R Jobs in Scotland

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%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for R in Scotland

R
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in Scotland.

Salary trend for R in Scotland

R
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

R
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Revit
2 1 (7.69%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) ER Studio
2 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Aviation
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Data Modeller
2 5 (38.46%) Finance Modeller
2 5 (38.46%) SAS Modeller
3 4 (30.77%) Data Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) SAS Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) SAS Data Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Service Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Data Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Statistical Modeller
6 1 (7.69%) Data Scientist
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
1 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Analytics
1 6 (46.15%) Statistical Analysis
2 5 (38.46%) Data Modelling
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) Data Extraction
4 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
4 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
4 3 (23.08%) Dashboard Development
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Science
5 2 (15.38%) Logical Data Model
5 2 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 2 (15.38%) Physical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) Python
2 9 (69.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Genesys
1 3 (23.08%) Verint
2 2 (15.38%) Autodesk
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft