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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 356 | 388 | 282 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +32 | -106 | -29 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 397 | 651 | 1,318 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.76% | 0.66% | 1.27% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.54% | 1.96% | 2.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 265 | 444 | 583 |
| 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 | £89,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,084 | £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 | 15,622 | 33,278 | 45,076 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 30.02% | 33.79% | 43.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11,533 | 25,047 | 28,788 |
| 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 | £107,250 | £100,000 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £53,635 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.54% | -2.48% | +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 1 May 2025.
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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 1 May 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 | +33 | 359 | £62,000 | +3.33% | 829 |
| UK excluding London | +139 | 256 | £62,000 | +20.32% | 458 |
| South East | +167 | 142 | £62,000 | +25.89% | 143 |
| London | -28 | 127 | £75,000 | -6.25% | 461 |
| Work from Home | +47 | 95 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 448 |
| North of England | +53 | 35 | £62,500 | +21.29% | 114 |
| Midlands | +55 | 29 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 92 |
| Yorkshire | +79 | 24 | £75,000 | +45.55% | 40 |
| West Midlands | +35 | 22 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 48 |
| South West | +88 | 20 | £52,500 | -22.22% | 31 |
| Wales | +58 | 19 | £62,000 | +20.32% | 7 |
| North West | +1 | 10 | £55,000 | +18.92% | 59 |
| East Midlands | +38 | 7 | £82,500 | +83.33% | 39 |
| Scotland | +90 | 6 | £39,000 | -18.75% | 33 |
| East of England | +44 | 5 | £100,000 | +45.45% | 51 |
| North East | +46 | 1 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 15 |
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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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