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England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 243 | 245 | 231 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | -14 | +81 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 24 | 53 | 40 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South East | 0.23% | 0.58% | 0.51% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.47% | 1.70% | 1.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 25 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,100 | £39,850 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £45,000 | £41,029 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,500 | £62,000 | £52,293 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.29% | +18.56% | -12.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,250 | £78,750 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,250 | £86,750 | £82,625 |
| England median annual salary | £30,500 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -49.17% | -4.00% | +4.17% |
All Programming Languages
South East
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 the South East.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 1,629 | 3,113 | 2,793 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East | 15.68% | 33.79% | 35.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,268 | 1,844 | 2,199 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,750 | £36,250 | £34,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,688 | £46,250 | £42,899 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +9.09% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,750 | £85,000 | £82,500 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.
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Salary Trend in the South East
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing R.
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Salary Histogram in the South East
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the South East over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.
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Job Locations in the South East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 December 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 |
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| Surrey | -16 | 9 | £57,500 | +38.55% | 5 |
| West Sussex | +1 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| Thames Valley | -7 | 4 | £52,500 | -27.59% | 41 |
| Hampshire | +40 | 3 | £30,500 | -41.90% | 10 |
| East Sussex | +12 | 2 | £35,000 | -60.00% | 6 |
| Berkshire | -4 | 2 | - | - | 28 |
| Kent | - | 2 | £77,500 | - | 10 |
| Oxfordshire | +22 | 1 | £52,500 | +16.67% | 7 |
| Buckinghamshire | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:
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