Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 24 July 2017

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 24 July 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
6 months to
24 Jul 2017		 Same period 2016 Same period 2015
Rank 351 494 535
Rank change year-on-year +143 +41 +170
Contract jobs citing R 640 455 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.41% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.62% 1.07% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 329 261
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
10th Percentile £306 £325 £355
90th Percentile £675 £628 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £450 £590
% change year-on-year +4.17% -23.73% +38.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 5
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £19.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +51.32% -36.67% -
10th Percentile £20.53 £17.50 £21.25
90th Percentile £45.93 £20.50 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year +121.05% - -

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 39610 42579 42705
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK 41.66% 38.70% 37.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 27147 29186 28205
UK median daily rate £445 £425 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +4.71% +6.25% +6.67%
10th Percentile £300 £275 £263
90th Percentile £625 £594 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 793 917 880
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £37.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +9.33% +7.14% +2.94%
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.27 £15.75
90th Percentile £53.75 £51.50 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +7.14% -

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 24 July 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 6 months to 24 July 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for R in the UK

R
Top 16 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 24 July 2017. 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 +146 596 £500 +5.26% 95
London +101 460 £500 +5.26% 47
UK excluding London +75 165 £469 +4.17% 54
South East +26 47 £425 - 7
East of England +16 31 £500 +53.85% 11
Scotland +54 27 £475 +35.71% 6
Midlands +19 25 £438 -10.71% 1
North of England +60 17 £425 -20.93% 21
East Midlands 0 16 £425 -5.56% 1
North West +29 12 £375 -18.92% 9
South West -18 10 £600 +41.18% 8
West Midlands +16 8 £450 -8.16%
Wales - 6 £575 -
North East +62 5 £425 -39.29% 3
Northern Ireland -43 2 £403 -
Yorkshire +17 1 £425 -37.04% 9

For the 6 months to 24 July 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.

1 404 (63.13%) Python
2 359 (56.09%) SQL
3 317 (49.53%) Analytics
4 229 (35.78%) Hadoop
5 222 (34.69%) Big Data
6 190 (29.69%) Machine Learning
7 188 (29.38%) Apache Spark
8 180 (28.13%) Visualisation
9 174 (27.19%) Analytical Skills
10 160 (25.00%) Finance
11 158 (24.69%) Degree
12 153 (23.91%) SAS
13 152 (23.75%) Business Intelligence
14 128 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
15 126 (19.69%) Mathematics
15 126 (19.69%) Java
16 123 (19.22%) Statistics
17 119 (18.59%) Data Visualisation
18 115 (17.97%) Apache Hive
19 114 (17.81%) Tableau
20 101 (15.78%) Data Analytics
21 96 (15.00%) Data Modelling
22 86 (13.44%) Scala
23 84 (13.13%) Algorithms
24 82 (12.81%) Relational Database
24 82 (12.81%) MATLAB
25 78 (12.19%) Linux
26 77 (12.03%) Marketing
27 74 (11.56%) Computer Science
28 73 (11.41%) 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
1 188 (29.38%) Apache Spark
2 153 (23.91%) SAS
3 43 (6.72%) Apache Pig
4 20 (3.13%) Apache
5 15 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.56%) Apache Solr
7 9 (1.41%) Confluence
7 9 (1.41%) Drupal
8 8 (1.25%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.63%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.47%) CMS
10 3 (0.47%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.31%) CICS
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.16%) IPython
Applications
1 73 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (8.28%) SPSS
3 27 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (3.59%) Stata
5 17 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (1.09%) S-PLUS
8 6 (0.94%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.47%) Weka
10 2 (0.31%) EViews
10 2 (0.31%) SPSS Modeler
11 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
11 1 (0.16%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.41%) FastStats
2 8 (1.25%) Eloqua
3 4 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.47%) Salesforce.com CRM
5 1 (0.16%) FINCAD Analytics
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 59 (9.22%) Amazon AWS
2 35 (5.47%) Microsoft Azure
3 16 (2.50%) Google Analytics
4 13 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (1.56%) Amazon S3
7 9 (1.41%) GitHub
8 7 (1.09%) Amazon EMR
8 7 (1.09%) Azure Machine Learning
8 7 (1.09%) Google Cloud Platform
9 6 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.78%) SaaS
11 4 (0.63%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.63%) PaaS
12 3 (0.47%) Google Play
13 2 (0.31%) Azure Active Directory
13 2 (0.31%) Data Lake Analytics
14 1 (0.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.81%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.63%) Internet
2 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.47%) Wireless
4 2 (0.31%) Firewall
4 2 (0.31%) HTTP
4 2 (0.31%) Skype
5 1 (0.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.16%) LDAP
5 1 (0.16%) SNMP
5 1 (0.16%) SSL
5 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (35.78%) Hadoop
2 222 (34.69%) Big Data
3 115 (17.97%) Apache Hive
4 82 (12.81%) Relational Database
5 72 (11.25%) Data Mining
6 66 (10.31%) Data Warehouse
6 66 (10.31%) Power BI
7 64 (10.00%) SQL Server
8 61 (9.53%) NoSQL
9 52 (8.13%) MongoDB
10 42 (6.56%) QlikView
11 39 (6.09%) HBase
12 38 (5.94%) Impala
13 34 (5.31%) Apache Cassandra
14 31 (4.84%) BusinessObjects
15 27 (4.22%) MySQL
16 23 (3.59%) Qlik Sense
16 23 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 20 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 16 (2.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 35 (5.47%) Git (software)
2 31 (4.84%) JIRA
3 15 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 14 (2.19%) Selenium
5 10 (1.56%) Visual Studio
6 8 (1.25%) JUnit
7 5 (0.78%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.78%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.47%) Maven
8 3 (0.47%) Toad
8 3 (0.47%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.31%) ChangeMan
9 2 (0.31%) ERwin
9 2 (0.31%) GoCD
9 2 (0.31%) Gradle
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.31%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.31%) Subversion
9 2 (0.31%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 160 (25.00%) Finance
2 77 (12.03%) Marketing
3 68 (10.63%) Banking
4 44 (6.88%) Front Office
5 27 (4.22%) Retail
6 18 (2.81%) Investment Banking
6 18 (2.81%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.66%) Publishing
8 16 (2.50%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.03%) Electronics
10 11 (1.72%) Games
10 11 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.41%) Legal
12 6 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.78%) Back Office
14 3 (0.47%) Advertising
14 3 (0.47%) German Language
15 2 (0.31%) Automotive
15 2 (0.31%) French Language
15 2 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 190 (29.69%) Analyst
2 160 (25.00%) Data Scientist
3 143 (22.34%) Developer
4 96 (15.00%) Data Analyst
5 54 (8.44%) Data Engineer
6 46 (7.19%) Python Developer
7 44 (6.88%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.63%) Big Data Engineer
9 32 (5.00%) Architect
10 27 (4.22%) SQL Analyst
11 23 (3.59%) R Developer
12 22 (3.44%) Big Data Developer
13 21 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 21 (3.28%) Data Architect
13 21 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
15 19 (2.97%) Junior
15 19 (2.97%) Machine Learning Scientist
15 19 (2.97%) Senior Data Scientist
16 18 (2.81%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.47%) Kafka
2 28 (4.38%) JSON
3 27 (4.22%) D3.js
3 27 (4.22%) Natural Language Processing
4 23 (3.59%) Web Services
5 17 (2.66%) .NET
5 17 (2.66%) HTML
6 12 (1.88%) CSS
7 11 (1.72%) AngularJS
7 11 (1.72%) Node.js
7 11 (1.72%) RESTful
7 11 (1.72%) XML
8 10 (1.56%) MLlib
8 10 (1.56%) React
9 8 (1.25%) ActiveMQ
9 8 (1.25%) JMS
10 7 (1.09%) HTML5
10 7 (1.09%) REST
10 7 (1.09%) Sass
10 7 (1.09%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 174 (27.19%) Analytical Skills
2 84 (13.13%) Algorithms
3 74 (11.56%) Computer Science
4 19 (2.97%) Fixed Income
4 19 (2.97%) Market Risk
5 18 (2.81%) Data Structures
5 18 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.19%) User Experience
7 12 (1.88%) Fintech
7 12 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.72%) Credit Risk
9 9 (1.41%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.09%) Mainframe
12 5 (0.78%) NHS
13 4 (0.63%) Digital Media
13 4 (0.63%) IBM Mainframe
13 4 (0.63%) Online Games
13 4 (0.63%) Replication
13 4 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 78 (12.19%) Linux
2 61 (9.53%) Unix
3 22 (3.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.09%) Windows
5 5 (0.78%) CentOS
5 5 (0.78%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.47%) MVS
7 1 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (49.53%) Analytics
2 190 (29.69%) Machine Learning
3 180 (28.13%) Visualisation
4 152 (23.75%) Business Intelligence
5 128 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 126 (19.69%) Mathematics
7 123 (19.22%) Statistics
8 119 (18.59%) Data Visualisation
9 101 (15.78%) Data Analytics
10 96 (15.00%) Data Modelling
11 73 (11.41%) ETL
12 72 (11.25%) Data Analysis
13 67 (10.47%) Statistical Modelling
14 48 (7.50%) Predictive Modelling
15 46 (7.19%) E-Commerce
16 44 (6.88%) Predictive Analytics
17 40 (6.25%) Scrum
18 38 (5.94%) Data Management
19 35 (5.47%) Actionable Insight
19 35 (5.47%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 404 (63.13%) Python
2 359 (56.09%) SQL
3 126 (19.69%) Java
4 86 (13.44%) Scala
5 82 (12.81%) MATLAB
6 44 (6.88%) C++
6 44 (6.88%) VBA
7 35 (5.47%) JavaScript
8 33 (5.16%) C#
9 21 (3.28%) C
10 19 (2.97%) T-SQL
11 18 (2.81%) Shell Script
12 16 (2.50%) Perl
13 14 (2.19%) Bash Shell
14 12 (1.88%) PL/SQL
14 12 (1.88%) VB
15 11 (1.72%) Ruby
16 7 (1.09%) PHP
17 6 (0.94%) Julia
18 5 (0.78%) Go
Qualifications
1 158 (24.69%) Degree
2 45 (7.03%) PhD
3 26 (4.06%) Numerate Degree
3 26 (4.06%) Security Cleared
4 16 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (2.50%) Master's Degree
5 12 (1.88%) SC Cleared
6 11 (1.72%) Postgraduate
7 9 (1.41%) CCA
8 6 (0.94%) BC Cleared
8 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.31%) CISA
9 2 (0.31%) CISM
9 2 (0.31%) CISSP
9 2 (0.31%) GSEC
9 2 (0.31%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) CBAP
10 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.16%) IIBA
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.84%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.44%) QA
3 5 (0.78%) IFRS
3 5 (0.78%) IFRS 9
4 4 (0.63%) IAS 39
5 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.31%) CDISC
6 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (2.50%) HDFS
2 15 (2.34%) Apache Flume
3 10 (1.56%) Docker
4 4 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.47%) Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
6 2 (0.31%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.31%) KVM
6 2 (0.31%) LXC
6 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.31%) Xen
7 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 11 (1.72%) Terraform
2 10 (1.56%) Hadoop YARN
3 7 (1.09%) Puppet
4 6 (0.94%) Ansible
4 6 (0.94%) Oozie
4 6 (0.94%) Opscode Chef
5 5 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.63%) Grafana
6 4 (0.63%) StatsD
7 2 (0.31%) Mesos
8 1 (0.16%) Kibana
8 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 114 (17.81%) Tableau
2 65 (10.16%) Microsoft
3 61 (9.53%) Oracle
4 36 (5.63%) Teradata
5 35 (5.47%) Google
6 25 (3.91%) Cloudera
7 18 (2.81%) Red Hat
7 18 (2.81%) SAP
8 15 (2.34%) MicroStrategy
9 12 (1.88%) IBM
9 12 (1.88%) Informatica
10 11 (1.72%) Cognos
11 10 (1.56%) Splunk
12 9 (1.41%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.41%) Netezza
12 9 (1.41%) Reuters
13 8 (1.25%) Apteco
13 8 (1.25%) Calypso
13 8 (1.25%) Sybase
14 7 (1.09%) Alteryx
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