R Jobs in the West Midlands

R
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 218 245
Rank change year-on-year +5 +27 -36
Permanent jobs citing R 40 45 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.51% 0.74% 0.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.04% 2.06% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 36 38 21
10th Percentile £30,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £37,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £61,875 £77,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,960 2,183 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.08% 35.94% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,176 2,065
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for R in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for R in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for R in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Birmingham -22 17 £75,000 +53.85% 7
Worcestershire -18 5 £30,500 -53.08%
Herefordshire - 4 £60,000 -
Wolverhampton +15 2 £130,446 +168.96% 4
Warwickshire +14 2 £55,000 +37.50% 2
Shropshire - 1 £72,500 -
Staffordshire - 1 £50,000 - 5
R
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (10.00%) SAS
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 19 (47.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.50%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (7.50%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) AWS
3 2 (5.00%) Azure
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) GCP
3 2 (5.00%) Serverless
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) VoIP
1 4 (10.00%) Wireshark
2 3 (7.50%) DHCP
2 3 (7.50%) DNS
3 2 (5.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (45.00%) Power BI
2 10 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (17.50%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (17.50%) Oracle Database
4 5 (12.50%) Tableau
5 4 (10.00%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (5.00%) BigQuery
6 2 (5.00%) Data Lake
6 2 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (5.00%) SQLite
7 1 (2.50%) QlikView
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Finance
3 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.50%) Marketing
5 3 (7.50%) Military
6 2 (5.00%) Automotive
6 2 (5.00%) Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.00%) Law
6 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (5.00%) Public Speaking
6 2 (5.00%) Retail
7 1 (2.50%) Electronics
7 1 (2.50%) Games
7 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Developer
2 8 (20.00%) Lead
2 8 (20.00%) Senior
3 7 (17.50%) Data Scientist
3 7 (17.50%) Database Developer
3 7 (17.50%) Senior Data Scientist
4 6 (15.00%) Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Lead Data Scientist
6 4 (10.00%) IT Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Radio Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Data Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) Database Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Database Team Leader
7 3 (7.50%) Lead Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Team Leader
8 2 (5.00%) Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.50%) .NET
1 7 (17.50%) JSON
2 3 (7.50%) React
3 2 (5.00%) Django
3 2 (5.00%) htmx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Blog
3 2 (5.00%) Clustering
3 2 (5.00%) NHS
3 2 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 2 (5.00%) Robotics
3 2 (5.00%) Social Media
4 1 (2.50%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Linux
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
1 3 (7.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (32.50%) Project Delivery
3 10 (25.00%) Data Science
3 10 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
3 10 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 10 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 8 (20.00%) Analytics
4 8 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 7 (17.50%) Dashboard Development
5 7 (17.50%) Technical Analysis
6 6 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (12.50%) CRM
7 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (10.00%) Customer Experience
8 4 (10.00%) Preventative Maintenance
9 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (7.50%) Decision-Making
9 3 (7.50%) Server Management
9 3 (7.50%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (72.50%) Python
2 12 (30.00%) SQL
3 7 (17.50%) C#
3 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
3 7 (17.50%) VB.NET
4 3 (7.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.00%) C
5 2 (5.00%) Java
5 2 (5.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Degree
2 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) PhD
4 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
2 3 (7.50%) JSP 440
3 2 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.00%) ISO 26262
3 2 (5.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.50%) Docker
1 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
1 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Oracle
3 5 (12.50%) Adobe
4 3 (7.50%) Google
4 3 (7.50%) Red Hat
4 3 (7.50%) Veeam
4 3 (7.50%) VMware
5 2 (5.00%) Apple
5 2 (5.00%) Coremetrics