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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 356 | 384 | 420 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | +36 | -43 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 170 | 200 | 314 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.58% | 0.46% | 0.53% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.71% | 1.56% | 1.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 117 | 136 | 192 |
| 10th Percentile | £355 | £339 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £400 | £434 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £540 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.82% | - | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £774 | £763 | £786 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £412 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.29% | -13.26% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.88 | £25.36 | £20.47 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.63 | £25.87 | £22.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.16 | £42.50 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.80% | -39.29% | +86.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.89 | £53.58 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £56.25 | £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 | 9,965 | 12,846 | 20,898 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.04% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,755 | 9,122 | 15,089 |
| 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 | £768 | £762 | £777 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 487 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.70 | £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 | £64.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | - | +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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 | +42 | 148 | £550 | - | 1,134 |
| London | +15 | 80 | £550 | -5.17% | 668 |
| UK excluding London | +82 | 67 | £475 | +15.29% | 580 |
| Work from Home | -10 | 47 | £483 | -16.67% | 620 |
| East of England | +40 | 18 | £650 | +67.74% | 66 |
| Midlands | +22 | 13 | £439 | -20.14% | 110 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 11 | £432 | -21.55% | 56 |
| South West | +51 | 10 | £670 | +27.62% | 45 |
| Scotland | +21 | 9 | £509 | +130.22% | 39 |
| South East | +44 | 8 | £368 | +5.00% | 176 |
| North of England | +19 | 6 | £455 | -11.22% | 149 |
| North West | +17 | 5 | £455 | -11.22% | 83 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 2 | £447 | +21.63% | 47 |
| Wales | -2 | 2 | £445 | +12.37% | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £350 | - | 8 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £350 | - | 50 |
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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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