R
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 390 | 427 | 382 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +37 | -45 | -79 |
| Contract jobs citing R | 197 | 285 | 576 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.45% | 0.51% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.50% | 1.51% | 1.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 127 | 181 | 400 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £338 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £435 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £572 | £527 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.22% | +8.45% | +1.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £675 | £643 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £875 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £419 | £523 | £492 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.90% | +6.31% | +0.31% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 19 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.12 | £22.16 | £19.51 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.97 | £52.50 | £20.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.80 | £70.00 | £35.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -68.86% | +97.18% | +36.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.81 | £75.00 | £54.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.08 | - | £65.54 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £20.24 | £67.50 | £19.72 |
| % change year-on-year | -70.02% | +242.38% | -23.44% |
All Programming Languages
UK
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 13,173 | 18,905 | 31,483 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.16% | 34.04% | 36.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,279 | 13,615 | 23,014 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £381 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £456 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £678 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £763 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | - | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 534 | 437 | 496 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.55 | £30.45 | £19.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +19.62% | +16.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.25 | £61.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.88 | £79.19 | £70.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +24.26% |
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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 12 June 2024.
R
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 12 June 2024.
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Top 17 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 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +2 | 163 | £500 | -12.28% | 376 |
| London | +30 | 92 | £538 | -10.42% | 177 |
| Work from Home | +74 | 77 | £550 | - | 100 |
| UK excluding London | -14 | 67 | £419 | -19.90% | 216 |
| South East | +9 | 20 | £363 | -34.09% | 51 |
| Midlands | +32 | 19 | £450 | -18.18% | 42 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 11 | £550 | +47.06% | 26 |
| East Midlands | +13 | 8 | £363 | -39.58% | 16 |
| East of England | -5 | 8 | £375 | +33.93% | 26 |
| Wales | - | 6 | £412 | - | 11 |
| South West | -7 | 5 | £525 | +5.00% | 24 |
| North of England | -21 | 5 | £550 | -15.38% | 49 |
| Scotland | +45 | 3 | £625 | -9.09% | 13 |
| North West | -21 | 3 | £513 | -21.15% | 31 |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 1 | £550 | - | 11 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
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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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