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England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 160 | 248 | 199 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +88 | -49 | +25 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 20 | 39 | 80 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 0.57% | 0.42% | 1.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.94% | 1.27% | 3.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 16 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,054 | £57,500 | £34,934 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,272 | £65,313 | £43,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £67,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.22% | +35.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £85,000 | £57,964 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,000 | - | £69,875 |
| England median annual salary | £62,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -7.69% | +8.33% |
All Programming Languages
South West
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 West.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 1,029 | 3,071 | 2,616 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 29.53% | 33.30% | 37.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 795 | 2,438 | 1,720 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £32,500 | £33,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,250 | £42,500 | £42,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,600 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.36% | - | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,807 | £66,250 | £70,063 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| England median annual salary | £62,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -7.69% | +4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Salary Trend in the South West
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in the South West.
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Salary Histogram in the South West
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Job Locations in the South West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | +50 | 7 | £47,500 | -36.67% | 6 |
| Gloucestershire | +75 | 6 | £68,750 | - | 11 |
| Wiltshire | +44 | 3 | £45,272 | -32.93% | 2 |
| Somerset | - | 2 | £58,750 | - | 2 |
| Devon | - | 2 | £70,000 | - | 6 |
| R England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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: