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
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%

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 30 April 2025.

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 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
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

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 33 (8.33%) SAS
2 11 (2.78%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.52%) Apache
4 3 (0.76%) Confluence
5 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 33 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.03%) SPSS
3 6 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.52%) Stata
4 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.25%) Simulink
5 1 (0.25%) SPSS Modeler
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.51%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.25%) GoldMine
Cloud Services
1 92 (23.23%) Power Platform
2 78 (19.70%) Azure
3 54 (13.64%) AWS
4 22 (5.56%) GCP
5 15 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 13 (3.28%) Serverless
7 9 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (2.27%) IBM Watson
7 9 (2.27%) Snowflake
8 8 (2.02%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.52%) Typeform
11 5 (1.26%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.01%) Amazon SageMaker
12 4 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.01%) GitHub
12 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.76%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.78%) VLAN
2 9 (2.27%) Link 16
2 9 (2.27%) Tactical Data Link
3 8 (2.02%) HTTP
3 8 (2.02%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.77%) Internet
4 7 (1.77%) RS-232
4 7 (1.77%) RS-485
5 5 (1.26%) Firewall
6 4 (1.01%) IPv4
7 3 (0.76%) Network Security
7 3 (0.76%) VPN
8 2 (0.51%) ADSL
8 2 (0.51%) OSPF
8 2 (0.51%) Wireless
9 1 (0.25%) BGP
9 1 (0.25%) DAB
9 1 (0.25%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.25%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.25%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (22.98%) Power BI
2 49 (12.37%) Tableau
3 27 (6.82%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (6.57%) Relational Database
5 20 (5.05%) NoSQL
6 16 (4.04%) Amazon QuickSight
6 16 (4.04%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.28%) Hadoop
7 13 (3.28%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.78%) Data Mining
9 9 (2.27%) MySQL
9 9 (2.27%) QlikView
10 8 (2.02%) Big Data
10 8 (2.02%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.77%) Power Query
12 6 (1.52%) Metadata
13 5 (1.26%) Apache Hive
13 5 (1.26%) BigQuery
14 4 (1.01%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 118 (29.80%) Rational DOORS
2 16 (4.04%) Git
3 4 (1.01%) JIRA
4 3 (0.76%) MLflow
5 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.51%) Subversion
5 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.25%) Babel
6 1 (0.25%) GitLab
6 1 (0.25%) gulp
6 1 (0.25%) RStudio
6 1 (0.25%) webpack
General
1 127 (32.07%) Electronics
2 105 (26.52%) Social Skills
3 93 (23.48%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (19.44%) Finance
5 40 (10.10%) Telecoms
6 33 (8.33%) Marketing
7 26 (6.57%) Retail
8 24 (6.06%) Manufacturing
9 18 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (3.79%) Banking
10 15 (3.79%) Military
10 15 (3.79%) Public Sector
11 12 (3.03%) Legal
12 11 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (2.02%) Advertising
16 6 (1.52%) Games
17 5 (1.26%) Aerospace
17 5 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 180 (45.45%) Senior
2 127 (32.07%) Systems Engineer
3 118 (29.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 72 (18.18%) Analyst
5 45 (11.36%) Data Scientist
6 25 (6.31%) Lead
7 24 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (5.81%) Data Engineer
9 21 (5.30%) Data Analyst
10 19 (4.80%) Analytics Manager
11 18 (4.55%) Data Manager
12 16 (4.04%) Risk Manager
13 15 (3.79%) Technology Risk Manager
14 14 (3.54%) Senior Data Scientist
15 12 (3.03%) Audit Manager
16 11 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 11 (2.78%) Data Analytics Manager
16 11 (2.78%) Power BI Analyst
16 11 (2.78%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
17 10 (2.53%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.79%) JSON
1 15 (3.79%) TensorFlow
2 14 (3.54%) scikit-learn
3 12 (3.03%) PyTorch
4 7 (1.77%) NumPy
4 7 (1.77%) Pandas
5 6 (1.52%) CSS
5 6 (1.52%) Shiny
5 6 (1.52%) XML
6 4 (1.01%) .NET
6 4 (1.01%) HTML
6 4 (1.01%) Kafka
6 4 (1.01%) PySpark
6 4 (1.01%) React
7 3 (0.76%) Keras
7 3 (0.76%) Node.js
7 3 (0.76%) OAuth
7 3 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.76%) SciPy
7 3 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 139 (35.10%) Algorithms
2 23 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.29%) Credit Risk
4 17 (4.29%) Robotics
5 9 (2.27%) Blockchain
6 8 (2.02%) Biopharmaceutical
6 8 (2.02%) Market Risk
6 8 (2.02%) SCADA
6 8 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.76%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.51%) Autonomous Agent
12 2 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.51%) Multi-touch
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.06%) Linux
2 10 (2.53%) Windows
3 3 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.51%) VMS
5 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (40.40%) Mentoring
2 132 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 126 (31.82%) Analytics
4 119 (30.05%) Systems Engineering
4 119 (30.05%) Technical Leadership
5 118 (29.80%) Signal Processing
6 99 (25.00%) Data Science
7 93 (23.48%) Business Intelligence
8 83 (20.96%) Visualisation
9 77 (19.44%) Machine Learning
10 66 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
11 63 (15.91%) Agile
11 63 (15.91%) Artificial Intelligence
12 61 (15.40%) Actionable Insight
13 60 (15.15%) Statistics
14 53 (13.38%) Decision-Making
15 52 (13.13%) Data Analysis
16 47 (11.87%) Computer Science
16 47 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
17 45 (11.36%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 214 (54.04%) Python
2 163 (41.16%) SQL
3 29 (7.32%) MATLAB
4 24 (6.06%) Java
5 22 (5.56%) C
5 22 (5.56%) C++
6 13 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (2.27%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.02%) C#
8 8 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.77%) Perl
10 6 (1.52%) Bash
10 6 (1.52%) VBA
11 5 (1.26%) Scala
12 4 (1.01%) Julia
13 3 (0.76%) PHP
14 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.25%) Rust
15 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 118 (29.80%) BPSS Clearance
2 90 (22.73%) Degree
3 26 (6.57%) DBS Check
4 21 (5.30%) Security Cleared
5 18 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 16 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.79%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.03%) CISM
8 12 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
9 10 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (2.27%) CCNP
10 9 (2.27%) CISSP
10 9 (2.27%) PhD
11 8 (2.02%) CCNA
11 8 (2.02%) SC Cleared
12 7 (1.77%) GSEC
12 7 (1.77%) SSCP
13 6 (1.52%) CCSP
13 6 (1.52%) CISA
13 6 (1.52%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (29.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 21 (5.30%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.79%) IFRS
3 15 (3.79%) IFRS 9
4 13 (3.28%) GDPR
5 10 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (2.02%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.02%) SLA
7 7 (1.77%) Basel II
7 7 (1.77%) Basel III
7 7 (1.77%) Dodd-Frank
7 7 (1.77%) MIL-STD-1553
8 6 (1.52%) NIST
8 6 (1.52%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.76%) GRC
10 3 (0.76%) QA
10 3 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (2.02%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) HDFS
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.01%) Ansible
2 4 (1.01%) Puppet
3 3 (0.76%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.51%) Kibana
4 2 (0.51%) Terraform
5 1 (0.25%) Bugsnag
5 1 (0.25%) Grafana
5 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 127 (32.07%) IBM
2 54 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 34 (8.59%) Databricks
4 21 (5.30%) Oracle
5 13 (3.28%) Google
6 7 (1.77%) VMware
7 6 (1.52%) SAP
8 5 (1.26%) Adobe
8 5 (1.26%) Intel
8 5 (1.26%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.26%) Vertica
9 4 (1.01%) TikTok
10 3 (0.76%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.76%) Informatica
10 3 (0.76%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.51%) Apple
11 2 (0.51%) BMC
11 2 (0.51%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.51%) Cisco
11 2 (0.51%) Genesys