R Contracts in the East of England

R
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 105 100 130
Rank change year-on-year -5 +30 -20
Contract jobs citing R 8 18 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.41% 0.92% 0.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.93% 3.08% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 14
10th Percentile £333 £209 £402
25th Percentile £359 £218 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £280 £550
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -49.09% +62.96%
75th Percentile £488 £350 £594
90th Percentile £575 £446 £647
England median daily rate £500 £570 £525
% change year-on-year -12.28% +8.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £15.98 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.43% - -
England median hourly rate £32.12 £70.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -54.12% +97.18% +36.54%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 415 584 758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 21.18% 29.99% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 357 453
10th Percentile £313 £313 £298
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £669
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 95 92
10th Percentile £52.50 £49.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £58.75 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £89.00 £70.55
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +19.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for R in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing R in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for R in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing R in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for R in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing R in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for R in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing R within the East of England region 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
Hertfordshire -2 4 £375 +7.14% 2
Cambridgeshire - 3 £550 - 8
Essex -2 1 - - 8
R
England

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Looker
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau
2 1 (12.50%) Big Data
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) MS Access
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Local Government
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Data Scientist
3 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 4 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) CRISPR
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Data Science
1 6 (75.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Statistics
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Segmentation
4 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) Experimental Design
4 2 (25.00%) Market Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft