R
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 391 | 284 | 263 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -107 | -21 | +29 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 647 | 1,320 | 2,387 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.66% | 1.26% | 1.55% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.95% | 2.90% | 2.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 441 | 583 | 880 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,500 | £40,371 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,500 | £47,447 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £88,750 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £112,500 | £88,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,528 | £50,238 | £50,119 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.57% | +0.24% | -4.54% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,106 | 45,516 | 82,656 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.77% | 43.49% | 53.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,929 | 28,962 | 44,133 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,635 | £55,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.48% | +2.80% | +7.00% |
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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 27 April 2024.
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Top 18 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 27 April 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 |
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| England | -107 | 567 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 213 |
| UK excluding London | -195 | 313 | £51,528 | +2.57% | 101 |
| London | +40 | 304 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 118 |
| Work from Home | -173 | 255 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 73 |
| South East | -2 | 77 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 33 |
| North of England | -190 | 67 | £51,528 | -6.11% | 28 |
| Midlands | -5 | 54 | £50,750 | -3.33% | 15 |
| Scotland | -62 | 47 | £48,000 | -2.77% | 6 |
| North West | +28 | 40 | £47,500 | -29.63% | 20 |
| South West | -43 | 37 | £67,500 | +35.00% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 35 | £55,000 | +12.82% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | -129 | 22 | £51,528 | +3.06% | 5 |
| East Midlands | -17 | 19 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 3 |
| East of England | +9 | 18 | £68,750 | +96.43% | 8 |
| Wales | +7 | 7 | £51,528 | -1.74% | 6 |
| North East | -26 | 5 | £55,000 | +23.14% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +34 | 4 | £33,750 | - | 2 |
| Channel Islands | - | 2 | - | - |
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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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