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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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 100 | 127 | 146 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | +19 | -24 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 11 | 2 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.54% | 0.090% | 0.87% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.40% | 0.37% | 3.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £531 | £231 | £435 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £280 | £466 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £374 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +47.06% | -28.76% | +6.06% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £481 | £582 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £537 | £643 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £570 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.28% | +8.57% | - |
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 | 458 | 538 | 943 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 22.43% | 24.31% | 26.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 323 | 361 | 659 |
| 10th Percentile | £260 | £313 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £348 | £410 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £520 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.46% | +9.47% | +17.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £602 | £563 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £700 | £638 |
| England median daily rate | £540 | £563 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +2.27% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £36.36 | £21.73 | £24.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £47.75 | £23.81 | £36.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | £29.32 | £58.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +96.13% | -49.45% | +141.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | £64.69 | £59.71 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £98.25 | £59.84 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +19.12% |
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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 20 June 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 | - | |
| Birmingham | +13 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Staffordshire | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
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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: