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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 425 | 333 | 382 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -92 | +49 | +46 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 163 | 190 | 226 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.39% | 0.63% | 0.51% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.30% | 1.86% | 1.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 101 | 110 | 159 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £292 | £312 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £388 | £383 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £777 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £461 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.40% | +23.00% | -16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.32 | £21.75 | £25.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.60 | £22.50 | £25.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.50 | £52.50 | £35.63 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.10% | +47.35% | +18.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.88 | £58.75 | £47.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.33 | £59.95 | £51.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.00 | - | £23.55 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +6.25% |
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 | 12,519 | 10,212 | 12,933 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.71% | 33.99% | 29.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,352 | 6,639 | 9,132 |
| 10th Percentile | £352 | £356 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £604 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £721 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £478 | £488 | £496 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | -1.76% | -1.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 483 | 237 | 506 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.25 | £21.25 | £30.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £53.88 | £35.00 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -7.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.00 | £68.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £85.00 | £76.53 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.75 | £62.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.97% | +2.81% | -4.62% |
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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 4 March 2026.
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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 4 March 2026.
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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 4 March 2026. 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 | -103 | 143 | £525 | +3.70% | 325 |
| London | -53 | 79 | £536 | -2.55% | 80 |
| Work from Home | +3 | 60 | £531 | +7.44% | 49 |
| UK excluding London | -112 | 59 | £500 | +8.40% | 309 |
| South East | -35 | 17 | £600 | +29.73% | 65 |
| Midlands | -55 | 17 | £395 | +1.94% | 54 |
| North of England | -56 | 13 | £500 | +9.89% | 84 |
| East Midlands | -21 | 11 | £385 | +33.22% | 35 |
| North West | -32 | 11 | £513 | +12.77% | 31 |
| East of England | -31 | 6 | £527 | -18.96% | 36 |
| West Midlands | -58 | 6 | £438 | +12.90% | 17 |
| Wales | -5 | 3 | £425 | - | 21 |
| South West | -35 | 3 | - | - | 32 |
| North East | -16 | 1 | £475 | - | 20 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 37 |
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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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