R Job Trends in Bristol

R
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 100 112
Rank change year-on-year +28 +12 +17
Permanent jobs citing R 21 6 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.05% 0.42% 0.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.87% 1.26% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 18 2 14
10th Percentile - £26,650 £42,258
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £49,168
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £36,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -16.44% -48.28% +41.15%
75th Percentile £61,875 £45,000 £95,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £48,750 -
South West median annual salary £34,075 £68,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -50.44% +1.85% +47.54%

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 267 478 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 13.37% 33.17% 44.08%
Number of salaries quoted 218 314 650
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £69,375 £77,188 £77,188
90th Percentile £84,875 £87,500 £91,934
South West median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +4.76%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

R job vacancy trend in Bristol

R
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing R

R
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for R in Bristol

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 17 (80.95%) Azure
2 12 (57.14%) AWS
2 12 (57.14%) GitHub
3 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Power BI
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.76%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (57.14%) Git
General
1 12 (57.14%) Multimedia
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Trainee
2 5 (23.81%) Data Scientist
3 3 (14.29%) Safety Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Safety Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Trainee Administrator
4 1 (4.76%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (57.14%) CSS
1 12 (57.14%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 11 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 6 (28.57%) Storytelling
3 6 (28.57%) Visualisation
4 5 (23.81%) AI
4 5 (23.81%) Analytics
4 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (23.81%) Data Science
4 5 (23.81%) Data Visualisation
4 5 (23.81%) Machine Learning
4 5 (23.81%) Predictive Modelling
4 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (14.29%) Safety Engineering
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (4.76%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (4.76%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (4.76%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) Python
2 12 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (4.76%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) AWS Certification
1 12 (57.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 12 (57.14%) Azure Certification
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft