The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
13 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
29 |
- |
27 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs citing R |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Preston |
0.63% |
- |
0.59% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
3.03% |
- |
2.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£27,500 |
- |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£30,000 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£32,500 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Lancashire median annual salary |
£30,000 |
- |
- |
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 Preston.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
33 |
20 |
50 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston |
20.63% |
19.42% |
29.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
19 |
17 |
34 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,100 |
£47,010 |
£30,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£47,683 |
£35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£45,000 |
£57,560 |
£47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-21.82% |
+21.18% |
+5.56% |
| 75th Percentile |
£60,000 |
£67,500 |
£57,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£72,000 |
£97,000 |
£71,000 |
| Lancashire median annual salary |
£46,500 |
£50,055 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-7.10% |
+0.11% |
+6.38% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Preston.
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Salary Trend in Preston
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing R.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:
