Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 17 December 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 17 December 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
17 Dec 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 366 357 386
Rank change year-on-year -9 +29 +186
Contract jobs citing R 702 709 634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.69% 0.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.49% 1.65% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 494 417
UK median daily rate £500 £509 £475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -1.72% +7.11% -5.00%
10th Percentile £325 £313 £294
90th Percentile £681 £675 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £375
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 21 11
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £21.03
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +60.71% +33.14% +15.23%
10th Percentile £21.89 £19.34 £16.25
90th Percentile £99.25 £45.75 £48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £42.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -41.67% +104.88% +26.15%

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 46,985 43,067 41,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.78% 41.97% 40.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33,077 30,237 28,326
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +5.59%
10th Percentile £319 £308 £285
90th Percentile £644 £638 £590
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 704 776 874
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £40.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +5.00% - +6.67%
10th Percentile £16.37 £16.25 £14.50
90th Percentile £52.50 £52.13 £52.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.25% - +6.67%

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 17 December 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 17 December 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 17 December 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 -21 660 £500 -3.85% 189
London -1 439 £515 -6.36% 111
UK excluding London -28 253 £450 - 94
South East +8 93 £500 +12.68% 25
North of England +4 55 £475 -2.56% 18
South West -3 34 £394 -7.35% 5
Yorkshire +4 29 £515 +21.18% 5
Scotland +7 26 £413 +18.28% 5
Midlands -53 20 £350 -22.22% 14
North West -15 18 £430 -14.00% 12
West Midlands -36 16 £350 -22.22% 8
East of England -38 12 £350 -36.36% 16
Wales -27 9 £525 +75.00% 3
North East -3 8 £650 +52.94% 1
Northern Ireland +25 4 - - 8
East Midlands -7 4 £700 +39.86% 6

For the 6 months to 17 December 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.

1 535 (76.21%) Python
2 396 (56.41%) SQL
3 346 (49.29%) Data Science
4 329 (46.87%) Analytics
5 217 (30.91%) Machine Learning
6 215 (30.63%) Analytical Skills
7 203 (28.92%) Finance
8 197 (28.06%) Big Data
9 179 (25.50%) Hadoop
10 172 (24.50%) Agile Software Development
11 166 (23.65%) Visualisation
12 152 (21.65%) SAS
13 151 (21.51%) Degree
14 144 (20.51%) Apache Spark
15 141 (20.09%) Mathematics
16 132 (18.80%) Java
17 131 (18.66%) Statistics
17 131 (18.66%) Amazon AWS
18 125 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
19 124 (17.66%) Algorithms
19 124 (17.66%) Tableau
20 123 (17.52%) ETL
21 121 (17.24%) Microsoft Azure
22 109 (15.53%) Computer Science
23 105 (14.96%) Microsoft
24 103 (14.67%) MATLAB
25 99 (14.10%) Linux
26 98 (13.96%) Data Modelling
27 92 (13.11%) Data Analysis
28 89 (12.68%) Data Visualisation

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
1 152 (21.65%) SAS
2 144 (20.51%) Apache Spark
3 26 (3.70%) SharePoint
4 23 (3.28%) Apache
5 15 (2.14%) Jupyter
6 14 (1.99%) Skype for Business
7 10 (1.42%) Apache Pig
8 8 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.71%) CMS
9 5 (0.71%) Confluence
9 5 (0.71%) IIS
9 5 (0.71%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.43%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.43%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.28%) nginx
12 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.14%) IPython
12 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.14%) Tornado
Applications
1 62 (8.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.56%) SPSS
3 19 (2.71%) Chatbot
4 14 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.71%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.71%) Stata
8 3 (0.43%) Mathematica
9 2 (0.28%) EViews
9 2 (0.28%) GNU Octave
9 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.14%) Fireworks
10 1 (0.14%) GIMP
10 1 (0.14%) InVision
10 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.14%) Weka
Business Applications
1 13 (1.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.28%) Actimize
2 2 (0.28%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.28%) ReMetrica
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) FastStats
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle AML
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
3 1 (0.14%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 131 (18.66%) Amazon AWS
2 121 (17.24%) Microsoft Azure
3 55 (7.83%) Google Cloud Platform
4 25 (3.56%) PaaS
5 22 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 22 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
5 22 (3.13%) IaaS
6 20 (2.85%) GitHub
7 19 (2.71%) Amazon S3
8 18 (2.56%) Data Lake Analytics
9 14 (1.99%) Amazon EMR
9 14 (1.99%) Apigee
10 12 (1.71%) Google Analytics
11 11 (1.57%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (0.71%) Adobe Analytics
13 5 (0.71%) SaaS
14 4 (0.57%) Serverless
15 3 (0.43%) Amazon SageMaker
16 2 (0.28%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.42%) SSL
2 14 (1.99%) Skype
3 6 (0.85%) Internet
4 3 (0.43%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.43%) DNS
4 3 (0.43%) HTTP
4 3 (0.43%) Intranet
4 3 (0.43%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.43%) LTE
4 3 (0.43%) SNA
4 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.43%) VPN
4 3 (0.43%) WCDMA
4 3 (0.43%) Wireless
5 2 (0.28%) Firewall
5 2 (0.28%) LAN
5 2 (0.28%) SMS
5 2 (0.28%) SSH
5 2 (0.28%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (28.06%) Big Data
2 179 (25.50%) Hadoop
3 88 (12.54%) Relational Database
4 87 (12.39%) SQL Server
5 83 (11.82%) Data Warehouse
6 79 (11.25%) Power BI
7 71 (10.11%) Apache Hive
8 60 (8.55%) Data Mining
9 55 (7.83%) Data Lake
10 54 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 48 (6.84%) MongoDB
11 48 (6.84%) NoSQL
12 39 (5.56%) HBase
13 36 (5.13%) Spotfire
14 35 (4.99%) MySQL
15 33 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
16 32 (4.56%) Impala
17 23 (3.28%) Apache Cassandra
17 23 (3.28%) HDInsight
18 21 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (8.83%) Jenkins
2 55 (7.83%) Git (software)
3 54 (7.69%) JIRA
4 25 (3.56%) RStudio
5 14 (1.99%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.99%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.99%) Visual Studio Team System
6 13 (1.85%) Maven
7 8 (1.14%) Subversion
8 7 (1.00%) Artifactory
8 7 (1.00%) IntelliJ
9 6 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.71%) ReSharper
10 5 (0.71%) Vagrant
11 4 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.57%) ERwin
11 4 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.57%) Toad
12 3 (0.43%) Gradle
12 3 (0.43%) PostCSS
General
1 203 (28.92%) Finance
2 69 (9.83%) Banking
3 56 (7.98%) Retail
4 53 (7.55%) Marketing
5 25 (3.56%) Front Office
6 19 (2.71%) Telecoms
7 16 (2.28%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.71%) Games
9 10 (1.42%) Legal
9 10 (1.42%) Publishing
10 9 (1.28%) Advertising
10 9 (1.28%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (0.85%) Multimedia
12 5 (0.71%) Law
12 5 (0.71%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.57%) Electronics
13 4 (0.57%) Social Science
14 3 (0.43%) Automotive
14 3 (0.43%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 182 (25.93%) Data Scientist
2 133 (18.95%) Developer
3 126 (17.95%) Analyst
4 74 (10.54%) Data Engineer
5 66 (9.40%) Data Analyst
6 34 (4.84%) Big Data Engineer
7 33 (4.70%) Architect
8 30 (4.27%) Python Engineer
9 29 (4.13%) Consultant
10 25 (3.56%) Administrator
11 24 (3.42%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (3.13%) Python Developer
12 22 (3.13%) SQL Developer
13 21 (2.99%) Data Architect
14 20 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (2.85%) Senior Data Scientist
15 18 (2.56%) Software Developer
16 17 (2.42%) Data Consultant
17 16 (2.28%) SQL Analyst
18 15 (2.14%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (8.97%) Kafka
2 59 (8.40%) Natural Language Processing
3 49 (6.98%) HTML
4 45 (6.41%) AngularJS
5 40 (5.70%) TensorFlow
6 38 (5.41%) XML
7 35 (4.99%) HTML5
8 33 (4.70%) React
8 33 (4.70%) RESTful
9 28 (3.99%) Node.js
10 25 (3.56%) .NET
10 25 (3.56%) JSON
10 25 (3.56%) Web Services
11 22 (3.13%) Anaconda
11 22 (3.13%) SOAP
12 21 (2.99%) Keras
12 21 (2.99%) scikit-learn
13 20 (2.85%) jQuery
14 19 (2.71%) Pandas
14 19 (2.71%) Theano
Miscellaneous
1 215 (30.63%) Analytical Skills
2 124 (17.66%) Algorithms
3 19 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.14%) Data Structures
5 14 (1.99%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.71%) Derivative
6 12 (1.71%) User Experience
7 11 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.57%) Fixed Income
8 10 (1.42%) Digital Media
8 10 (1.42%) Life Science
8 10 (1.42%) Private Cloud
8 10 (1.42%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.28%) Equities
9 9 (1.28%) Fintech
9 9 (1.28%) Taxonomies
9 9 (1.28%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.00%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.00%) FMCG
10 7 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 99 (14.10%) Linux
2 48 (6.84%) Unix
3 29 (4.13%) Windows
4 18 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.99%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.71%) CentOS
7 5 (0.71%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.28%) Solaris
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.14%) Android
9 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.14%) Debian
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (49.29%) Data Science
2 329 (46.87%) Analytics
3 217 (30.91%) Machine Learning
4 172 (24.50%) Agile Software Development
5 166 (23.65%) Visualisation
6 141 (20.09%) Mathematics
7 131 (18.66%) Statistics
8 125 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
9 123 (17.52%) ETL
10 109 (15.53%) Computer Science
11 98 (13.96%) Data Modelling
12 92 (13.11%) Data Analysis
13 89 (12.68%) Data Visualisation
14 88 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
15 81 (11.54%) DevOps
16 78 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
17 74 (10.54%) Data Analytics
18 67 (9.54%) Statistical Modelling
19 62 (8.83%) Open Source
20 58 (8.26%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 535 (76.21%) Python
2 396 (56.41%) SQL
3 132 (18.80%) Java
4 103 (14.67%) MATLAB
5 71 (10.11%) Scala
6 60 (8.55%) JavaScript
7 58 (8.26%) C#
8 41 (5.84%) C++
9 27 (3.85%) Bash Shell
9 27 (3.85%) VBA
10 23 (3.28%) PHP
11 21 (2.99%) C
11 21 (2.99%) Perl
12 19 (2.71%) PowerShell
12 19 (2.71%) T-SQL
13 15 (2.14%) PL/SQL
14 13 (1.85%) VBScript
15 10 (1.42%) U-SQL
16 8 (1.14%) Shell Script
17 7 (1.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 151 (21.51%) Degree
2 68 (9.69%) PhD
3 31 (4.42%) Master's Degree
4 23 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.99%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.71%) Numerate Degree
7 18 (2.56%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.71%) MBA
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.43%) OSCP
10 2 (0.28%) MCSA
10 2 (0.28%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.14%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.14%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.14%) CFA
11 1 (0.14%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.98%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.84%) QA
3 15 (2.14%) GDPR
4 9 (1.28%) IFRS
4 9 (1.28%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.14%) CDISC
5 1 (0.14%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.14%) GCP
5 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (7.98%) Docker
2 34 (4.84%) Apache Flume
3 7 (1.00%) HDFS
4 2 (0.28%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.28%) iptables
4 2 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (3.42%) Terraform
2 23 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.56%) Puppet
4 17 (2.42%) Ansible
5 12 (1.71%) Opscode Chef
6 8 (1.14%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.43%) Control-M
8 3 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.28%) Oozie
10 1 (0.14%) CASB
10 1 (0.14%) Mesos
10 1 (0.14%) SCCM
10 1 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 124 (17.66%) Tableau
2 105 (14.96%) Microsoft
3 75 (10.68%) Oracle
4 50 (7.12%) Google
5 49 (6.98%) Teradata
6 35 (4.99%) Alteryx
6 35 (4.99%) Informatica
7 34 (4.84%) Cloudera
8 28 (3.99%) Talend
9 22 (3.13%) Hortonworks
10 21 (2.99%) SAP
11 14 (1.99%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.71%) Databricks
13 11 (1.57%) Datameer
14 8 (1.14%) Adobe
15 7 (1.00%) Bloomberg
15 7 (1.00%) MicroStrategy
15 7 (1.00%) Red Hat
16 5 (0.71%) FactSet
16 5 (0.71%) Sitecore