R
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 76 | 106 | 120 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | +14 | +22 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 0.68% | 0.26% | 1.11% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.08% | 0.71% | 2.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £52,186 | £35,733 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,000 | £59,241 | £35,991 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,000 | £72,000 | £55,043 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -45.83% | +30.81% | +29.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £41,000 | £73,000 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £105,629 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £39,000 | £45,600 | £50,238 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.47% | -9.23% | +0.48% |
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
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 | 289 | 566 | 805 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 32.95% | 37.48% | 42.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 184 | 444 | 519 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £43,750 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £49,088 | £50,000 | £48,091 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £63,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +9.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,313 | £75,000 | £79,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,667 | £91,934 | £95,466 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £58,033 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.51% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in Edinburgh.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: