Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 23 April 2021

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 23 April 2021 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
23 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 285 262 333
Rank change year-on-year -23 +71 -14
Contract jobs citing R 486 543 741
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.97% 0.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.21% 2.38% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 389 432
10th Percentile £325 £359 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +1.94% -0.96%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £601
90th Percentile £666 £713 £681
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £453
% change year-on-year - +4.97% +0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 8 3
10th Percentile £19.24 £19.28 £18.37
25th Percentile £23.63 £22.29 £20.29
Median hourly rate £26.50 £25.00 £23.49
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +6.43% -6.04%
75th Percentile £38.94 £43.94 £30.50
90th Percentile £58.75 £61.98 £34.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £41.05 £21.65
% change year-on-year -39.10% +89.63% -18.31%

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 21,950 22,786 40,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.57% 40.56% 42.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,454 16,009 28,809
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £401 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% +2.70%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 427 648
10th Percentile £17.77 £17.13 £17.43
25th Percentile £25.47 £21.57 £24.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +1.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50.67 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.50 £57.50 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.12 £42.50 £42.75
% change year-on-year -5.61% -0.58% +6.88%

R
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for R in the UK

R
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R.

Daily rate trend for R in the UK

R
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 23 April 2021.

Daily rate histogram for R in the UK

R
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R.

Hourly rate trend for R in the UK

R
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R over the 6 months to 23 April 2021.

Hourly rate histogram for R in the UK

R
Top 15 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 23 April 2021. 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 -3 393 £539 +2.62% 129
London -51 234 £550 - 67
UK excluding London +52 155 £475 - 80
Work from Home -133 151 £498 -33.67% 28
South East +52 36 £505 +6.32% 9
South West +32 31 £640 +38.38% 10
North of England +61 30 £500 +5.26% 16
Wales +15 25 £394 -17.11%
Yorkshire +44 18 £513 +13.89% 6
Scotland +6 13 £425 - 17
North West +25 12 £425 -20.93% 7
East of England +31 10 £338 -43.75% 13
Midlands +17 10 £425 - 14
West Midlands +12 6 £438 +2.94% 11
East Midlands +22 4 £310 -31.11% 3

For the 6 months to 23 April 2021, 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.

1 387 (79.63%) Python
2 272 (55.97%) SQL
3 189 (38.89%) Analytics
4 171 (35.19%) Data Science
5 162 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
6 137 (28.19%) Machine Learning
7 135 (27.78%) Visualisation
8 134 (27.57%) Agile Software Development
9 113 (23.25%) Azure
10 111 (22.84%) AWS
11 105 (21.60%) Statistics
12 104 (21.40%) Finance
13 91 (18.72%) Data Analysis
14 86 (17.70%) SAS
14 86 (17.70%) Business Intelligence
15 83 (17.08%) Security Cleared
16 80 (16.46%) Data Modelling
17 74 (15.23%) Java
17 74 (15.23%) Data Visualisation
18 73 (15.02%) SC Cleared
18 73 (15.02%) Mathematics
19 72 (14.81%) Apache Spark
20 71 (14.61%) Tableau
21 70 (14.40%) Degree
22 62 (12.76%) Computer Science
22 62 (12.76%) ETL
22 62 (12.76%) Public Sector
23 61 (12.55%) Big Data
24 60 (12.35%) Data Management
25 59 (12.14%) Data Engineering

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 86 (17.70%) SAS
2 72 (14.81%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.91%) Confluence
4 18 (3.70%) Apache
5 15 (3.09%) Jupyter
6 14 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.41%) Luigi
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Pig
9 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.70%) SPSS
3 12 (2.47%) Stata
4 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.41%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.21%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 113 (23.25%) Azure
2 111 (22.84%) AWS
3 55 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 49 (10.08%) GCP
5 26 (5.35%) Amazon S3
6 15 (3.09%) GitHub
7 14 (2.88%) Amazon EMR
7 14 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (2.47%) Serverless
9 11 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.65%) AWS Step Functions
10 8 (1.65%) Google Analytics
11 6 (1.23%) Adobe Analytics
11 6 (1.23%) Amazon Glacier
11 6 (1.23%) AWS CodeBuild
11 6 (1.23%) AWS CodePipeline
11 6 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.03%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.23%) Network Security
2 4 (0.82%) 2G
2 4 (0.82%) 3G
2 4 (0.82%) 4G
2 4 (0.82%) 5G
2 4 (0.82%) LAN
2 4 (0.82%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (0.62%) BIG-IP
3 3 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (0.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (0.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (0.62%) H.323
3 3 (0.62%) MGCP
3 3 (0.62%) NX-OS
3 3 (0.62%) Sourcefire
3 3 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.62%) Unified Communications
3 3 (0.62%) VoIP
3 3 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (14.61%) Tableau
2 61 (12.55%) Big Data
3 55 (11.32%) Power BI
4 50 (10.29%) Relational Database
5 49 (10.08%) Hadoop
6 48 (9.88%) Data Mining
7 43 (8.85%) SQL Server
8 36 (7.41%) NoSQL
9 35 (7.20%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
11 24 (4.94%) Amazon Redshift
11 24 (4.94%) Apache Hive
12 22 (4.53%) Amazon Athena
13 21 (4.32%) MySQL
13 21 (4.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (3.70%) Data Lake
15 16 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (2.47%) Amazon DynamoDB
17 10 (2.06%) SAS Data Integration Studio
18 9 (1.85%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 31 (6.38%) Git (software)
2 29 (5.97%) JIRA
3 26 (5.35%) RStudio
4 13 (2.67%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.85%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.65%) GitLab
7 5 (1.03%) Maven
7 5 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (1.03%) Subversion
8 4 (0.82%) LoadRunner
8 4 (0.82%) Selenium
8 4 (0.82%) Visual Studio Team System
9 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.62%) ERwin
9 3 (0.62%) FishEye
9 3 (0.62%) JUnit
9 3 (0.62%) TestDirector
9 3 (0.62%) TestNG
10 2 (0.41%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 104 (21.40%) Finance
2 62 (12.76%) Public Sector
3 44 (9.05%) Marketing
4 31 (6.38%) Front Office
5 18 (3.70%) Retail
6 15 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (2.47%) Banking
8 8 (1.65%) Games
8 8 (1.65%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.44%) Multimedia
10 6 (1.23%) Local Government
11 3 (0.62%) Electronics
11 3 (0.62%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.62%) Legal
11 3 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.62%) Social Science
12 2 (0.41%) Advertising
12 2 (0.41%) Automotive
13 1 (0.21%) Law
13 1 (0.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (22.22%) Analyst
1 108 (22.22%) Data Scientist
2 92 (18.93%) Developer
3 78 (16.05%) Data Analyst
4 60 (12.35%) Data Engineer
5 33 (6.79%) Senior Data Scientist
6 28 (5.76%) Python Developer
7 26 (5.35%) JavaScript Developer
8 25 (5.14%) Front Office Developer
9 23 (4.73%) Architect
10 22 (4.53%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (3.29%) Data Architect
12 12 (2.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 12 (2.47%) SQL Analyst
13 11 (2.26%) Consultant
13 11 (2.26%) Power BI Developer
14 10 (2.06%) Research Analyst
14 10 (2.06%) SAS Analyst
14 10 (2.06%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (2.06%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (9.05%) Shiny
2 35 (7.20%) Web Services
3 31 (6.38%) AngularJS
4 27 (5.56%) React
5 26 (5.35%) NumPy
5 26 (5.35%) TensorFlow
6 25 (5.14%) Vue.js
7 19 (3.91%) Pandas
8 17 (3.50%) Kafka
9 15 (3.09%) PyTorch
10 14 (2.88%) Keras
11 13 (2.67%) PySpark
11 13 (2.67%) scikit-learn
12 11 (2.26%) XML
13 10 (2.06%) Akka
14 7 (1.44%) Play Framework
15 6 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
15 6 (1.23%) Spring
16 5 (1.03%) D3.js
16 5 (1.03%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 162 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (8.02%) Algorithms
3 26 (5.35%) Derivative
4 25 (5.14%) Equities
4 25 (5.14%) Fixed Income
5 23 (4.73%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.29%) NHS
7 13 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.65%) Credit Risk
9 8 (1.65%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.65%) PlayStation
9 8 (1.65%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.44%) Lidar
11 6 (1.23%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.23%) Social Media
12 5 (1.03%) Market Risk
12 5 (1.03%) Replication
12 5 (1.03%) Swaptions
13 4 (0.82%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.91%) Linux
2 8 (1.65%) Unix
3 7 (1.44%) Windows
4 1 (0.21%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (38.89%) Analytics
2 171 (35.19%) Data Science
3 137 (28.19%) Machine Learning
4 135 (27.78%) Visualisation
5 134 (27.57%) Agile Software Development
6 105 (21.60%) Statistics
7 91 (18.72%) Data Analysis
8 86 (17.70%) Business Intelligence
9 80 (16.46%) Data Modelling
10 74 (15.23%) Data Visualisation
11 73 (15.02%) Mathematics
12 62 (12.76%) Computer Science
12 62 (12.76%) ETL
13 60 (12.35%) Data Management
14 59 (12.14%) Data Engineering
15 55 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
16 54 (11.11%) Software Engineering
17 53 (10.91%) Data Analytics
18 51 (10.49%) Decision-Making
19 42 (8.64%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 387 (79.63%) Python
2 272 (55.97%) SQL
3 74 (15.23%) Java
4 48 (9.88%) Scala
5 43 (8.85%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.94%) MATLAB
7 19 (3.91%) C++
8 18 (3.70%) VBA
9 10 (2.06%) C#
9 10 (2.06%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
11 7 (1.44%) Bash Shell
12 6 (1.23%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.03%) Java 8
13 5 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.03%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.82%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.62%) HiveQL
15 3 (0.62%) Perl
15 3 (0.62%) PHP
Qualifications
1 83 (17.08%) Security Cleared
2 73 (15.02%) SC Cleared
3 70 (14.40%) Degree
4 19 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.29%) PhD
6 13 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.06%) Numerate Degree
8 9 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.82%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.62%) CCNP
12 3 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.62%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.62%) PMP
13 2 (0.41%) CCNA
14 1 (0.21%) CCIE
14 1 (0.21%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.21%) ISEB
14 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (10.49%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.32%) QA
3 4 (0.82%) CDISC
3 4 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.62%) IFRS
4 3 (0.62%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.21%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.21%) EMIR
5 1 (0.21%) MiFID
5 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (4.73%) Docker
2 6 (1.23%) HDFS
3 3 (0.62%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 20 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.70%) Terraform
3 7 (1.44%) Ansible
3 7 (1.44%) Kibana
4 4 (0.82%) Opscode Chef
5 3 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.62%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.62%) HP SiteScope
5 3 (0.62%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (0.62%) Puppet
6 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.41%) Salt
6 2 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.21%) Argo
7 1 (0.21%) Grafana
7 1 (0.21%) logstash
7 1 (0.21%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 37 (7.61%) Databricks
1 37 (7.61%) Oracle
2 35 (7.20%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.73%) Google
4 22 (4.53%) Adobe
5 16 (3.29%) Salesforce.com
6 14 (2.88%) SAP
7 11 (2.26%) Talend
8 10 (2.06%) IBM
9 9 (1.85%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.65%) Informatica
10 8 (1.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 6 (1.23%) Teradata
12 4 (0.82%) Cloudera
12 4 (0.82%) MicroStrategy
12 4 (0.82%) Vertica
13 3 (0.62%) F5
13 3 (0.62%) HP
13 3 (0.62%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.62%) Splunk