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England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 135 | 96 | 108 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -39 | +12 | +38 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 0.30% | 0.55% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.23% | 2.28% | 1.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £329 | £468 |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | £402 | £531 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £544 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.60% | -1.18% | +1.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £612 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | - | £592 |
| England median daily rate | £492 | £515 | £536 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.47% | -3.96% | -2.50% |
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 | 570 | 394 | 399 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 24.55% | 24.17% | 22.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 381 | 228 | 288 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £352 | £289 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £409 | £377 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.60% | +1.52% | -6.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £594 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £691 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.65% | -2.27% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 10 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.20 | £16.98 | £17.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.50 | £17.81 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £23.87 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +109.47% | +29.03% | -15.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.88 | £33.44 | £19.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.25 | £53.25 | £25.80 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | +0.80% | -3.47% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing R.
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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 2 January 2026.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing R.
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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 2 January 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | -6 | 5 | £425 | -10.53% | 6 |
| Solihull | - | 1 | £625 | - | |
| Warwickshire | - | 1 | £525 | - | 1 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: