R
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 157 | 222 | 169 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +65 | -53 | -5 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 13 | 44 | 35 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.40% | 0.68% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.35% | 1.38% | 2.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £35,250 | £35,733 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,000 | £40,800 | £42,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,000 | £43,200 | £55,043 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.72% | -21.52% | +10.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £41,000 | £70,399 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £73,000 | £109,064 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -7.69% | +8.96% |
All Programming Languages
Scotland
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 Scotland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 963 | 3,193 | 1,570 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 29.50% | 49.63% | 38.70% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 539 | 1,079 | 961 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,574 | £35,000 | £36,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £42,500 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.51% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,807 | £67,500 | £71,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £79,680 | £82,548 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in Scotland.
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Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 July 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | +102 | 8 | - | - | 13 |
| Edinburgh | +24 | 5 | £39,000 | -45.83% | 15 |
| R UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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: