Hybrid/Remote R Job Trends

R
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 285 341
Rank change year-on-year -45 +56 -166
Permanent jobs citing R 69 147 251
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.37% 0.98% 0.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.38% 2.44% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 55 52 182
10th Percentile £44,917 £40,527 £39,573
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,313 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £74,303 £77,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £146,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.52% +3.33% -4.00%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,991 6,030 13,396
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.59% 40.23% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,674 4,205 11,368
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,694
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

R
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

R job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing R.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing R

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing R over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

R salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (23.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (7.25%) SAS
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) SPSS
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.45%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 34 (49.28%) Azure
2 22 (31.88%) Power Platform
3 17 (24.64%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (23.19%) Entra ID
4 16 (23.19%) Mimecast
4 16 (23.19%) SaaS
5 4 (5.80%) AWS
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.90%) GCP
6 2 (2.90%) Serverless
7 1 (1.45%) dbt
7 1 (1.45%) Fivetran
7 1 (1.45%) GitHub
7 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (31.88%) Power BI
2 15 (21.74%) SQL Server
3 7 (10.14%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (8.70%) Tableau
5 3 (4.35%) Data Mining
5 3 (4.35%) GIS
5 3 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (4.35%) SAS EBI
5 3 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.90%) Delta Lake
6 2 (2.90%) Metadata
7 1 (1.45%) Big Data
7 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.45%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.45%) Pinecone
7 1 (1.45%) Power Query
7 1 (1.45%) QGIS
7 1 (1.45%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 16 (23.19%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Git
General
1 22 (31.88%) Legal
2 17 (24.64%) Finance
3 14 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
4 11 (15.94%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.70%) Marketing
6 4 (5.80%) Banking
6 4 (5.80%) Retail
7 3 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.35%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.90%) Local Government
8 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Social Housing
8 2 (2.90%) Welsh Language
9 1 (1.45%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.45%) French Language
9 1 (1.45%) Games
9 1 (1.45%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 22 (31.88%) Data Scientist
2 19 (27.54%) Senior
3 15 (21.74%) Support Engineer
4 14 (20.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (20.29%) 3rd Line Support
4 14 (20.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 11 (15.94%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (15.94%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure Support
5 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 9 (13.04%) Senior Data Scientist
7 8 (11.59%) Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) Data Analyst
9 4 (5.80%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 4 (5.80%) IT Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) IT Support
9 4 (5.80%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Lead
10 3 (4.35%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) PySpark
2 2 (2.90%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.45%) Keras
3 1 (1.45%) LangChain
3 1 (1.45%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.45%) NumPy
3 1 (1.45%) Pandas
3 1 (1.45%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.45%) SciPy
3 1 (1.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.35%) Clustering
3 2 (2.90%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.90%) Social Media
4 1 (1.45%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.45%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.45%) NHS
4 1 (1.45%) Online Games
4 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Data Science
2 27 (39.13%) Analytics
3 23 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 21 (30.43%) Decision-Making
5 20 (28.99%) Workflow
6 19 (27.54%) AI
7 16 (23.19%) Change Management
7 16 (23.19%) Identity Management
7 16 (23.19%) Incident Management
7 16 (23.19%) Technical Leadership
8 15 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (21.74%) Machine Learning
9 12 (17.39%) Data Visualisation
10 11 (15.94%) Dashboard Development
10 11 (15.94%) Mathematics
10 11 (15.94%) Predictive Modelling
10 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (14.49%) Coaching
12 9 (13.04%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 49 (71.01%) Python
2 27 (39.13%) SQL
3 3 (4.35%) C
3 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.90%) C++
4 2 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.90%) Java
5 1 (1.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Degree
2 5 (7.25%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (15.94%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.90%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) PMO
4 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 16 (23.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 16 (23.19%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (7.25%) Oracle
4 4 (5.80%) Alteryx
4 4 (5.80%) Databricks
5 3 (4.35%) Google
5 3 (4.35%) HubSpot
5 3 (4.35%) Informatica
5 3 (4.35%) OpenAI
5 3 (4.35%) Talend
6 2 (2.90%) Civica
6 2 (2.90%) ESRI
6 2 (2.90%) Northgate
6 2 (2.90%) Orchard
7 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.45%) Sage
7 1 (1.45%) Salesforce