R Job Trends in South Yorkshire

R
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 44 64
Rank change year-on-year +1 +20 -16
Permanent jobs citing R 14 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 2.23% 2.42% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.76% 7.22% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 1
10th Percentile £27,725 - -
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% -9.09% +24.03%
75th Percentile £32,750 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £62,500 £51,528
% change year-on-year -51.20% +21.29% +3.06%

All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 119 180 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.98% 33.46% 29.81%
Number of salaries quoted 99 58 174
10th Percentile £25,250 £33,553 £33,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £48,792 £74,688 £63,125
90th Percentile £62,250 £96,250 £74,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

R job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

R
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing R

R
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Sheffield +5 12 £30,500 -39.00% 2
Doncaster - 2 £30,000 -
R
Yorkshire

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 14 (100.00%) AWS
1 14 (100.00%) Azure
1 14 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 14 (100.00%) Git
General
1 14 (100.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Trainee
2 2 (14.29%) Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Trainee Administrator
2 2 (14.29%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (100.00%) CSS
1 14 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (85.71%) Mentoring
2 2 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 14 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 14 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 14 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft