R Job Trends in Somerset

R
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 48 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Permanent jobs citing R 4 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.71% 0.22% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.81% 1.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £72,750 - -
South West median annual salary £34,075 £68,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -50.44% +1.85% +47.54%

All Programming Languages
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 105 100 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 18.68% 21.69% 31.74%
Number of salaries quoted 87 55 95
10th Percentile £28,950 £35,950 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £42,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +4.76%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

R job vacancy trend in Somerset

R
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing R

R
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in Somerset over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for R in Somerset

R
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Bath - 1 - -
Street - 1 £72,500 -
R
South West

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Senior Data Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (25.00%) Omics
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Data Science
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Campaign Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Computational Biology
4 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Innovation
4 1 (25.00%) Experimental Design
4 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker