R
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 19 Feb 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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Rank | 369 | 363 | 285 |
Rank change year-on-year | -6 | -78 | -24 |
Permanent jobs citing R | 417 | 580 | 1,395 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.70% | 0.75% | 1.27% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.26% | 2.03% | 2.80% |
Number of salaries quoted | 186 | 413 | 628 |
10th Percentile | £37,789 | £38,750 | £40,371 |
25th Percentile | £51,250 | £47,500 | £47,487 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.62% | - | +13.04% |
75th Percentile | £75,000 | £95,063 | £87,500 |
90th Percentile | £98,474 | £129,000 | £112,500 |
UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,000 | £53,250 | £54,882 |
% change year-on-year | +16.43% | -2.97% | +12.00% |
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 | 18,475 | 28,549 | 49,910 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 30.83% | 37.06% | 45.44% |
Number of salaries quoted | 11,198 | 22,650 | 31,697 |
10th Percentile | £37,574 | £36,250 | £38,750 |
25th Percentile | £47,683 | £45,000 | £48,750 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -7.69% | +8.33% |
75th Percentile | £83,750 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
90th Percentile | £108,750 | £100,000 | £105,000 |
UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
% change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.
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Top 17 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 19 February 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 |
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England | -11 | 395 | £62,000 | -4.62% | 448 |
UK excluding London | +62 | 244 | £62,000 | +16.43% | 188 |
London | -59 | 160 | £70,000 | -13.85% | 306 |
Work from Home | -12 | 155 | £60,000 | -20.00% | 220 |
South East | +81 | 96 | £62,000 | +18.56% | 73 |
North of England | +49 | 64 | £62,500 | +21.29% | 49 |
Midlands | +6 | 46 | £53,688 | +15.46% | 16 |
Yorkshire | +59 | 37 | £62,500 | +21.29% | 11 |
West Midlands | +2 | 33 | £45,000 | -15.49% | 8 |
North West | -7 | 17 | £58,750 | +6.82% | 29 |
South West | +25 | 16 | £66,250 | -6.13% | 15 |
East Midlands | +25 | 13 | £82,500 | +97.60% | 7 |
North East | +32 | 10 | £39,866 | -18.81% | 9 |
East of England | -4 | 9 | £100,000 | +73.91% | 25 |
Wales | +38 | 8 | £62,000 | +20.32% | 3 |
Scotland | +29 | 4 | £65,000 | +22.03% | 8 |
Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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