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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 355 289 274
Rank change year-on-year -66 -15 -22
Permanent jobs citing R 440 1,532 1,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 1.25% 1.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.04% 2.71% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 287 829 942
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,625 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -13.67%
75th Percentile £87,375 £83,750 £77,000
90th Percentile £113,500 £118,750 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -13.64%

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 21,547 56,460 66,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 40.67% 45.96% 52.08%
Number of salaries quoted 16,785 35,996 45,555
10th Percentile £39,730 £38,442 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,788 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

R
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for R in the UK

R
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R.

Salary trend for R in the UK

R
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for R in the UK

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 7 December 2023. 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
England -41 405 £63,000 +5.00% 294
Work from Home -38 229 £70,000 +21.74% 138
London +15 213 £72,500 -3.33% 181
UK excluding London -59 197 £55,000 +10.00% 118
South West +36 59 £69,038 +38.08% 7
Midlands +77 44 £53,250 -11.25% 16
West Midlands +117 39 £55,000 -4.35% 11
South East +50 38 £55,000 -8.33% 31
North of England -52 31 £51,528 +3.06% 37
Yorkshire -47 22 £51,528 +3.06% 7
Scotland +3 11 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Wales +16 10 £51,528 +1.04% 2
North West +67 9 £62,750 +25.50% 27
East Midlands +9 5 £40,500 -32.50% 5
East of England +96 3 £40,500 -19.00% 21
Northern Ireland +30 1 - -

R
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:

Application Platforms
1 78 (17.73%) SAS
2 46 (10.45%) Apache Spark
3 20 (4.55%) Apache
4 17 (3.86%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.23%) Confluence
7 1 (0.23%) Luigi
7 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 39 (8.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.05%) SPSS
4 8 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.59%) Simulink
6 6 (1.36%) Stata
7 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.45%) CATIA
8 2 (0.45%) EViews
8 2 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.91%) ProductWriter
2 1 (0.23%) FastStats
2 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 128 (29.09%) Power Platform
2 102 (23.18%) Azure
3 72 (16.36%) AWS
4 41 (9.32%) GCP
5 16 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 14 (3.18%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (2.95%) OpenShift
8 11 (2.50%) Snowflake
9 10 (2.27%) Serverless
10 9 (2.05%) Google Analytics
11 7 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.59%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.14%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.14%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 5 (1.14%) Azure Stack
14 4 (0.91%) GitHub
15 3 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
16 2 (0.45%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.41%) Internet
2 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.45%) GSM
2 2 (0.45%) Network Security
2 2 (0.45%) SSH
2 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.23%) DHCP
3 1 (0.23%) DNS
3 1 (0.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) IPv4
3 1 (0.23%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (29.09%) Power BI
2 92 (20.91%) Tableau
3 52 (11.82%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (10.91%) Big Data
5 39 (8.86%) SQL Server
6 23 (5.23%) Data Lake
7 22 (5.00%) Data Mining
8 16 (3.64%) Qlik Sense
9 15 (3.41%) Amazon QuickSight
10 14 (3.18%) Power Query
10 14 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (2.95%) Hadoop
11 13 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (2.50%) BigQuery
12 11 (2.50%) QlikView
13 10 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (1.82%) NoSQL
14 8 (1.82%) Relational Database
15 7 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (1.59%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (3.41%) Git
2 14 (3.18%) JIRA
3 6 (1.36%) RStudio
4 5 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.68%) GitLab
5 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.45%) MLflow
7 1 (0.23%) ERwin
7 1 (0.23%) NUnit
7 1 (0.23%) Subversion
7 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 186 (42.27%) Finance
2 153 (34.77%) Analytical Skills
3 138 (31.36%) Social Skills
4 57 (12.95%) Banking
5 51 (11.59%) Marketing
6 49 (11.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (8.64%) Retail
8 36 (8.18%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (4.77%) Retail Finance
10 15 (3.41%) Military
10 15 (3.41%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.27%) Advertising
11 10 (2.27%) Front Office
11 10 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.82%) Automotive
13 7 (1.59%) Electronics
14 6 (1.36%) Legal
14 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 166 (37.73%) Analyst
2 119 (27.05%) Senior
3 75 (17.05%) Data Scientist
4 58 (13.18%) Data Analyst
5 53 (12.05%) Data Engineer
5 53 (12.05%) Senior Analyst
6 36 (8.18%) Senior Data Scientist
7 31 (7.05%) Lead
8 27 (6.14%) Developer
9 23 (5.23%) Pricing Analyst
10 21 (4.77%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.32%) Lead Data Scientist
11 19 (4.32%) Qualitative Analyst
11 19 (4.32%) Quantitative Analyst
12 17 (3.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 17 (3.86%) Consultant
12 17 (3.86%) Lead Data Engineer
12 17 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (3.41%) Research Engineer
13 15 (3.41%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.36%) HTML
2 14 (3.18%) PyTorch
2 14 (3.18%) TensorFlow
3 13 (2.95%) Pandas
4 11 (2.50%) scikit-learn
5 8 (1.82%) .NET
6 5 (1.14%) Django
6 5 (1.14%) NumPy
7 4 (0.91%) Kafka
8 3 (0.68%) EDI
8 3 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.68%) JSON
8 3 (0.68%) Keras
8 3 (0.68%) OpenMP
8 3 (0.68%) PySpark
9 2 (0.45%) CSS
9 2 (0.45%) Lambda Expressions
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.45%) Node-RED
9 2 (0.45%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.82%) Algorithms
2 34 (7.73%) Credit Risk
3 25 (5.68%) Cyberattack
4 21 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.64%) Augmented Reality
5 16 (3.64%) Hedge funds
5 16 (3.64%) Virtual Reality
6 15 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.73%) Fixed Income
8 11 (2.50%) Derivative
9 9 (2.05%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.82%) IoT
11 7 (1.59%) Equities
12 6 (1.36%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.36%) Smart Meter
13 5 (1.14%) Credit Derivative
13 5 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.68%) Linux
2 2 (0.45%) Unix
2 2 (0.45%) Windows
3 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (45.91%) Analytics
2 177 (40.23%) Machine Learning
3 156 (35.45%) Data Science
4 152 (34.55%) Visualisation
5 137 (31.14%) Business Intelligence
6 113 (25.68%) Mathematics
7 111 (25.23%) Agile
8 108 (24.55%) Statistics
9 106 (24.09%) Data Visualisation
10 105 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
11 99 (22.50%) Data Analysis
12 93 (21.14%) Computer Science
13 88 (20.00%) Decision-Making
14 82 (18.64%) Artificial Intelligence
15 65 (14.77%) Software Engineering
16 63 (14.32%) Statistical Analysis
17 61 (13.86%) Mentoring
18 60 (13.64%) Data Analytics
19 57 (12.95%) Data Modelling
20 56 (12.73%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 368 (83.64%) Python
2 213 (48.41%) SQL
3 53 (12.05%) MATLAB
4 45 (10.23%) C
5 39 (8.86%) C#
6 38 (8.64%) Java
6 38 (8.64%) JavaScript
7 25 (5.68%) C++
8 16 (3.64%) T-SQL
9 14 (3.18%) Scala
10 13 (2.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.82%) Rust
12 7 (1.59%) VBA
13 4 (0.91%) Fortran
13 4 (0.91%) Julia
14 3 (0.68%) Bash
14 3 (0.68%) VB
15 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.23%) F#
16 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 188 (42.73%) Degree
2 54 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 53 (12.05%) Master's Degree
4 47 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.91%) PhD
6 25 (5.68%) DV Cleared
7 23 (5.23%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.05%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.91%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.68%) Tableau Certification
14 2 (0.45%) IIBA
15 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (11.82%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.64%) IFRS
2 16 (3.64%) IFRS 9
3 15 (3.41%) PMO
4 14 (3.18%) CRD IV
5 10 (2.27%) QA
6 7 (1.59%) ISO 26262
7 6 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.36%) Basel III
8 5 (1.14%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.14%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.14%) AUTOSAR
9 3 (0.68%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.45%) MISRA
11 1 (0.23%) CDISC
11 1 (0.23%) GDPR
11 1 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 28 (6.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (6.36%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.14%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.45%) Terraform
4 1 (0.23%) Ansible
4 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.23%) Kibana
4 1 (0.23%) logstash
4 1 (0.23%) Mesos
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 37 (8.41%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.50%) Databricks
3 21 (4.77%) Google
4 14 (3.18%) Alteryx
5 7 (1.59%) Splunk
6 6 (1.36%) Bloomberg
6 6 (1.36%) Oracle
7 5 (1.14%) Adobe
8 4 (0.91%) MicroStrategy
8 4 (0.91%) Sun
9 3 (0.68%) Apple
9 3 (0.68%) Minitab
9 3 (0.68%) SAP
10 2 (0.45%) ANSYS
10 2 (0.45%) IBM
10 2 (0.45%) Informatica
11 1 (0.23%) ArcSight
11 1 (0.23%) Citrix
11 1 (0.23%) Intel
11 1 (0.23%) Telerik