R
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 189 | 198 | 174 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -24 | +79 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 32 | 44 | 45 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands | 0.41% | 0.66% | 0.90% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.80% | 2.52% | 2.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29 | 32 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £37,500 | £28,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £37,875 | £38,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £58,750 | £46,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.66% | +26.34% | -22.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £72,313 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £74,500 | £86,250 | £71,000 |
| England median annual salary | £30,500 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -49.17% | -4.00% | +2.46% |
All Programming Languages
Midlands
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 the Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 1,143 | 1,747 | 1,678 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands | 14.65% | 26.22% | 33.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 934 | 958 | 1,472 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £32,500 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £38,750 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,750 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing R.
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Salary Histogram in the Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.
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Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +14 | 27 | £42,500 | -20.84% | 14 |
| East Midlands | -15 | 5 | £38,445 | -53.40% | 13 |
| R England |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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: