R
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 401 | 419 | 379 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | -40 | -88 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 201 | 314 | 613 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.46% | 0.53% | 0.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.56% | 1.50% | 1.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 137 | 192 | 408 |
| 10th Percentile | £342 | £350 | £312 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £434 | £411 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £786 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £412 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.26% | - | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 23 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.36 | £20.47 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.87 | £22.16 | £20.33 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £70.00 | £37.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.29% | +86.67% | +41.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.58 | £75.00 | £57.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | - | £65.54 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.36 | £57.50 | £19.91 |
| % change year-on-year | -55.90% | +188.80% | -23.42% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,854 | 20,901 | 32,217 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.49% | 35.02% | 36.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,130 | 15,092 | 23,463 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £760 | £780 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 485 | 471 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.25 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.50 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.33% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £77.00 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.52 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.21% | +16.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing R over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
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Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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 |
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| England | +5 | 164 | £550 | - | 355 |
| London | +53 | 103 | £580 | -3.33% | 186 |
| Work from Home | +90 | 99 | £583 | +10.00% | 89 |
| UK excluding London | 0 | 48 | £412 | -13.26% | 195 |
| Midlands | +39 | 13 | £550 | +37.84% | 35 |
| South East | -2 | 10 | £350 | -36.36% | 48 |
| West Midlands | +36 | 9 | £550 | +177.78% | 24 |
| East of England | +5 | 8 | £388 | +29.17% | 19 |
| North of England | -9 | 6 | £513 | -6.82% | 51 |
| Wales | +18 | 5 | £396 | -31.13% | 13 |
| South West | +2 | 5 | £525 | +10.53% | 15 |
| North West | -8 | 5 | £513 | -21.15% | 32 |
| East Midlands | +25 | 4 | £368 | -38.75% | 11 |
| Scotland | +26 | 1 | £221 | -41.11% | 13 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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