R Job Trends in Glasgow

R
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 75 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Permanent jobs citing R 8 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.06% 0.34% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.13% 1.03% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £65,225 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £69,313 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £78,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -61.02% - -
75th Percentile £32,750 £86,813 -
90th Percentile - £90,675 -
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £78,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -61.02% +42.27% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 156 291 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 20.69% 33.14% 49.87%
Number of salaries quoted 70 136 212
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £34,050
25th Percentile £42,125 £39,125 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,375 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.17% -4.77% +4.76%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £76,500 £71,125
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

R job vacancy trend in Glasgow

R
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing R

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (50.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Civil 3D
1 1 (12.50%) Navisworks
1 1 (12.50%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) ER Studio
2 2 (25.00%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aviation
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modeller
1 4 (50.00%) Finance Modeller
1 4 (50.00%) SAS Modeller
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SAS Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SAS Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Statistical Modeller
2 2 (25.00%) Trainee
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Innovation
3 2 (25.00%) Fraud Detection
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Autodesk