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Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 46 | 101 | 100 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +55 | -1 | +10 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 20 | 3 | 10 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 2.09% | 0.19% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 15.87% | 0.71% | 2.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 3 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,050 | - | £49,100 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £51,833 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £40,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.00% | -38.46% | +6.56% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £41,875 | £67,285 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £43,000 | £72,500 |
| Wales median annual salary | £62,000 | £40,000 | £54,882 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.00% | -27.12% | -10.03% |
All Programming Languages
South Wales
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 South Wales.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 126 | 422 | 411 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 13.18% | 26.78% | 35.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 111 | 307 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,117 | £34,313 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £42,500 | £38,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £52,101 | £51,302 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.00% | +1.56% | -2.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,000 | £65,000 | £67,393 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £73,000 | £77,500 |
| Wales median annual salary | £60,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | +11.11% | -10.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Salary Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in South Wales.
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Salary Histogram in South Wales
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
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Job Locations in South Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | - | 17 | £62,000 | - | 1 |
| Cardiff | +39 | 3 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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: