R
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 450 | 360 | 387 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -90 | +27 | +43 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 176 | 161 | 216 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.39% | 0.55% | 0.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.38% | 1.63% | 1.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 120 | 112 | 148 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £350 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £406 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.78% | -1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £675 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £774 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £465 | £455 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.20% | +16.67% | -8.24% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.38 | £22.00 | £25.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.21 | £22.75 | £25.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.00 | £26.32 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +63.37% | -38.07% | -29.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.25 | £56.25 | £52.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.37 | £59.55 | £72.93 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.42 | £23.00 | £25.36 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.50% | -9.31% | -2.76% |
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 | 12,748 | 9,859 | 12,934 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 28.53% | 33.95% | 29.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,489 | 6,631 | 9,140 |
| 10th Percentile | £352 | £356 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £414 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £715 | £753 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.56% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 524 | 244 | 486 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.25 | £22.30 | £30.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £54.55 | £32.88 | £46.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.56 | £67.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £85.00 | £74.72 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £64.00 | £61.60 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | +3.90% | -1.44% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing R.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing R.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.
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Top 15 Contract Job 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 1 April 2026. 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 | -96 | 155 | £510 | -2.86% | 187 |
| London | -59 | 87 | £525 | -4.55% | 62 |
| Work from Home | -15 | 67 | £536 | +12.84% | 40 |
| UK excluding London | -94 | 64 | £465 | +2.20% | 154 |
| South East | -47 | 18 | £594 | +49.84% | 39 |
| North of England | -60 | 15 | £488 | +7.14% | 34 |
| Midlands | -68 | 15 | £395 | +1.94% | 23 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 10 | £385 | +31.40% | 15 |
| North West | -36 | 10 | £526 | +15.66% | 14 |
| South West | -27 | 8 | £450 | +2.86% | 22 |
| East of England | -34 | 7 | £413 | -36.54% | 21 |
| West Midlands | -62 | 5 | £438 | +6.84% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | -51 | 4 | £425 | +21.43% | 13 |
| Wales | -10 | 1 | £425 | - | 7 |
| North East | - | 1 | £475 | - | 7 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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