R Job Trends in Essex

R
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 52 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs citing R 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.29% 0.22% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.25% 0.78% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 £39,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £41,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.71% - -
75th Percentile £32,500 £43,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £30,000 £53,250 £36,000
% change year-on-year -43.66% +47.92% -20.00%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 89 129 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 12.94% 28.41% 31.43%
Number of salaries quoted 74 40 117
10th Percentile £25,000 £41,100 £33,500
25th Percentile £26,938 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £79,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £87,500 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £54,000 £58,675 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.97% -2.21% -

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

R job vacancy trend in Essex

R
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing R

R
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Essex region over the 6 months to 11 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
Southend-on-Sea - 2 £30,000 - 4
R
East of England

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) Trainee
1 2 (100.00%) Trainee Administrator
1 2 (100.00%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft