R Job Trends in Wales

R
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 77 84
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 +25
Permanent jobs citing R 8 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.76% 0.23% 0.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.00% 0.69% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile - £39,950 £49,370
25th Percentile £27,500 £43,625 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £51,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% -1.02% +1.04%
75th Percentile £32,625 £57,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £32,700 £60,050 £61,980
UK median annual salary £30,500 £62,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -50.81% -4.62% +5.37%

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 160 289 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.28% 32.73% 31.57%
Number of salaries quoted 126 150 235
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,813 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,916 £49,104 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.87% -1.79% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £74,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

R job vacancy trend in Wales

R
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing R

R
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 9 January 2026. 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 +12 7 £30,250 -40.69% 7
West Wales - 1 £30,000 -
R
UK

R
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (50.00%) SurveyMonkey
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (50.00%) Modbus
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (50.00%) VLAN
1 4 (50.00%) Wireshark
1 4 (50.00%) ZigBee
2 3 (37.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Spotfire
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (50.00%) Metasploit
2 3 (37.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (50.00%) Law
3 3 (37.50%) Multimedia
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Trainee
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Trainee Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Web Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) CAN bus
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (50.00%) IoT
1 4 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Android
1 4 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (62.50%) Data Science
1 5 (62.50%) Machine Learning
1 5 (62.50%) Statistics
2 4 (50.00%) AI
2 4 (50.00%) Cognitive Science
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Ergonomics
2 4 (50.00%) Human Factors
2 4 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (50.00%) Psychology
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 4 (50.00%) User Experience
2 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) Rust
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) AWS Certification
3 3 (37.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Nessus
1 4 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) Google
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Qualtrics
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) TIBCO