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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 397 | 418 | 387 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +21 | -31 | -82 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 182 | 285 | 586 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.42% | 0.51% | 0.67% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.41% | 1.49% | 1.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 119 | 181 | 402 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £338 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £431 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £570 | £527 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.28% | +8.08% | +0.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £640 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £825 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £510 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.57% | +4.08% | +3.16% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 17 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.12 | £22.16 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.25 | £50.00 | £19.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.86 | £70.00 | £35.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -68.77% | +97.18% | +35.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.50 | £75.00 | £55.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.80 | - | £65.54 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £20.24 | £67.50 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -70.02% | +245.80% | -24.92% |
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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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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 1 June 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 1 June 2024.
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Top 16 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 1 June 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 | -9 | 155 | £500 | -12.28% | 259 |
| London | +35 | 86 | £550 | -8.33% | 127 |
| Work from Home | +68 | 76 | £550 | - | 93 |
| UK excluding London | -10 | 59 | £400 | -21.57% | 138 |
| Midlands | +38 | 19 | £450 | -18.18% | 25 |
| South East | 0 | 15 | £350 | -36.36% | 49 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 10 | £550 | +47.06% | 17 |
| East Midlands | +19 | 9 | £363 | -39.58% | 8 |
| East of England | -3 | 9 | £388 | +38.39% | 17 |
| South West | -2 | 5 | £525 | +13.51% | 11 |
| North of England | -14 | 5 | £550 | -15.38% | 21 |
| Wales | - | 5 | £412 | - | 5 |
| North West | -14 | 3 | £513 | -21.15% | 11 |
| Scotland | +30 | 1 | £221 | -63.17% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 1 | £550 | - | 7 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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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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