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England > West Midlands
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 103 | 135 | 150 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +32 | +15 | -30 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.47% | 0.086% | 0.68% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.12% | 0.33% | 2.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £531 | £231 | £430 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £280 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £374 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +47.06% | -25.20% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £481 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £537 | £583 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -0.94% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 425 | 599 | 921 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 22.27% | 25.71% | 26.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 306 | 410 | 669 |
| 10th Percentile | £260 | £362 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £336 | £413 | £389 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £525 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +16.67% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £600 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £700 | £632 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £563 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.28% | +2.33% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.10 | £21.73 | £16.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | £23.81 | £16.51 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £29.32 | £17.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +96.13% | +68.59% | -53.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £64.69 | £18.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.75 | £98.25 | £18.60 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.18 | £50.10 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.17% | +22.11% | +15.84% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the West Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire | - | 8 | £550 | - | 2 |
| Birmingham | +15 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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: