The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
34 |
32 |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-2 |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs citing R |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Watford |
0.52% |
0.57% |
- |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
1.72% |
1.37% |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£62,500 |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£30,000 |
£65,000 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-53.85% |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£67,500 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Hertfordshire median annual salary |
£30,000 |
£65,000 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
-53.85% |
- |
- |
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 Watford.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
58 |
73 |
40 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford |
29.90% |
41.95% |
24.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
58 |
37 |
33 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£33,150 |
£36,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£52,500 |
£55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£42,276 |
£70,000 |
£70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-39.61% |
- |
-6.67% |
| 75th Percentile |
£58,750 |
£77,500 |
£82,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£79,375 |
£97,750 |
£85,000 |
| Hertfordshire median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-15.38% |
+8.33% |
- |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.
R
Salary Trend in Watford
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing R.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:
