R
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 | 86 | 102 | 138 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +36 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.82% | 0.46% | 0.042% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.21% | 2.12% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £531 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £432 | £550 | £198 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.55% | +177.78% | -61.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £555 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
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 the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 343 | 425 | 628 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 25.50% | 21.83% | 26.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 211 | 308 | 439 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £260 | £362 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £350 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £456 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.11% | -13.10% | +14.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £595 |
| 90th Percentile | £689 | £638 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.85 | £40.10 | £21.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £55.00 | £23.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +96.13% | +68.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.33 | £58.75 | £64.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.91 | £69.75 | £98.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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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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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | - | 5 | £388 | - | 4 |
| Birmingham | +19 | 3 | £366 | - | 12 |
| Staffordshire | - | 2 | £550 | - | 25 |
| Solihull | - | 1 | £550 | - | |
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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: