R
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 164 | 171 | 166 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | -5 | +50 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley | 0.10% | 0.34% | 0.48% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.68% | 1.00% | 1.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £45,000 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £58,750 | £38,394 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £72,500 | £52,293 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.59% | +38.64% | +4.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,250 | £79,375 | £83,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £115,000 | £95,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £39,500 | £62,000 | £52,293 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.29% | +18.56% | -12.85% |
All Programming Languages
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 586 | 1,196 | 1,249 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 14.70% | 34.29% | 37.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 425 | 704 | 935 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,250 | £37,500 | £36,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £47,500 | £46,050 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £62,500 | £55,050 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +13.53% | -8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £78,750 | £74,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £90,000 | £87,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £56,750 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.42% | +9.09% | -4.35% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing R.
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Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | -3 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Oxfordshire | +23 | 1 | £52,500 | +16.67% | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R South East |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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: