Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 18 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 18 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

R
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
18 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 220 231 174
Rank change year-on-year +11 -57 +66
Permanent jobs citing R 411 109 112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.42% 1.04% 1.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.53% 1.67% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 235 88 104
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% -43.75% +108.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £134,063
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £158,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

R is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,251 6,534 4,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.13% 62.57% 59.97%
Number of salaries quoted 12,968 5,947 3,863
10th Percentile £37,750 £35,000 £33,800
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.18% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £83,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

R
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

R trend for jobs with a WFH option

R
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing R.

R salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

R
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing R over the 6 months to 18 January 2022.

R salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 18 January 2022, R job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for R.

1 268 (65.21%) Python
2 266 (64.72%) SQL
3 168 (40.88%) Data Science
4 162 (39.42%) Social Skills
5 147 (35.77%) Analytics
6 139 (33.82%) Degree
7 135 (32.85%) Machine Learning
8 127 (30.90%) Statistics
8 127 (30.90%) Business Intelligence
9 111 (27.01%) Validation
9 111 (27.01%) Power BI
9 111 (27.01%) Power Platform
10 108 (26.28%) Artificial Intelligence
11 100 (24.33%) Analytical Skills
12 95 (23.11%) SAS
13 94 (22.87%) Visualisation
14 89 (21.65%) Data Warehouse
15 84 (20.44%) Mentoring
16 81 (19.71%) Azure
17 80 (19.46%) Biostatistics
17 80 (19.46%) Statistical Analysis
18 78 (18.98%) ETL
18 78 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
19 74 (18.00%) Microsoft
19 74 (18.00%) Mathematics
20 72 (17.52%) Data Visualisation
21 71 (17.27%) Tableau
22 70 (17.03%) Finance
23 69 (16.79%) Algorithms
24 65 (15.82%) CDISC

R
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 95 (23.11%) SAS
2 33 (8.03%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.95%) CMS
3 8 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.73%) Apache
5 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.49%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.49%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.24%) R Markdown
Applications
1 52 (12.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (1.95%) SPSS
4 7 (1.70%) Stata
5 6 (1.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 111 (27.01%) Power Platform
2 81 (19.71%) Azure
3 62 (15.09%) AWS
4 24 (5.84%) Google Analytics
5 21 (5.11%) GCP
6 16 (3.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (2.68%) Google Sheets
9 10 (2.43%) Google Tag Manager
10 9 (2.19%) Adobe Analytics
10 9 (2.19%) Google Data Studio
10 9 (2.19%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.95%) Canva
11 8 (1.95%) Serverless
12 7 (1.70%) Amazon SageMaker
13 6 (1.46%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.46%) GitHub
14 5 (1.22%) Amazon S3
15 3 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
16 2 (0.49%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.46%) Intranet
2 4 (0.97%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.97%) SSH
2 4 (0.97%) SSL
3 2 (0.49%) Firewall
4 1 (0.24%) LAN
4 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (27.01%) Power BI
2 89 (21.65%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (17.27%) Tableau
4 53 (12.90%) SQL Server
5 40 (9.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (8.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 30 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (7.06%) SQL Server 2016
9 28 (6.81%) Oracle Reports
10 26 (6.33%) OLAP
11 25 (6.08%) Oracle OLAP
11 25 (6.08%) SSDT
12 23 (5.60%) Spotfire
13 22 (5.35%) Relational Database
14 19 (4.62%) Big Data
14 19 (4.62%) Hadoop
15 16 (3.89%) Data Lake
15 16 (3.89%) Data Mining
16 15 (3.65%) NoSQL
17 14 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 47 (11.44%) Git (software)
2 25 (6.08%) Visual Studio
2 25 (6.08%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 16 (3.89%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 10 (2.43%) JMeter
4 10 (2.43%) LoadRunner
4 10 (2.43%) NeoLoad
5 6 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (0.97%) GitLab
6 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.73%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.49%) RStudio
8 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.24%) git-flow
9 1 (0.24%) ProC
General
1 162 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 100 (24.33%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (17.03%) Finance
4 50 (12.17%) Marketing
5 48 (11.68%) Pharmaceutical
6 38 (9.25%) Retail
7 22 (5.35%) Legal
8 15 (3.65%) Advertising
9 13 (3.16%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.92%) Law
10 12 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.95%) Publishing
13 7 (1.70%) Banking
14 6 (1.46%) Social Science
15 5 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.97%) Local Government
16 4 (0.97%) Police
17 3 (0.73%) Games
18 1 (0.24%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 98 (23.84%) Data Scientist
2 91 (22.14%) Programmer
3 69 (16.79%) Analyst
4 59 (14.36%) Data Engineer
5 54 (13.14%) Statistical Programmer
6 39 (9.49%) Senior Data Scientist
7 38 (9.25%) Data Analyst
7 38 (9.25%) Developer
7 38 (9.25%) Senior Programmer
8 28 (6.81%) Senior Statistical Programmer
9 26 (6.33%) Senior Developer
10 21 (5.11%) Consultant
11 19 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 12 (2.92%) Analytics Consultant
14 10 (2.43%) Performance Engineer
15 9 (2.19%) Data Analytics Analyst
15 9 (2.19%) Digital Analytics Consultant
15 9 (2.19%) SQL Programmer
16 8 (1.95%) Elasticsearch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (12.41%) TensorFlow
2 45 (10.95%) PyTorch
3 41 (9.98%) scikit-learn
3 41 (9.98%) XML
4 39 (9.49%) Pandas
5 36 (8.76%) NumPy
6 33 (8.03%) MDX
7 30 (7.30%) Caffe
8 21 (5.11%) Node.js
9 18 (4.38%) Keras
9 18 (4.38%) PySpark
10 15 (3.65%) REST
11 14 (3.41%) MLlib
12 13 (3.16%) SparkR
13 12 (2.92%) React
13 12 (2.92%) Shiny
14 9 (2.19%) DOM
15 8 (1.95%) .NET
16 7 (1.70%) JSON
16 7 (1.70%) PyMC3
Miscellaneous
1 69 (16.79%) Algorithms
2 25 (6.08%) Data Protection Act
3 23 (5.60%) Greenfield Project
4 19 (4.62%) Biotechnology
5 18 (4.38%) Life Science
6 15 (3.65%) User Experience
7 14 (3.41%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.19%) Hedge funds
9 8 (1.95%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.22%) Clustering
11 5 (1.22%) Social Network
11 5 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.97%) Blog
12 4 (0.97%) NHS
13 3 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.73%) Mashup
14 2 (0.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 2 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.68%) Windows
2 9 (2.19%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.95%) Linux
4 5 (1.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (40.88%) Data Science
2 147 (35.77%) Analytics
3 135 (32.85%) Machine Learning
4 127 (30.90%) Business Intelligence
4 127 (30.90%) Statistics
5 111 (27.01%) Validation
6 108 (26.28%) Artificial Intelligence
7 94 (22.87%) Visualisation
8 84 (20.44%) Mentoring
9 80 (19.46%) Biostatistics
9 80 (19.46%) Statistical Analysis
10 78 (18.98%) ETL
10 78 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (18.00%) Mathematics
12 72 (17.52%) Data Visualisation
13 63 (15.33%) Computer Science
14 61 (14.84%) Natural Language Processing
14 61 (14.84%) Software Engineering
15 58 (14.11%) Data Modelling
16 55 (13.38%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 268 (65.21%) Python
2 266 (64.72%) SQL
3 50 (12.17%) C
4 45 (10.95%) MATLAB
5 36 (8.76%) Java
6 34 (8.27%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
7 24 (5.84%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.62%) C++
8 19 (4.62%) Scala
9 18 (4.38%) JavaScript
9 18 (4.38%) Perl
10 12 (2.92%) C#
11 9 (2.19%) PHP
12 8 (1.95%) SAS Macro
12 8 (1.95%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.70%) F#
14 5 (1.22%) VBA
15 4 (0.97%) Bash
16 3 (0.73%) Go
16 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 139 (33.82%) Degree
2 21 (5.11%) PhD
3 15 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (2.68%) Numerate Degree
4 11 (2.68%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.19%) Analytics IQ
6 8 (1.95%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.95%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.49%) CEH
7 2 (0.49%) CISSP
7 2 (0.49%) HND
7 2 (0.49%) OSCP
8 1 (0.24%) MCSE
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (15.82%) CDISC
2 43 (10.46%) Data Quality
3 27 (6.57%) GDPR
4 25 (6.08%) QA
5 8 (1.95%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (4.14%) Docker
2 3 (0.73%) VirtualBox
3 2 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.43%) Grafana
3 9 (2.19%) Matomo
4 6 (1.46%) Ansible
4 6 (1.46%) Terraform
5 3 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.73%) Opscode Chef
6 2 (0.49%) Puppet
7 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 74 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.79%) Google
3 31 (7.54%) Oracle
4 17 (4.14%) Adobe
5 15 (3.65%) SAP
6 12 (2.92%) Databricks
7 11 (2.68%) Facebook
8 10 (2.43%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.43%) Dynatrace
8 10 (2.43%) Micro Focus
8 10 (2.43%) New Relic
9 9 (2.19%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.19%) Bloomberg
9 9 (2.19%) FactSet
9 9 (2.19%) Snowplow
10 8 (1.95%) Instagram
10 8 (1.95%) Talend
10 8 (1.95%) Twitter
11 7 (1.70%) Informatica
12 6 (1.46%) dotdigital