R
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 399 | 384 | 355 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | -29 | -76 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 287 | 350 | 580 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.43% | 0.70% | 0.79% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.30% | 2.05% | 2.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 218 | 151 | 417 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £37,500 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £46,875 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £30,500 | £62,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.81% | -0.80% | -1.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £49,875 | £85,625 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,490 | £102,500 | £122,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,500 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -49.17% | +9.09% | +0.22% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,488 | 17,049 | 27,463 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.77% | 34.20% | 37.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,924 | 10,172 | 22,653 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,750 | £38,000 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £48,867 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,500 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +4.55% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing R.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.
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Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the UK over the 6 months to 12 February 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 |
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| England | -24 | 247 | £30,500 | -51.20% | 211 |
| UK excluding London | +34 | 197 | £30,500 | -49.17% | 199 |
| North of England | +4 | 79 | £30,500 | -50.20% | 51 |
| London | -37 | 73 | £42,266 | -39.62% | 67 |
| Work from Home | -56 | 64 | £60,000 | - | 60 |
| North West | +30 | 36 | £30,500 | -48.09% | 25 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 34 | £30,500 | -51.20% | 19 |
| Midlands | -17 | 32 | £30,500 | -43.19% | 28 |
| South West | +5 | 28 | £45,000 | -32.08% | 21 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 22 | £30,500 | -32.22% | 11 |
| South East | -16 | 22 | £50,000 | -12.66% | 58 |
| Scotland | +2 | 16 | £30,500 | -53.08% | 12 |
| East of England | +15 | 11 | £30,000 | -70.00% | 22 |
| Wales | +7 | 10 | £30,500 | -40.20% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 10 | £47,195 | -42.79% | 17 |
| North East | -5 | 9 | £30,500 | -23.49% | 8 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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