R
UK
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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 385 | 425 | 388 |
Rank change year-on-year | +40 | -37 | -90 |
Contract jobs citing R | 191 | 294 | 587 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.45% | 0.51% | 0.67% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.51% | 1.48% | 1.85% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 136 | 182 | 391 |
10th Percentile | £355 | £326 | £313 |
25th Percentile | £397 | £431 | £408 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £525 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | +2.44% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £625 |
90th Percentile | £763 | £821 | £713 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £500 | £475 |
% change year-on-year | -20.00% | +5.26% | -1.30% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 23 | 32 |
10th Percentile | £21.25 | £20.47 | £19.52 |
25th Percentile | £23.99 | £22.16 | £20.54 |
Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £70.00 | £37.50 |
Median % change year-on-year | -39.29% | +86.67% | +44.23% |
75th Percentile | £51.71 | £75.00 | £56.88 |
90th Percentile | £77.50 | - | £65.54 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.73 | £62.50 | £19.52 |
% change year-on-year | -65.23% | +220.18% | -24.92% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
% change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 491 | 450 | 512 |
10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
% change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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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 15 May 2024.
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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 15 May 2024.
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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 15 May 2024. 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 | +5 | 161 | £550 | - | 346 |
London | +53 | 97 | £580 | -3.33% | 184 |
Work from Home | +95 | 89 | £575 | +8.49% | 102 |
UK excluding London | -16 | 51 | £400 | -20.00% | 186 |
Midlands | +48 | 19 | £450 | -18.18% | 39 |
South East | +1 | 11 | £350 | -36.36% | 42 |
West Midlands | +27 | 10 | £550 | +47.06% | 26 |
East Midlands | +23 | 9 | £363 | -39.58% | 13 |
East of England | +3 | 8 | £388 | +29.17% | 13 |
South West | +9 | 5 | £525 | +10.53% | 19 |
North of England | -20 | 4 | £513 | -14.58% | 44 |
Wales | +25 | 3 | £412 | -28.35% | 10 |
North West | -17 | 3 | £513 | -21.15% | 22 |
Scotland | +38 | 1 | £221 | -41.15% | 12 |
North East | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
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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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