R Job Trends in Devon

R
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs citing R 1 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.17% 1.11% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.10% 4.39% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% - -
South West median annual salary £38,250 £67,500 £69,038
% change year-on-year -43.33% -2.23% +50.90%

All Programming Languages
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 91 114 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 15.69% 25.33% 28.61%
Number of salaries quoted 47 49 73
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,881 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,588 £42,500 £38,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +22.45% +22.50%
75th Percentile £59,375 £70,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,425 £89,000 £60,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

R job vacancy trend in Devon

R
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing R

R
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter -4 1 £45,000 -34.55%
R
South West

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) MapReduce
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Julia
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL