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UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 60 | 124 | 119 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +64 | -5 | +6 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 20 | 3 | 14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 1.67% | 0.14% | 0.83% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.00% | 0.53% | 2.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 3 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,050 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £40,000 | £54,882 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.00% | -27.12% | -10.03% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £41,875 | £67,070 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £43,000 | £67,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -4.00% | +4.17% |
All Programming Languages
Wales
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 in Wales.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 200 | 570 | 647 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 16.65% | 26.05% | 38.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 172 | 427 | 314 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,590 | £31,250 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £41,250 | £36,052 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £50,000 | £45,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | +10.50% | -9.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,000 | £62,500 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Salary Trend in Wales
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in Wales.
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Salary Histogram in Wales
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
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Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | +57 | 20 | £62,000 | +55.00% | 37 |
| R UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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: