R
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 226 | 289 | 264 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +63 | -25 | +34 |
| DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing R | 97 | 63 | 67 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East | 0.90% | 0.44% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.92% | 1.58% | 1.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 69 | 52 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £38,750 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £41,250 | £43,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.00% | -13.04% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65,313 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £84,500 | £95,000 |
| England median annual salary | £62,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -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.
| DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 2,472 | 3,987 | 4,124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East | 22.84% | 27.84% | 38.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,629 | 2,881 | 3,055 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,750 | £36,250 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,500 | £45,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £58,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -5.17% | +5.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £68,000 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,750 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £61,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.46% | -6.15% | +4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight | - | 60 | £62,000 | - | |
| Thames Valley | -1 | 13 | £110,000 | +51.72% | 69 |
| Buckinghamshire | - | 9 | - | - | 19 |
| East Sussex | +21 | 7 | - | - | 7 |
| West Sussex | +12 | 7 | £52,500 | +10.53% | 11 |
| Berkshire | -10 | 4 | £110,000 | +37.50% | 42 |
| Kent | +14 | 3 | £63,750 | -7.27% | 13 |
| Surrey | -2 | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| Hampshire | +52 | 2 | £51,250 | -10.87% | 10 |
| Middlesex | -9 | 2 | - | - | 13 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:
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