R
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 164 | 157 | 212 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | +55 | +3 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 29 | 12 | 57 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South West | 0.45% | 0.42% | 0.75% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.06% | 1.19% | 2.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28 | 7 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £36,900 | £53,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £46,875 | £63,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £38,250 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.15% | -3.70% | +35.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £77,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £80,500 | £95,063 |
| England median annual salary | £30,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -49.17% | -7.69% | +1.17% |
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 | 949 | 1,008 | 2,818 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 14.78% | 35.22% | 36.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 635 | 644 | 2,367 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,750 | £35,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,500 | £52,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +9.00% | -3.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,838 | £73,750 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £87,500 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £63,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.08% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Salary Trend in the South West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing R.
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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 17 March 2026.
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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 17 March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | +7 | 25 | £31,500 | -37.00% | 6 |
| Gloucestershire | -1 | 2 | £62,500 | -9.09% | 3 |
| Wiltshire | - | 1 | £31,000 | - | 9 |
| Dorset | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| R England |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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: