The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
18 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
79 |
63 |
94 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-16 |
+31 |
+4 |
| Permanent jobs citing R |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Reading |
0.066% |
0.56% |
0.35% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
0.51% |
2.56% |
1.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£96,000 |
£47,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£29,750 |
£97,500 |
£58,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£31,500 |
£110,000 |
£62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-71.36% |
+76.00% |
-3.85% |
| 75th Percentile |
£33,250 |
£130,000 |
£78,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£136,000 |
- |
| Berkshire median annual salary |
£34,500 |
£110,000 |
£80,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-68.64% |
+37.50% |
+23.08% |
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 Reading.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
198 |
117 |
370 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading |
13.15% |
21.87% |
25.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
134 |
63 |
211 |
| 10th Percentile |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£39,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£48,750 |
£50,848 |
£45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£62,500 |
£65,000 |
£58,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-3.85% |
+12.07% |
-10.77% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£83,750 |
£70,625 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£92,000 |
£83,750 |
| Berkshire median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£65,000 |
£61,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.69% |
-5.38% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.
R
Salary Trend in Reading
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing R.
R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:
