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West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 75 | 109 | 95 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +34 | -14 | +47 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 24 | 20 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham | 1.40% | 1.06% | 0.41% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.47% | 3.47% | 1.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 12 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £44,325 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £37,500 | £47,063 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £30,500 | £40,000 | £53,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.75% | -24.88% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,938 | £47,500 | £54,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,250 | £64,375 | - |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £42,500 | £53,688 | £53,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.84% | +0.82% | -11.25% |
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 371 | 576 | 401 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham | 21.66% | 30.52% | 32.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 315 | 258 | 374 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £34,525 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £41,250 | £44,063 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | - | -7.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £55,000 | £53,688 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.44% | +2.26% | -4.55% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Salary Trend in Birmingham
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing R.
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Salary Histogram in Birmingham
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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: