R Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

R
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring R skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 90 108
Rank change year-on-year -40 +18 +13
Contract jobs citing R 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.11% 0.086% 0.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.33% 0.31% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £251
25th Percentile - £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +55.17%
75th Percentile - £400 £506
90th Percentile - - £563
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% -6.09%

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 606 321 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 32.51% 27.62% 23.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 226 320
10th Percentile £350 £359 £348
25th Percentile £406 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +2.30% -9.07%
75th Percentile £547 £583 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £643
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - £26.25 £17.38
25th Percentile £49.25 £31.25 £19.91
Median hourly rate £49.50 £40.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% +87.71% -69.56%
75th Percentile £49.75 £96.64 £25.58
90th Percentile - £102.00 £44.39
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -0.79%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing R relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

R job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

R
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing R.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing R

R
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing R.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing R

R
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
West Yorkshire -17 2 £450 +20.00% 27
R
England

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Google Data Studio
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Query
1 1 (50.00%) QlikView
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Performance Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk