R Job Trends in the East of England

R
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 162 201
Rank change year-on-year -14 +39 -8
Permanent jobs citing R 18 12 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.27% 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.90% 1.36% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 12
10th Percentile £27,500 £53,500 £52,625
25th Percentile £33,750 £73,750 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £100,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +35.59% +68.57%
75th Percentile £92,988 - £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £56,250 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.27% +3.33% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 947 881 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 14.29% 25.51% 26.11%
Number of salaries quoted 669 718 1,372
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,230 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

R job vacancy trend in the East of England

R
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing R

R
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for R in the East of England

R
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Cambridgeshire -19 10 £86,725 +11.90% 5
Essex -17 3 £30,000 -70.00% 5
Hertfordshire -20 3 £87,500 +25.00% 4
Norfolk - 1 £37,500 - 1
Bedfordshire - 1 £37,500 - 2
R
England

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (27.78%) WordPress
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
2 6 (33.33%) Dataform
2 6 (33.33%) dbt
3 5 (27.78%) AWS
3 5 (27.78%) Azure
3 5 (27.78%) GitHub
4 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (38.89%) Power BI
3 6 (33.33%) Looker
3 6 (33.33%) Metabase
3 6 (33.33%) Tableau
4 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Git
General
1 8 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Multimedia
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 6 (33.33%) Principal Data Scientist
1 6 (33.33%) Senior Data Scientist
1 6 (33.33%) Trainee
2 5 (27.78%) Administrator
2 5 (27.78%) Trainee Administrator
2 5 (27.78%) Web Administrator
3 4 (22.22%) Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst Programmer
5 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Programmer
5 2 (11.11%) RPG Analyst Programmer
5 2 (11.11%) RPG Programmer
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Junior Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Junior Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) CSS
1 6 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (11.11%) EDI
3 1 (5.56%) Django
3 1 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (5.56%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) AS400
1 2 (11.11%) Clustering
1 2 (11.11%) iSeries
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Analytics
2 8 (44.44%) Mentoring
3 7 (38.89%) AI
3 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (38.89%) Data Modelling
3 7 (38.89%) Machine Learning
3 7 (38.89%) Statistical Analysis
4 6 (33.33%) A/B Testing
4 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 6 (33.33%) Data Engineering
4 6 (33.33%) Data Science
4 6 (33.33%) Data Strategy
4 6 (33.33%) Data Transformation
4 6 (33.33%) DataOps
4 6 (33.33%) Kimball Methodology
4 6 (33.33%) Observability
4 6 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 6 (33.33%) Web Development
5 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) Python
2 9 (50.00%) SQL
3 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 6 (33.33%) Julia
4 2 (11.11%) RPG
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 5 (27.78%) AWS Certification
2 5 (27.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 5 (27.78%) Azure Certification
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) IBM
2 2 (11.11%) Infor