R
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 | 41 | 39 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +21 | -8 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | 0.68% | 1.27% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.67% | 4.39% | 0.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £226 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £325 | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £445 | £396 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.37% | -31.13% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £457 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £528 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £540 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | - | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.00 | £25.36 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.31% | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.16 | £42.50 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.80% | -39.29% | +86.67% |
All Programming Languages
Wales
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 in Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 75 | 114 | 158 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 25.60% | 28.86% | 24.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 49 | 87 | 124 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £340 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £355 | £381 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.56% | -5.26% | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £545 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £599 | £663 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.12 | £15.51 | £17.18 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.53 | £16.98 | £17.48 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.13 | £21.49 | £18.82 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.60% | +14.19% | -9.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £24.96 | £19.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £47.63 | £39.56 | £19.91 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in Wales.
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Contract Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Wales region 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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| South Wales | +3 | 2 | £445 | +12.37% | 8 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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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