R Job Trends in Dorset

R
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing R 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.22% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median annual salary £38,250 £68,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -44.36% +1.85% +47.54%

All Programming Languages
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 73 167 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 15.97% 43.49% 49.86%
Number of salaries quoted 37 92 174
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,250
25th Percentile £43,062 £43,613 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,088 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £59,875 £71,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

R job vacancy trend in Dorset

R
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing R

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree