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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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Rank | 350 | 392 | 282 |
Rank change year-on-year | +42 | -110 | -25 |
Permanent jobs citing R | 396 | 650 | 1,317 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.76% | 0.66% | 1.27% |
As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.53% | 1.96% | 2.92% |
Number of salaries quoted | 265 | 444 | 582 |
10th Percentile | £43,500 | £35,725 | £40,371 |
25th Percentile | £53,750 | £45,375 | £47,447 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -4.00% | +4.17% |
75th Percentile | £65,000 | £85,000 | £88,750 |
90th Percentile | £98,474 | £122,500 | £112,500 |
UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,000 | £51,528 | £50,238 |
% change year-on-year | +20.32% | +2.57% | +0.24% |
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 | 15,664 | 33,221 | 45,157 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 30.03% | 33.78% | 43.42% |
Number of salaries quoted | 11,561 | 25,021 | 28,803 |
10th Percentile | £37,500 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
25th Percentile | £47,683 | £45,000 | £49,500 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
75th Percentile | £82,500 | £77,500 | £86,250 |
90th Percentile | £106,250 | £100,000 | £106,250 |
UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £53,500 | £55,000 |
% change year-on-year | +2.80% | -2.73% | +2.33% |
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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 30 April 2025.
R
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 30 April 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 | +46 | 358 | £62,000 | -0.80% | 709 |
UK excluding London | +138 | 256 | £62,000 | +20.32% | 330 |
South East | +167 | 142 | £62,000 | +24.00% | 76 |
London | -33 | 126 | £75,000 | -6.25% | 414 |
Work from Home | +37 | 94 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 405 |
North of England | +52 | 35 | £62,500 | +21.29% | 92 |
Midlands | +35 | 29 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 73 |
Yorkshire | +73 | 24 | £75,000 | +45.55% | 34 |
West Midlands | +37 | 22 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 40 |
South West | +97 | 20 | £52,500 | -22.22% | 18 |
Wales | +52 | 19 | £62,000 | +20.32% | 6 |
North West | +2 | 10 | £55,000 | +18.92% | 45 |
East Midlands | +37 | 7 | £82,500 | +83.33% | 32 |
Scotland | +86 | 6 | £39,000 | -18.75% | 28 |
East of England | +45 | 5 | £100,000 | +45.45% | 41 |
North East | +48 | 1 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 13 |
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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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