R Contracts in the South East

R
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 177 201
Rank change year-on-year -4 +24 -26
Contract jobs citing R 12 29 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.52% 0.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.99% 1.88% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 27
10th Percentile £312 £115 -
25th Percentile £320 £214 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +57.14% -30.69%
75th Percentile £378 - £565
90th Percentile £483 £572 £675
England median daily rate £550 £555 £525
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 8
10th Percentile £25.36 £20.47 -
25th Percentile £33.21 £22.16 -
Median hourly rate £47.62 £65.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -26.74% +232.99% -70.20%
75th Percentile £63.21 £75.00 £45.94
90th Percentile £71.79 - £53.79
England median hourly rate £42.50 £70.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -39.29% +86.67% +44.23%

All Programming Languages
South East

R is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,212 1,544 2,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.28% 27.63% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 1,096 1,312
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 83 84
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.10 £19.88
Median hourly rate £60.87 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +57.14% -14.11%
75th Percentile £67.02 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
% change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for R in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the South East.

Daily rate trend for R in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for R in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for R in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for R in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +1 10 £350 -36.36% 15
Berkshire -12 8 £350 -36.36% 7
Buckinghamshire +29 1 - - 4
Hampshire -21 1 - - 8
Kent - 1 £625 - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (91.67%) SAS
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) SPSS
2 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (8.33%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) Tableau
2 7 (58.33%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.33%) Looker
3 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Senior
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Data Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Data Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing Data Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Programmer
5 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) SAS Programmer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Analytics Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) D3.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Credit Risk
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Analytics
2 7 (58.33%) Data Analysis
3 6 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
3 6 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 6 (50.00%) Statistics
4 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Visualisation
5 4 (33.33%) Data Analytics
5 4 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
5 4 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 4 (33.33%) Physics
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Data Enrichment
6 3 (25.00%) Econometrics
6 3 (25.00%) ITIL
7 1 (8.33%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Python
2 10 (83.33%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) PhD
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) CDISC
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Adobe