R Jobs in the UK excluding London

R
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 460 259 322
Rank change year-on-year -201 +63 +53
Permanent jobs citing R 319 810 774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 1.32% 1.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.41% 3.29% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 211 259 334
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,528 £50,238 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +2.57% - -2.45%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,285 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

R is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,555 24,631 32,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.03% 40.07% 46.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,381 13,866 21,456
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,295
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for R in the UK excluding London

R
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for R in the UK excluding London

R
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for R in the UK excluding London

R
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
South East -24 77 £49,250 -17.92% 37
North of England -197 68 £51,528 -1.74% 32
Midlands +1 55 £55,000 +10.00% 18
Scotland -62 48 £48,000 -4.45% 7
North West +24 42 £47,500 -28.30% 22
South West -63 39 £67,500 +35.00% 8
West Midlands +6 36 £55,000 +15.79% 15
Yorkshire -139 21 £51,528 +3.06% 8
East of England +13 19 £57,500 +64.29% 8
East Midlands -7 19 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Wales +1 7 £51,528 -1.74% 6
North East -28 5 £55,000 +23.14% 3
Northern Ireland +32 4 £33,750 - 3
Channel Islands - 2 - - 1
R
UK

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 55 (17.24%) SAS
2 16 (5.02%) Apache Spark
3 15 (4.70%) Apache
4 5 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.25%) nginx
6 2 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 57 (17.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.02%) AutoCAD
2 16 (5.02%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.19%) SPSS
5 6 (1.88%) Trello
6 4 (1.25%) InfoPath
7 3 (0.94%) Simulink
8 2 (0.63%) EViews
Business Applications
1 3 (0.94%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 82 (25.71%) Power Platform
2 39 (12.23%) Azure
3 35 (10.97%) AWS
4 32 (10.03%) Figma
4 32 (10.03%) SurveyMonkey
5 21 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (5.33%) GCP
7 12 (3.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (2.82%) Google Analytics
9 8 (2.51%) Adobe Analytics
10 7 (2.19%) GitHub
11 5 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.57%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.57%) SaaS
11 5 (1.57%) Serverless
12 4 (1.25%) Amazon EMR
12 4 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.25%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.88%) Internet
2 5 (1.57%) Network Security
3 4 (1.25%) Broadband
3 4 (1.25%) FTP
3 4 (1.25%) HTTP
3 4 (1.25%) MQTT
3 4 (1.25%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (1.25%) RS-232
3 4 (1.25%) SMS
3 4 (1.25%) VoIP
3 4 (1.25%) VPN
3 4 (1.25%) Wireshark
3 4 (1.25%) WPA
4 3 (0.94%) DHCP
4 3 (0.94%) DNS
5 2 (0.63%) Wireless
6 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (25.39%) Power BI
2 68 (21.32%) Tableau
3 30 (9.40%) SQL Server
4 25 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (6.90%) Big Data
6 15 (4.70%) Data Lake
7 14 (4.39%) MySQL
8 12 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (3.13%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (2.82%) Relational Database
11 8 (2.51%) Oracle Database
11 8 (2.51%) QlikView
12 7 (2.19%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.88%) Star Schema
14 5 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.57%) BigQuery
15 4 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
15 4 (1.25%) GIS
15 4 (1.25%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 26 (8.15%) Git
2 8 (2.51%) JIRA
3 6 (1.88%) RStudio
4 4 (1.25%) Subversion
General
1 113 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 107 (33.54%) Finance
3 101 (31.66%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (18.50%) Marketing
5 52 (16.30%) Retail
6 51 (15.99%) Law
7 48 (15.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (10.03%) Social Science
9 31 (9.72%) Banking
10 27 (8.46%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (6.27%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (3.76%) Military
13 11 (3.45%) Legal
14 10 (3.13%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.82%) Automotive
15 9 (2.82%) Retail Finance
16 8 (2.51%) Investment Banking
16 8 (2.51%) Manufacturing
17 7 (2.19%) Electronics
18 6 (1.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 98 (30.72%) Analyst
2 79 (24.76%) Senior
3 57 (17.87%) Lead
4 53 (16.61%) Data Scientist
5 33 (10.34%) Data Analyst
6 32 (10.03%) Senior Analyst
7 24 (7.52%) Senior Data Scientist
8 19 (5.96%) Developer
9 17 (5.33%) Programmer
10 16 (5.02%) Data Engineer
10 16 (5.02%) Service Analyst
10 16 (5.02%) Service Desk Analyst
10 16 (5.02%) Systems Programmer
11 13 (4.08%) Analytics Manager
12 12 (3.76%) Embedded Engineer
13 11 (3.45%) Architect
14 10 (3.13%) Business Analyst
14 10 (3.13%) Software Engineer
15 9 (2.82%) Senior Data Analyst
16 8 (2.51%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.64%) HTML
2 16 (5.02%) OLE
3 9 (2.82%) .NET
3 9 (2.82%) JSON
4 8 (2.51%) CSS
5 7 (2.19%) Django
6 6 (1.88%) GraphQL
6 6 (1.88%) HTML5
6 6 (1.88%) React
7 5 (1.57%) jQuery
8 4 (1.25%) COM
8 4 (1.25%) gRPC
8 4 (1.25%) Knex.js
8 4 (1.25%) LEMP Stack
8 4 (1.25%) Node.js
8 4 (1.25%) PySpark
8 4 (1.25%) React Native
8 4 (1.25%) REST
8 4 (1.25%) RESTful
8 4 (1.25%) Sequelize
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.24%) Algorithms
2 27 (8.46%) Credit Risk
3 22 (6.90%) Market Risk
4 21 (6.58%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.02%) Smartphone
6 14 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (4.08%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.13%) Data Structures
8 10 (3.13%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.19%) NHS
10 6 (1.88%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.88%) Clustering
10 6 (1.88%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.57%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.57%) Replication
12 4 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.25%) IoT
12 4 (1.25%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.46%) Windows
2 19 (5.96%) Linux
3 7 (2.19%) Unix
4 4 (1.25%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (32.92%) Analytics
2 98 (30.72%) Data Science
3 93 (29.15%) Business Intelligence
4 69 (21.63%) Data Analysis
5 68 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (20.69%) Visualisation
7 65 (20.38%) Machine Learning
8 64 (20.06%) Agile
9 63 (19.75%) Decision-Making
10 60 (18.81%) Mathematics
11 53 (16.61%) Actionable Insight
12 52 (16.30%) Statistics
13 51 (15.99%) Data Visualisation
14 50 (15.67%) Computer Science
15 49 (15.36%) Artificial Intelligence
16 46 (14.42%) Roadmaps
17 42 (13.17%) Data Analytics
18 41 (12.85%) Business Strategy
19 39 (12.23%) Service Design
20 38 (11.91%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 211 (66.14%) Python
2 105 (32.92%) SQL
3 23 (7.21%) C#
3 23 (7.21%) JavaScript
4 22 (6.90%) Java
5 21 (6.58%) C
6 13 (4.08%) PowerShell
6 13 (4.08%) VBA
7 9 (2.82%) Embedded C
8 8 (2.51%) Scala
9 7 (2.19%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.19%) VB.NET
10 6 (1.88%) C++
11 5 (1.57%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.25%) JSX
12 4 (1.25%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.63%) Julia
13 2 (0.63%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 154 (48.28%) Degree
2 75 (23.51%) Master's Degree
3 61 (19.12%) PhD
4 28 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (6.27%) Security Cleared
6 10 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.88%) IIBA
7 6 (1.88%) SANS
7 6 (1.88%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.57%) CISA
8 5 (1.57%) CISM
8 5 (1.57%) CISSP
8 5 (1.57%) CRISC
8 5 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.57%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.15%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.96%) IFRS
2 19 (5.96%) IFRS 9
3 15 (4.70%) Accessibility
3 15 (4.70%) CRD IV
4 12 (3.76%) QA
5 6 (1.88%) NIST
6 4 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.94%) GDPR
7 3 (0.94%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.94%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.94%) MISRA
8 1 (0.31%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 19 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.70%) Docker
3 3 (0.94%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.94%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (17.87%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.03%) Qualtrics
3 20 (6.27%) Oracle
4 17 (5.33%) Alteryx
5 14 (4.39%) Google
6 12 (3.76%) Adobe
7 11 (3.45%) Databricks
8 6 (1.88%) Coremetrics
8 6 (1.88%) Pega
8 6 (1.88%) UiPath
9 5 (1.57%) MicroStrategy
9 5 (1.57%) SAP
10 4 (1.25%) Apple
10 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.25%) SIMUL8
11 3 (0.94%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.94%) Veeam
11 3 (0.94%) VMware
12 2 (0.63%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.63%) Meraki