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South East > Thames Valley
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 119 | 137 | 154 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +17 | -21 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 11 | 8 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.42% | 0.28% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.09% | 1.22% | 1.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £524 | £299 |
| 25th Percentile | £318 | £541 | £335 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £550 | £422 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.36% | +30.40% | -20.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £375 | £555 | £502 |
| 90th Percentile | £378 | £565 | £534 |
| South East median daily rate | £350 | £550 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.36% | +62.96% | -35.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £72.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £47.62 | £67.50 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.46% | +245.80% | -70.20% |
All Programming Languages
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 526 | 658 | 779 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 19.95% | 22.99% | 21.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 359 | 478 | 570 |
| 10th Percentile | £331 | £350 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £606 | £587 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £682 | £650 |
| South East median daily rate | £501 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.57% | +5.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 30 | 20 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.94 | £25.64 | £61.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £32.30 | £62.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £58.40 | £56.88 | £67.36 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.67% | -15.57% | +68.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £76.61 | £80.40 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.63 | £79.41 | £81.66 |
| South East median hourly rate | £61.60 | £55.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.00% | +57.14% | -18.24% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the Thames Valley.
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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | -6 | 9 | £350 | -36.36% | 7 |
| Buckinghamshire | +30 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Oxfordshire | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| R South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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: