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 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 226 157 180
Rank change year-on-year -69 +23 -19
Permanent jobs citing R 47 51 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.69% 1.17% 1.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.28% 2.86% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10 26 38
10th Percentile £36,375 £34,329 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,800 £35,862 £31,917
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,600 £50,238 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% +0.48% -2.44%
75th Percentile £72,350 £78,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,950 £108,206 £69,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 3,678 1,784 2,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 53.79% 41.00% 45.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 1,012 1,581
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,450 £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 1 June 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -96 42 £43,200 -14.01% 3
Edinburgh +14 4 £72,000 +30.81% 4
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 5 (10.64%) SAS
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 32 (68.09%) Figma
1 32 (68.09%) SurveyMonkey
2 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.38%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) GCP
4 2 (4.26%) Fivetran
5 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.13%) SaaS
5 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (8.51%) Power BI
2 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.26%) MySQL
3 2 (4.26%) SQLite
4 1 (2.13%) Big Data
4 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.13%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 37 (78.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 36 (76.60%) Finance
3 34 (72.34%) Law
3 34 (72.34%) Marketing
4 32 (68.09%) Social Science
5 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Banking
6 2 (4.26%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.26%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.26%) Retail
7 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (68.09%) Lead
2 4 (8.51%) Data Engineer
2 4 (8.51%) Senior
3 2 (4.26%) Data Manager
3 2 (4.26%) Data Science Manager
3 2 (4.26%) Data Scientist
3 2 (4.26%) Developer
3 2 (4.26%) Python Developer
3 2 (4.26%) Senior User Experience Researcher
3 2 (4.26%) Senior User Researcher
3 2 (4.26%) User Experience Researcher
3 2 (4.26%) User Researcher
4 1 (2.13%) Analyst
4 1 (2.13%) Architect
4 1 (2.13%) Data Analyst
4 1 (2.13%) Data Architect
4 1 (2.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) Senior Architect
4 1 (2.13%) Senior Manager
4 1 (2.13%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) Django
2 2 (4.26%) CSS
2 2 (4.26%) GraphQL
2 2 (4.26%) HTML
2 2 (4.26%) htmx
2 2 (4.26%) jQuery
2 2 (4.26%) React
2 2 (4.26%) REST
2 2 (4.26%) SOAP
2 2 (4.26%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (2.13%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) Market Risk
2 2 (4.26%) Credit Risk
2 2 (4.26%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) Actionable Insight
1 34 (72.34%) Anthropology
1 34 (72.34%) Cognitive Science
1 34 (72.34%) Fintech
1 34 (72.34%) Product Management
1 34 (72.34%) Psychology
1 34 (72.34%) User Experience
1 34 (72.34%) User Research
1 34 (72.34%) UX Research
2 32 (68.09%) Business Strategy
2 32 (68.09%) Information Architecture
2 32 (68.09%) Interaction Design
2 32 (68.09%) Objectives and Key Results
2 32 (68.09%) Project Planning
2 32 (68.09%) Qualitative Research
2 32 (68.09%) Roadmaps
2 32 (68.09%) Service Design
3 16 (34.04%) Data Sharing
4 6 (12.77%) Agile
4 6 (12.77%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) Python
2 6 (12.77%) SQL
3 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.26%) C#
4 2 (4.26%) Java
5 1 (2.13%) C
5 1 (2.13%) C++
5 1 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.13%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.13%) Ruby
5 1 (2.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 35 (74.47%) Degree
2 34 (72.34%) Master's Degree
2 34 (72.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.26%) IFRS
1 2 (4.26%) IFRS 9
2 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.13%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Vendors
1 32 (68.09%) Qualtrics
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle
3 2 (4.26%) Google
4 1 (2.13%) Databricks
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.13%) Teradata