Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 20 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 20 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
20 Jul 2017		 Same period 2016 Same period 2015
Rank 346 499 541
Rank change year-on-year +153 +42 +159
Contract jobs citing R 649 452 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.41% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.64% 1.06% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 325 260
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +7.69%
10th Percentile £306 £325 £362
90th Percentile £675 £633 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +5.56% -25.00% +41.18%
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 39639 42526 42389
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK 41.63% 38.63% 37.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 27166 29172 27980
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 800 922 867
UK median hourly rate £41.13 £37.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +9.67% +7.14% +2.94%
10th Percentile £16.25 £13.35 £15.75
90th Percentile £53.75 £51.25 £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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +146 605 £500 +5.26% 97
London +120 470 £500 +5.26% 53
UK excluding London +68 164 £475 +5.56% 55
South East +32 46 £425 - 6
East of England +19 31 £500 +53.85% 13
Scotland +67 25 £475 +35.71% 8
Midlands +18 25 £438 -10.71% 1
North of England +50 17 £425 -20.93% 17
East Midlands +9 16 £425 -5.56% 1
North West +25 12 £375 -18.92% 9
South West -16 10 £600 +41.18% 7
West Midlands +14 8 £450 -8.16%
Wales - 8 £575 - 3
North East +53 5 £425 -39.29% 1
Northern Ireland -41 2 £403 -
Yorkshire +21 1 £425 -37.04% 7

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 413 (63.64%) Python
2 363 (55.93%) SQL
3 322 (49.61%) Analytics
4 238 (36.67%) Hadoop
5 227 (34.98%) Big Data
6 196 (30.20%) Machine Learning
7 191 (29.43%) Apache Spark
8 178 (27.43%) Visualisation
9 173 (26.66%) Analytical Skills
10 166 (25.58%) Finance
11 160 (24.65%) Degree
12 157 (24.19%) SAS
13 156 (24.04%) Business Intelligence
14 130 (20.03%) Java
14 130 (20.03%) Agile Software Development
15 127 (19.57%) Mathematics
16 123 (18.95%) Statistics
17 119 (18.34%) Data Visualisation
18 118 (18.18%) Tableau
19 116 (17.87%) Apache Hive
20 104 (16.02%) Data Analytics
21 98 (15.10%) Data Modelling
22 88 (13.56%) Scala
23 86 (13.25%) Relational Database
24 85 (13.10%) MATLAB
25 83 (12.79%) Algorithms
26 77 (11.86%) Linux
26 77 (11.86%) Marketing
27 75 (11.56%) Computer Science
28 73 (11.25%) 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
1 191 (29.43%) Apache Spark
2 157 (24.19%) SAS
3 45 (6.93%) Apache Pig
4 19 (2.93%) Apache
5 16 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.39%) Apache Solr
6 9 (1.39%) Confluence
6 9 (1.39%) Drupal
7 8 (1.23%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.62%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.62%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.46%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.46%) CMS
9 3 (0.46%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.31%) CICS
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.15%) IPython
Applications
1 73 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (8.63%) SPSS
3 27 (4.16%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (3.54%) Stata
5 17 (2.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (1.08%) S-PLUS
8 6 (0.92%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.62%) GNU Octave
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.46%) Weka
11 2 (0.31%) EViews
11 2 (0.31%) SPSS Modeler
12 1 (0.15%) Mathematica
12 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (1.39%) FastStats
2 8 (1.23%) Eloqua
3 4 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.46%) Salesforce.com CRM
5 2 (0.31%) FINCAD Analytics
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 57 (8.78%) Amazon AWS
2 33 (5.08%) Microsoft Azure
3 16 (2.47%) Google Analytics
4 12 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (1.54%) Amazon S3
7 9 (1.39%) GitHub
8 7 (1.08%) Amazon EMR
8 7 (1.08%) Azure Machine Learning
8 7 (1.08%) Google Cloud Platform
9 6 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.77%) SaaS
11 4 (0.62%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.62%) PaaS
12 3 (0.46%) Google Play
13 2 (0.31%) Azure Active Directory
13 2 (0.31%) Data Lake Analytics
14 1 (0.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.77%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.62%) Internet
2 4 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.46%) Wireless
4 2 (0.31%) Firewall
4 2 (0.31%) HTTP
4 2 (0.31%) Skype
5 1 (0.15%) DNS
5 1 (0.15%) LDAP
5 1 (0.15%) SNMP
5 1 (0.15%) SSL
5 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (36.67%) Hadoop
2 227 (34.98%) Big Data
3 116 (17.87%) Apache Hive
4 86 (13.25%) Relational Database
5 71 (10.94%) Data Mining
6 66 (10.17%) Power BI
7 65 (10.02%) Data Warehouse
7 65 (10.02%) NoSQL
8 64 (9.86%) SQL Server
9 54 (8.32%) MongoDB
10 46 (7.09%) QlikView
11 40 (6.16%) HBase
12 37 (5.70%) Impala
13 36 (5.55%) Apache Cassandra
14 34 (5.24%) BusinessObjects
15 26 (4.01%) MySQL
16 23 (3.54%) Qlik Sense
16 23 (3.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 20 (3.08%) RDBMS
17 20 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (5.70%) Git (software)
2 33 (5.08%) JIRA
3 15 (2.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 14 (2.16%) Selenium
5 10 (1.54%) Visual Studio
6 8 (1.23%) JUnit
7 5 (0.77%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.77%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (0.46%) Maven
8 3 (0.46%) Toad
8 3 (0.46%) 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
1 166 (25.58%) Finance
2 77 (11.86%) Marketing
3 69 (10.63%) Banking
4 44 (6.78%) Front Office
5 27 (4.16%) Retail
6 20 (3.08%) Investment Banking
7 18 (2.77%) Publishing
7 18 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 17 (2.62%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.00%) Electronics
10 11 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.54%) Games
12 9 (1.39%) Legal
13 6 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.77%) Back Office
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
15 3 (0.46%) German Language
16 2 (0.31%) Automotive
16 2 (0.31%) French Language
16 2 (0.31%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 188 (28.97%) Analyst
2 164 (25.27%) Data Scientist
3 146 (22.50%) Developer
4 95 (14.64%) Data Analyst
5 55 (8.47%) Data Engineer
6 48 (7.40%) Python Developer
7 44 (6.78%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.55%) Big Data Engineer
9 35 (5.39%) Architect
10 27 (4.16%) SQL Analyst
11 25 (3.85%) R Developer
12 24 (3.70%) Data Architect
13 23 (3.54%) Big Data Developer
14 21 (3.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 20 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (3.08%) Senior Data Scientist
16 19 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
16 19 (2.93%) Consultant
17 18 (2.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 18 (2.77%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.24%) Kafka
2 28 (4.31%) JSON
3 27 (4.16%) D3.js
3 27 (4.16%) Natural Language Processing
4 23 (3.54%) Web Services
5 17 (2.62%) .NET
5 17 (2.62%) HTML
6 12 (1.85%) CSS
7 11 (1.69%) AngularJS
7 11 (1.69%) Node.js
7 11 (1.69%) RESTful
7 11 (1.69%) XML
8 10 (1.54%) MLlib
8 10 (1.54%) React
9 8 (1.23%) ActiveMQ
10 7 (1.08%) HTML5
10 7 (1.08%) JMS
10 7 (1.08%) REST
10 7 (1.08%) Sass
10 7 (1.08%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 173 (26.66%) Analytical Skills
2 83 (12.79%) Algorithms
3 75 (11.56%) Computer Science
4 19 (2.93%) Fixed Income
4 19 (2.93%) Market Risk
5 18 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.62%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.31%) User Experience
8 12 (1.85%) Fintech
9 11 (1.69%) Credit Risk
9 11 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.39%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.23%) Mainframe
12 5 (0.77%) IBM Mainframe
12 5 (0.77%) NHS
13 4 (0.62%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.62%) Digital Media
13 4 (0.62%) Online Games
13 4 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 77 (11.86%) Linux
2 60 (9.24%) Unix
3 21 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.08%) Windows
5 5 (0.77%) Mac OS X
6 4 (0.62%) CentOS
7 3 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.46%) MVS
8 1 (0.15%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (49.61%) Analytics
2 196 (30.20%) Machine Learning
3 178 (27.43%) Visualisation
4 156 (24.04%) Business Intelligence
5 130 (20.03%) Agile Software Development
6 127 (19.57%) Mathematics
7 123 (18.95%) Statistics
8 119 (18.34%) Data Visualisation
9 104 (16.02%) Data Analytics
10 98 (15.10%) Data Modelling
11 71 (10.94%) Data Analysis
12 70 (10.79%) ETL
13 66 (10.17%) Statistical Modelling
14 49 (7.55%) Predictive Modelling
15 47 (7.24%) E-Commerce
16 43 (6.63%) Predictive Analytics
17 41 (6.32%) Scrum
18 40 (6.16%) Open Source
19 38 (5.86%) Data Management
20 37 (5.70%) MapReduce
Programming Languages
1 413 (63.64%) Python
2 363 (55.93%) SQL
3 130 (20.03%) Java
4 88 (13.56%) Scala
5 85 (13.10%) MATLAB
6 44 (6.78%) C++
6 44 (6.78%) VBA
7 34 (5.24%) JavaScript
8 32 (4.93%) C#
9 21 (3.24%) C
10 19 (2.93%) T-SQL
11 18 (2.77%) Shell Script
12 15 (2.31%) Perl
13 13 (2.00%) Bash Shell
14 12 (1.85%) PL/SQL
14 12 (1.85%) VB
15 11 (1.69%) Ruby
16 7 (1.08%) PHP
17 6 (0.92%) Julia
18 5 (0.77%) Go
Qualifications
1 160 (24.65%) Degree
2 47 (7.24%) PhD
3 26 (4.01%) Security Cleared
4 25 (3.85%) Numerate Degree
5 16 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.47%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.85%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.69%) Postgraduate
8 9 (1.39%) CCA
9 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.92%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.31%) CISA
11 2 (0.31%) CISM
11 2 (0.31%) CISSP
11 2 (0.31%) GSEC
11 2 (0.31%) ISEB
12 1 (0.15%) CBAP
12 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.15%) IIBA
12 1 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.78%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.54%) QA
3 5 (0.77%) IFRS
3 5 (0.77%) IFRS 9
4 4 (0.62%) IAS 39
5 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.31%) CDISC
6 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (2.47%) Apache Flume
1 16 (2.47%) HDFS
2 10 (1.54%) Docker
3 4 (0.62%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.46%) Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
5 2 (0.31%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.31%) KVM
5 2 (0.31%) LXC
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.31%) Xen
6 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 11 (1.69%) Terraform
2 9 (1.39%) Hadoop YARN
3 7 (1.08%) Puppet
4 6 (0.92%) Ansible
4 6 (0.92%) Oozie
4 6 (0.92%) Opscode Chef
5 5 (0.77%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.62%) Grafana
6 4 (0.62%) StatsD
7 2 (0.31%) Mesos
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
8 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 118 (18.18%) Tableau
2 68 (10.48%) Microsoft
3 62 (9.55%) Oracle
4 37 (5.70%) Teradata
5 35 (5.39%) Google
6 25 (3.85%) Cloudera
7 19 (2.93%) SAP
8 18 (2.77%) Red Hat
9 16 (2.47%) MicroStrategy
10 15 (2.31%) Cognos
11 13 (2.00%) IBM
12 12 (1.85%) Informatica
13 10 (1.54%) Bloomberg
13 10 (1.54%) Reuters
13 10 (1.54%) Splunk
14 9 (1.39%) Calypso
14 9 (1.39%) Netezza
15 8 (1.23%) Apteco
15 8 (1.23%) Sybase
16 7 (1.08%) RapidMiner
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