R Jobs in Leicestershire

R
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 94 -
Rank change year-on-year +50 - -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing R 5 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.31% 0.42% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.32% 1.27% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,869 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,919 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% - -
75th Percentile £40,970 £47,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £39,919 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% -18.18% -4.35%

All Programming Languages
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 94 316 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 24.67% 33.30% 36.17%
Number of salaries quoted 67 193 138
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £33,375
25th Percentile £46,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £67,375
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £46,750 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.58% -13.64% +10.00%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for R in Leicestershire

R
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing R

R
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester +19 1 - - 5
Coalville - 1 £39,919 -
R
East Midlands

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Big Data
1 2 (40.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Statistician
2 1 (20.00%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Data Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (80.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (80.00%) Statistics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Science
2 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (40.00%) Data Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (40.00%) Statistical Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (20.00%) Experimental Design
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Dart
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (20.00%) PHP
3 1 (20.00%) Ruby
3 1 (20.00%) Rust
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (60.00%) PhD
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree