R
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 396 | 333 | 418 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -63 | +85 | -33 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 168 | 240 | 229 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.51% | 0.64% | 0.48% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.55% | 1.99% | 1.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 93 | 131 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £310 | £300 | £323 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £346 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -9.52% | -11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £663 | £770 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £505 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.00% | -9.09% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 17 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.55 | £20.07 | £26.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.19 | £20.12 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.25 | £21.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +45.35% | -54.74% | +77.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £37.50 | £23.75 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £51.25 | £50.75 | £69.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.00 | £20.24 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.26% | -63.21% | +144.28% |
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 | 10,843 | 12,068 | 15,145 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.65% | 32.05% | 31.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,116 | 7,897 | 10,808 |
| 10th Percentile | £345 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £442 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.79% | -4.55% | -2.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £649 | £664 |
| 90th Percentile | £733 | £770 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | -2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 297 | 323 | 443 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.00 | £25.99 | £34.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.25 | £42.87 | £48.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +4.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.25 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.00 | £75.00 | £79.35 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract 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 October 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 October 2025.
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Top 15 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 October 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 | -35 | 148 | £500 | +7.53% | 522 |
| London | -20 | 78 | £518 | +9.05% | 216 |
| UK excluding London | -43 | 68 | £505 | +1.00% | 435 |
| Work from Home | +26 | 64 | £550 | +15.79% | 150 |
| South East | +10 | 22 | £525 | +2.44% | 129 |
| East of England | +6 | 16 | £575 | - | 53 |
| North of England | -23 | 10 | £400 | +9.44% | 100 |
| Midlands | -29 | 9 | £550 | +52.78% | 65 |
| North West | -11 | 8 | £270 | -24.16% | 60 |
| Wales | -3 | 6 | £376 | -31.59% | 28 |
| East Midlands | -13 | 4 | - | - | 27 |
| West Midlands | -21 | 4 | £575 | -6.05% | 38 |
| Scotland | -3 | 3 | £550 | -12.00% | 26 |
| South West | -4 | 2 | £806 | +11.21% | 32 |
| Yorkshire | -17 | 2 | £469 | +1.35% | 28 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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