R Jobs in Scotland

R
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for R skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited R over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 176 176
Rank change year-on-year -51 0 -17
Permanent jobs citing R 49 47 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.73% 1.02% 1.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.31% 2.38% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12 23 35
10th Percentile £37,830 £33,487 £31,100
25th Percentile £40,800 £35,733 £34,583
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,764 £50,238 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +0.48% -5.66%
75th Percentile £71,049 £82,500 £60,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £110,782 £74,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,747 1,971 2,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 56.08% 42.59% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 1,095 1,558
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

R
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for R in Scotland

R
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in Scotland.

Salary trend for R in Scotland

R
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for R in Scotland

R
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -89 42 £43,200 -14.01% 3
Edinburgh +28 6 £58,941 +6.20% 8
R
UK

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (16.33%) SAS
2 3 (6.12%) Apache Spark
3 2 (4.08%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) EViews
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.04%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 32 (65.31%) Figma
1 32 (65.31%) SurveyMonkey
2 4 (8.16%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.12%) AWS
3 3 (6.12%) GCP
4 2 (4.08%) Fivetran
5 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.04%) SaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Power BI
2 3 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.08%) MySQL
4 1 (2.04%) Big Data
4 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.04%) SQLite
General
1 39 (79.59%) Finance
2 36 (73.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 34 (69.39%) Law
3 34 (69.39%) Marketing
4 32 (65.31%) Social Science
5 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
6 5 (10.20%) Banking
6 5 (10.20%) Retail
7 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (4.08%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.08%) Investment Banking
8 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (65.31%) Lead
2 6 (12.24%) Senior
3 4 (8.16%) Analyst
3 4 (8.16%) Data Engineer
4 2 (4.08%) Data Manager
4 2 (4.08%) Data Science Manager
4 2 (4.08%) Data Scientist
4 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) Senior User Experience Researcher
4 2 (4.08%) Senior User Researcher
4 2 (4.08%) User Experience Researcher
4 2 (4.08%) User Researcher
5 1 (2.04%) Data Analyst
5 1 (2.04%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Python Developer
5 1 (2.04%) Report Manager
5 1 (2.04%) Senior Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Senior Data Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Django
2 2 (4.08%) GraphQL
2 2 (4.08%) jQuery
2 2 (4.08%) REST
2 2 (4.08%) SOAP
2 2 (4.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (2.04%) CSS
3 1 (2.04%) HTML
3 1 (2.04%) htmx
3 1 (2.04%) Kafka
3 1 (2.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.65%) Market Risk
2 5 (10.20%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.04%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (71.43%) Actionable Insight
2 34 (69.39%) Anthropology
2 34 (69.39%) Cognitive Science
2 34 (69.39%) Fintech
2 34 (69.39%) Product Management
2 34 (69.39%) Psychology
2 34 (69.39%) User Experience
2 34 (69.39%) User Research
2 34 (69.39%) UX Research
3 32 (65.31%) Business Strategy
3 32 (65.31%) Information Architecture
3 32 (65.31%) Interaction Design
3 32 (65.31%) Objectives and Key Results
3 32 (65.31%) Project Planning
3 32 (65.31%) Qualitative Research
3 32 (65.31%) Roadmaps
3 32 (65.31%) Service Design
4 16 (32.65%) Data Sharing
5 9 (18.37%) Agile
6 6 (12.24%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.53%) Python
2 6 (12.24%) SQL
3 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.08%) C#
4 2 (4.08%) C++
4 2 (4.08%) Java
5 1 (2.04%) C
5 1 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.04%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.04%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.04%) Ruby
5 1 (2.04%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (77.55%) Degree
2 34 (69.39%) Master's Degree
2 34 (69.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) IFRS
1 4 (8.16%) IFRS 9
2 2 (4.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.08%) CRD IV
3 1 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Vendors
1 32 (65.31%) Qualtrics
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) Databricks
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.04%) Teradata