R
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 376 | 399 | 418 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | +19 | -22 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 177 | 200 | 273 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.56% | 0.46% | 0.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.67% | 1.51% | 1.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 115 | 123 | 180 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £310 | £349 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £363 | £447 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -16.67% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £605 | £678 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £685 | £875 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £494 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.14% | -2.27% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 19 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.33 | £20.09 | £23.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.32 | £20.12 | £53.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £21.50 | £68.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +74.42% | -68.38% | +91.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £45.63 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.75 | £59.23 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.00 | £20.24 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.66% | -68.87% | +100.28% |
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 | 10,623 | 13,270 | 18,887 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.61% | 30.55% | 33.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,164 | 9,321 | 13,521 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £676 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £790 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 254 | 537 | 452 |
| 10th Percentile | £26.52 | £31.25 | £30.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.55 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | - | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.61 | £75.00 | £79.47 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.62% | +4.00% | +18.42% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.
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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 4 July 2025. 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 | +64 | 160 | £509 | +10.00% | 2,074 |
| London | +21 | 84 | £545 | +21.11% | 1,192 |
| UK excluding London | +47 | 74 | £494 | -8.14% | 1,017 |
| Work from Home | +21 | 60 | £490 | -2.00% | 760 |
| East of England | +41 | 21 | £575 | +55.41% | 131 |
| South East | +41 | 16 | £443 | -4.32% | 260 |
| South West | +43 | 12 | £689 | +14.79% | 90 |
| Midlands | +1 | 12 | £449 | -0.33% | 143 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 9 | £419 | -23.86% | 89 |
| North of England | +8 | 6 | £471 | -14.32% | 274 |
| North West | +5 | 4 | £503 | -1.95% | 163 |
| Wales | 0 | 3 | £445 | +8.01% | 32 |
| Scotland | -1 | 3 | £317 | -49.28% | 71 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 2 | £419 | -23.86% | 95 |
| East Midlands | -2 | 2 | £447 | +23.31% | 54 |
| Northern Ireland | -9 | 1 | £350 | - | 19 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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