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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 155 | 231 | 166 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +76 | -65 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 6 | 48 | 47 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.20% | 0.72% | 1.02% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.60% | 1.28% | 2.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £37,500 | £33,487 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,000 | £40,800 | £35,733 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,000 | £48,000 | £50,238 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.75% | -4.45% | +0.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £54,250 | £71,699 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £62,200 | £73,000 | £110,782 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -7.69% | +8.33% |
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 | 992 | 3,743 | 1,962 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 33.17% | 55.82% | 42.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 726 | 1,134 | 1,085 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,574 | £35,000 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £43,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.51% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £67,188 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,500 | £80,000 | £87,300 |
| 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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Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
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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 17 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +20 | 5 | £39,000 | -40.43% | 24 |
| Glasgow | +142 | 1 | £65,000 | +50.46% | 4 |
| 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: