R Job Trends in the North of England

R
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 263 295
Rank change year-on-year -54 +32 -11
Permanent jobs citing R 40 39 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.18% 0.40% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.10% 1.46% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 34 16 36
10th Percentile £27,500 - -
25th Percentile £29,188 £45,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £51,250 £49,274
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% +4.01% -10.48%
75th Percentile £71,106 £80,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 - £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.63% +3.75% -4.00%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,624 2,667 3,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.29% 27.66% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,737 1,405 2,897
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,751 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,733 £61,206
% change year-on-year +3.61% +2.49% -5.84%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

R job vacancy trend in the North of England

R
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing R

R
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for R in the North of England

R
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
North West +3 26 £45,037 -14.22% 26
Yorkshire -43 7 £32,250 -57.00% 20
North East -61 7 £66,720 +40.46% 7
R
England

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (37.50%) WordPress
2 2 (5.00%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (5.00%) SPSS
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (52.50%) Azure
2 16 (40.00%) AWS
3 15 (37.50%) GitHub
4 7 (17.50%) Power Platform
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (7.50%) Snowflake
6 2 (5.00%) OCI
7 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (37.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (17.50%) Power BI
3 4 (10.00%) Tableau
4 3 (7.50%) OLAP
4 3 (7.50%) Power Query
4 3 (7.50%) PowerPivot
4 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (5.00%) KNIME
5 2 (5.00%) MS Access
5 2 (5.00%) Star Schema
6 1 (2.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (37.50%) Git
2 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (37.50%) Multimedia
2 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (22.50%) Finance
4 8 (20.00%) Legal
5 6 (15.00%) Marketing
5 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (7.50%) Local Government
8 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (5.00%) Retail
9 1 (2.50%) Banking
9 1 (2.50%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) Administrator
2 15 (37.50%) Trainee
2 15 (37.50%) Trainee Administrator
2 15 (37.50%) Web Administrator
3 8 (20.00%) Senior
4 6 (15.00%) Analytics Manager
4 6 (15.00%) Business Analytics Manager
4 6 (15.00%) Business Manager
4 6 (15.00%) CRM Manager
5 5 (12.50%) Data Scientist
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Data Scientist
7 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Power BI Developer
8 2 (5.00%) Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Data Administrator
8 2 (5.00%) Data Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (37.50%) CSS
1 15 (37.50%) HTML
2 2 (5.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) NHS
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) Analytics
2 15 (37.50%) Web Development
3 10 (25.00%) AI
4 9 (22.50%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (22.50%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (17.50%) Dashboard Development
5 7 (17.50%) Data Analytics
5 7 (17.50%) Data Science
5 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.00%) API Integration
6 6 (15.00%) Business Analytics
6 6 (15.00%) CRM
6 6 (15.00%) ERP
6 6 (15.00%) Performance Analysis
6 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (15.00%) Workflow
7 5 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 5 (12.50%) Data Transformation
7 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 5 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (95.00%) Python
2 21 (52.50%) JavaScript
3 15 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (7.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) AWS Certification
1 15 (37.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 15 (37.50%) Azure Certification
1 15 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.50%) ACCA
4 1 (2.50%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (27.50%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) IFRS
3 1 (2.50%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) HubSpot
3 3 (7.50%) Databricks
3 3 (7.50%) SAP
4 2 (5.00%) Alteryx
4 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) Adobe
5 1 (2.50%) Foundry