The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
2 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
96 |
- |
98 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+53 |
| Permanent jobs citing R |
9 |
0 |
9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh |
0.87% |
- |
0.88% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
2.05% |
- |
1.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
9 |
0 |
7 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£50,172 |
| 25th Percentile |
£28,250 |
- |
£51,336 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£30,500 |
- |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+10.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£32,750 |
- |
£84,531 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£95,063 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£30,500 |
£78,250 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-61.02% |
+42.27% |
+10.00% |
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 Edinburgh.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
439 |
498 |
495 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
42.66% |
42.64% |
48.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
169 |
256 |
400 |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£39,375 |
£45,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£33,250 |
£45,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£53,750 |
£58,750 |
£65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.51% |
-9.62% |
+4.84% |
| 75th Percentile |
£78,790 |
£75,000 |
£77,715 |
| 90th Percentile |
£89,000 |
£89,375 |
£91,934 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£59,526 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-7.60% |
+3.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Salary Trend in Edinburgh
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing R.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:
