) Lua
16 6 (0.82%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.82%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 116 (15.83%) Degree
2 80 (10.91%) PhD
3 24 (3.27%) Numerate Degree
3 24 (3.27%) Security Cleared
4 18 (2.46%) Master's Degree
5 13 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.64%) SC Cleared
7 6 (0.82%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.41%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.27%) CFA
10 2 (0.27%) HND
11 1 (0.14%) CCIE
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.14%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.14%) HNC
11 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.14%) MCSA
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.96%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.00%) QA
3 3 (0.41%) GDPR
3 3 (0.41%) GxP
3 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.14%) Basel III
5 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (8.19%) Docker
2 33 (4.50%) HDFS
3 12 (1.64%) Apache Flume
4 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.27%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 40 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.46%) Ansible
3 14 (1.91%) Hadoop YARN
4 9 (1.23%) Terraform
5 8 (1.09%) Puppet
6 6 (0.82%) Opscode Chef
7 4 (0.55%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.41%) Grafana
8 3 (0.41%) Kibana
9 2 (0.27%) Consul
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.14%) Ambari
10 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.14%) Mesos
10 1 (0.14%) Oozie
10 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 103 (14.05%) Tableau
2 74 (10.10%) Microsoft
3 64 (8.73%) Google
4 40 (5.46%) Oracle
5 22 (3.00%) Cloudera
6 20 (2.73%) Informatica
7 18 (2.46%) Talend
8 17 (2.32%) MicroStrategy
9 14 (1.91%) Databricks
10 12 (1.64%) SAP
11 11 (1.50%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.50%) Hortonworks
12 10 (1.36%) Adobe
12 10 (1.36%) Dataiku
13 8 (1.09%) ESRI
14 7 (0.95%) IBM
14 7 (0.95%) Minitab
14 7 (0.95%) Splunk
15 6 (0.82%) MapR
15 6 (0.82%) Verint