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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 353 | 401 | 419 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | +18 | -40 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 171 | 201 | 314 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.58% | 0.46% | 0.53% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.72% | 1.56% | 1.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 117 | 137 | 192 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £342 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £400 | £434 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £785 | £763 | £786 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £412 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.29% | -13.26% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 11 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.00 | £25.36 | £20.47 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.75 | £25.87 | £22.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.32 | £42.50 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.07% | -39.29% | +86.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.25 | £53.58 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £59.55 | £77.50 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.00 | £25.36 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.31% | -55.90% | +188.80% |
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 | 9,942 | 12,854 | 20,901 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.01% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,743 | 9,130 | 15,092 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £769 | £760 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 485 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.25 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.75 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.87 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.20% | - | +26.21% |
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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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 | +49 | 150 | £550 | - | 709 |
| London | +15 | 82 | £550 | -5.17% | 414 |
| UK excluding London | +73 | 67 | £475 | +15.29% | 330 |
| Work from Home | -3 | 46 | £486 | -16.60% | 405 |
| East of England | +43 | 18 | £650 | +67.74% | 41 |
| Midlands | +24 | 13 | £439 | -20.14% | 73 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 11 | £432 | -21.55% | 40 |
| South West | +50 | 10 | £670 | +27.62% | 18 |
| Scotland | +17 | 9 | £509 | +130.22% | 28 |
| South East | +41 | 8 | £368 | +5.00% | 76 |
| North of England | +28 | 6 | £455 | -11.22% | 92 |
| North West | +11 | 5 | £455 | -11.22% | 45 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 2 | £447 | +21.63% | 32 |
| Wales | +2 | 2 | £445 | +12.37% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £350 | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £350 | - | 34 |
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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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