R
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 395 | 274 | 254 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -121 | -20 | +44 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 658 | 1,313 | 2,516 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.66% | 1.30% | 1.60% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.98% | 2.99% | 2.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 447 | 576 | 855 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,300 | £40,186 | £35,650 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,500 | £46,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £63,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +6.25% | +0.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £90,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £113,750 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,528 | £50,238 | £50,238 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.57% | - | -2.45% |
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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,162 | 43,852 | 84,744 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.46% | 43.27% | 54.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,974 | 27,985 | 43,449 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,275 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £53,112 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +3.55% | +6.22% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing R over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.
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Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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| England | -107 | 575 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 366 |
| UK excluding London | -201 | 323 | £51,528 | +2.57% | 199 |
| London | +32 | 307 | £80,000 | +3.23% | 193 |
| Work from Home | -177 | 258 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 94 |
| South East | -31 | 77 | £48,500 | -19.17% | 46 |
| North of England | -186 | 67 | £51,528 | +3.06% | 48 |
| Midlands | -19 | 57 | £55,000 | +12.82% | 40 |
| Scotland | -63 | 49 | £49,764 | -0.94% | 14 |
| North West | +30 | 41 | £47,500 | -28.30% | 26 |
| South West | -64 | 39 | £67,500 | +35.00% | 18 |
| West Midlands | +4 | 38 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 28 |
| Yorkshire | -131 | 21 | £51,528 | +5.70% | 16 |
| East of England | +18 | 20 | £65,000 | +85.71% | 15 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 19 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 12 |
| Wales | -2 | 7 | £51,528 | -1.74% | 11 |
| North East | -28 | 5 | £55,000 | +23.14% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +30 | 4 | £33,750 | - | 7 |
| Channel Islands | - | 3 | £67,500 | - | 1 |
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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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