Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 September 2018

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 21 September 2018 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
21 Sep 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 362 359 471
Rank change year-on-year -3 +112 +108
Contract jobs citing R 703 665 494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.67% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.54% 1.61% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 450 345
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
10th Percentile £341 £313 £313
90th Percentile £700 £664 £623
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 4
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £34.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -36.23% +68.29% -31.67%
10th Percentile £18.26 £20.75 £16.50
90th Percentile £48.38 £47.15 £40.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.44 £42.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -51.35% +104.88% +70.83%

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 45,697 41,379 42,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.48% 41.88% 39.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 32,117 28,523 29,421
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
10th Percentile £313 £305 £280
90th Percentile £638 £625 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +3.75% +6.67% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 728 776 926
UK median hourly rate £41.52 £40.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +3.79% +6.67% +4.17%
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.79 £14.00
90th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £51.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +5.00% +6.67% +1.35%

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 21 September 2018.

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 21 September 2018.

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 21 September 2018. 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 -7 654 £513 +2.50% 185
London -10 441 £538 +2.38% 106
UK excluding London +38 259 £450 +5.88% 89
South East +46 100 £488 +25.81% 21
North of England -5 35 £488 +14.71% 12
Midlands -18 34 £425 -5.56% 20
Scotland -16 27 £425 -10.53% 7
East Midlands +20 23 £463 -0.05% 7
East of England -19 23 £438 -16.67% 14
Yorkshire -2 21 £475 +11.76% 4
South West -4 21 £425 -10.53% 12
Wales -11 16 £420 -20.00% 1
West Midlands -35 11 £350 -22.22% 13
North West -17 8 £425 -10.53% 6
North East -5 6 £650 +52.94% 2
Northern Ireland +39 3 - - 2

For the 6 months to 21 September 2018, 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.

1 510 (72.55%) Python
2 360 (51.21%) SQL
3 307 (43.67%) Data Science
4 302 (42.96%) Analytics
5 211 (30.01%) Machine Learning
6 201 (28.59%) Big Data
7 186 (26.46%) Analytical Skills
8 183 (26.03%) Hadoop
9 181 (25.75%) Finance
10 168 (23.90%) Visualisation
11 166 (23.61%) Agile Software Development
12 163 (23.19%) SAS
13 148 (21.05%) Mathematics
14 147 (20.91%) Statistics
15 141 (20.06%) Java
16 140 (19.91%) Business Intelligence
17 133 (18.92%) Apache Spark
18 122 (17.35%) Degree
19 116 (16.50%) Amazon AWS
20 115 (16.36%) Tableau
21 113 (16.07%) Algorithms
22 103 (14.65%) Microsoft Azure
23 95 (13.51%) Data Analysis
24 94 (13.37%) Computer Science
25 89 (12.66%) ETL
25 89 (12.66%) MATLAB
25 89 (12.66%) C#
26 87 (12.38%) SQL Server
26 87 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
27 85 (12.09%) Data Warehouse

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
1 163 (23.19%) SAS
2 133 (18.92%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.84%) Apache
3 20 (2.84%) Jupyter
4 18 (2.56%) Apache Pig
5 17 (2.42%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.14%) Confluence
8 7 (1.00%) Apache Solr
8 7 (1.00%) CMS
8 7 (1.00%) IIS
8 7 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.43%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 48 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.98%) SPSS
3 14 (1.99%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.71%) Stata
6 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) EViews
7 2 (0.28%) Mathematica
7 2 (0.28%) S-PLUS
8 1 (0.14%) Fireworks
8 1 (0.14%) GNU Octave
8 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.71%) ION MarketView
1 5 (0.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.28%) ReMetrica
3 1 (0.14%) FastStats
3 1 (0.14%) Finacle
3 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 116 (16.50%) Amazon AWS
2 103 (14.65%) Microsoft Azure
3 30 (4.27%) Google Cloud Platform
4 25 (3.56%) Cloud Computing
5 21 (2.99%) Azure Machine Learning
6 20 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
7 18 (2.56%) Data Lake Analytics
7 18 (2.56%) PaaS
8 17 (2.42%) Amazon S3
9 15 (2.13%) GitHub
10 13 (1.85%) Google Analytics
11 11 (1.56%) Amazon EMR
12 9 (1.28%) IaaS
13 6 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (0.71%) SaaS
15 4 (0.57%) Serverless
16 3 (0.43%) Adobe Analytics
17 2 (0.28%) Amazon ELB
17 2 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
17 2 (0.28%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.85%) SSL
1 6 (0.85%) VPN
2 5 (0.71%) Internet
2 5 (0.71%) Kerberos
3 3 (0.43%) Firewall
3 3 (0.43%) SMS
3 3 (0.43%) SNA
4 2 (0.28%) DNS
4 2 (0.28%) LAN
4 2 (0.28%) SSH
4 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.28%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.28%) WAN
5 1 (0.14%) Broadband
5 1 (0.14%) CTI
5 1 (0.14%) HTTP
5 1 (0.14%) MPLS
5 1 (0.14%) OSPF
5 1 (0.14%) PBX
5 1 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (28.59%) Big Data
2 183 (26.03%) Hadoop
3 87 (12.38%) SQL Server
4 85 (12.09%) Data Warehouse
5 84 (11.95%) Power BI
6 67 (9.53%) NoSQL
6 67 (9.53%) Relational Database
7 64 (9.10%) Apache Hive
8 63 (8.96%) Data Mining
9 55 (7.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 53 (7.54%) MongoDB
11 49 (6.97%) Data Lake
12 39 (5.55%) MySQL
13 38 (5.41%) Apache Cassandra
14 34 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 32 (4.55%) Impala
16 30 (4.27%) HBase
17 27 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
18 26 (3.70%) Spotfire
19 22 (3.13%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 64 (9.10%) Git (software)
2 51 (7.25%) Jenkins
3 36 (5.12%) JIRA
4 23 (3.27%) RStudio
5 15 (2.13%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.99%) Visual Studio
7 13 (1.85%) Visual Studio Team System
8 11 (1.56%) Maven
8 11 (1.56%) Vagrant
9 10 (1.42%) Subversion
10 8 (1.14%) Selenium
11 7 (1.00%) Artifactory
11 7 (1.00%) IntelliJ
11 7 (1.00%) ReSharper
12 6 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.71%) FishEye
13 5 (0.71%) Toad
14 4 (0.57%) Cucumber
15 3 (0.43%) Gradle
15 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 181 (25.75%) Finance
2 46 (6.54%) Marketing
2 46 (6.54%) Retail
3 45 (6.40%) Front Office
4 44 (6.26%) Banking
5 19 (2.70%) Games
6 18 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 15 (2.13%) Telecoms
8 11 (1.56%) Advertising
9 10 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.00%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.00%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.00%) Law
11 6 (0.85%) Automotive
11 6 (0.85%) Electronics
12 5 (0.71%) Back Office
12 5 (0.71%) Legal
13 4 (0.57%) Publishing
14 3 (0.43%) French Language
14 3 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 194 (27.60%) Data Scientist
2 138 (19.63%) Developer
3 133 (18.92%) Analyst
4 68 (9.67%) Data Analyst
4 68 (9.67%) Data Engineer
5 44 (6.26%) Consultant
6 42 (5.97%) Architect
7 34 (4.84%) C# Developer
8 29 (4.13%) Python Developer
9 28 (3.98%) Data Architect
9 28 (3.98%) Data Consultant
10 25 (3.56%) Python Engineer
11 22 (3.13%) Big Data Engineer
11 22 (3.13%) SQL Developer
12 21 (2.99%) Senior Data Scientist
13 20 (2.84%) AWS Engineer
14 19 (2.70%) Big Data Architect
15 18 (2.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 17 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
17 16 (2.28%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.68%) Kafka
1 54 (7.68%) Natural Language Processing
2 51 (7.25%) HTML
3 49 (6.97%) .NET
4 36 (5.12%) TensorFlow
5 34 (4.84%) AngularJS
6 31 (4.41%) HTML5
7 25 (3.56%) Pandas
8 22 (3.13%) NumPy
9 19 (2.70%) CSS
9 19 (2.70%) Web Services
10 18 (2.56%) Node.js
10 18 (2.56%) React
11 17 (2.42%) D3.js
12 16 (2.28%) scikit-learn
13 15 (2.13%) Keras
13 15 (2.13%) Theano
14 14 (1.99%) Matplotlib
15 13 (1.85%) ASP.NET
16 12 (1.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 186 (26.46%) Analytical Skills
2 113 (16.07%) Algorithms
3 94 (13.37%) Computer Science
4 23 (3.27%) User Experience
5 17 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.99%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.71%) Fintech
9 11 (1.56%) Fixed Income
10 10 (1.42%) Credit Risk
10 10 (1.42%) Equities
11 8 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.14%) Derivative
11 8 (1.14%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.14%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.14%) Reference Data
11 8 (1.14%) Taxonomies
12 7 (1.00%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.00%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (7.97%) Linux
2 33 (4.69%) Unix
3 19 (2.70%) Windows
4 7 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.43%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (43.67%) Data Science
2 302 (42.96%) Analytics
3 211 (30.01%) Machine Learning
4 168 (23.90%) Visualisation
5 166 (23.61%) Agile Software Development
6 148 (21.05%) Mathematics
7 147 (20.91%) Statistics
8 140 (19.91%) Business Intelligence
9 95 (13.51%) Data Analysis
10 89 (12.66%) ETL
11 87 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
12 79 (11.24%) Data Analytics
13 73 (10.38%) Data Visualisation
14 72 (10.24%) Data Modelling
15 65 (9.25%) DevOps
16 57 (8.11%) Statistical Modelling
17 56 (7.97%) Software Engineering
18 55 (7.82%) Artificial Intelligence
19 51 (7.25%) Open Source
20 49 (6.97%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 510 (72.55%) Python
2 360 (51.21%) SQL
3 141 (20.06%) Java
4 89 (12.66%) C#
4 89 (12.66%) MATLAB
5 82 (11.66%) Scala
6 48 (6.83%) JavaScript
7 41 (5.83%) C++
8 37 (5.26%) VBA
9 24 (3.41%) Bash Shell
10 22 (3.13%) C
11 21 (2.99%) PL/SQL
12 19 (2.70%) Ruby
13 18 (2.56%) Perl
13 18 (2.56%) U-SQL
14 17 (2.42%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
16 10 (1.42%) TypeScript
17 9 (1.28%) VB.NET
18 7 (1.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 122 (17.35%) Degree
2 63 (8.96%) PhD
3 26 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 23 (3.27%) Numerate Degree
5 20 (2.84%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.70%) SC Cleared
7 17 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.57%) MBA
9 4 (0.57%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.14%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.14%) CCIE
11 1 (0.14%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.14%) CCNP
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.14%) MCSA
11 1 (0.14%) MCSE
11 1 (0.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.27%) QA
3 19 (2.70%) GDPR
4 17 (2.42%) GCP
5 8 (1.14%) IFRS
5 8 (1.14%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.14%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (6.12%) Docker
2 27 (3.84%) Apache Flume
3 12 (1.71%) HDFS
4 4 (0.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.28%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.28%) iptables
5 2 (0.28%) NFS
6 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (3.27%) Terraform
2 16 (2.28%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.13%) Ansible
4 14 (1.99%) Puppet
5 10 (1.42%) Opscode Chef
6 7 (1.00%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.71%) Kibana
7 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.43%) Oozie
9 2 (0.28%) Mesos
10 1 (0.14%) CASB
10 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 115 (16.36%) Tableau
2 83 (11.81%) Oracle
3 74 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 43 (6.12%) Cloudera
5 36 (5.12%) Alteryx
6 35 (4.98%) Google
7 32 (4.55%) Informatica
8 26 (3.70%) Hortonworks
8 26 (3.70%) Teradata
9 23 (3.27%) MapR
10 18 (2.56%) SAP
11 17 (2.42%) Talend
12 14 (1.99%) RapidMiner
13 11 (1.56%) Bloomberg
13 11 (1.56%) Datameer
13 11 (1.56%) IBM
14 9 (1.28%) Reuters
15 7 (1.00%) Capita
15 7 (1.00%) Databricks
15 7 (1.00%) Sitecore