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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 168 180
Rank change year-on-year -63 +12 -18
Permanent jobs citing R 48 47 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.72% 1.02% 1.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.29% 2.39% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11 23 36
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,487 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,800 £35,733 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,238 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +0.48% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,699 £82,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £110,782 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 3,733 1,963 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 55.66% 42.74% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,123 1,080 1,566
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,625 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £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 20 May 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 20 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
Glasgow -94 42 £43,200 -14.01% 3
Edinburgh +21 5 £65,470 +11.40% 8
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 7 (14.58%) SAS
2 2 (4.17%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.08%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) EViews
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.08%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 32 (66.67%) Figma
1 32 (66.67%) SurveyMonkey
2 4 (8.33%) Azure
2 4 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.25%) AWS
3 3 (6.25%) GCP
4 2 (4.17%) Fivetran
5 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.08%) SaaS
5 1 (2.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) Power BI
2 3 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.17%) MySQL
4 1 (2.08%) Big Data
4 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.08%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.08%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.08%) SQLite
General
1 38 (79.17%) Finance
2 36 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 34 (70.83%) Law
3 34 (70.83%) Marketing
4 32 (66.67%) Social Science
5 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
6 4 (8.33%) Banking
6 4 (8.33%) Retail
7 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (4.17%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.17%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (66.67%) Lead
2 5 (10.42%) Senior
3 4 (8.33%) Data Engineer
4 3 (6.25%) Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) Data Manager
5 2 (4.17%) Data Science Manager
5 2 (4.17%) Data Scientist
5 2 (4.17%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 2 (4.17%) Senior User Researcher
5 2 (4.17%) User Experience Researcher
5 2 (4.17%) User Researcher
6 1 (2.08%) Data Architect
6 1 (2.08%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Python Developer
6 1 (2.08%) Report Manager
6 1 (2.08%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.08%) Senior Architect
6 1 (2.08%) Senior Data Architect
6 1 (2.08%) Senior Data Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) Django
2 2 (4.17%) GraphQL
2 2 (4.17%) jQuery
2 2 (4.17%) REST
2 2 (4.17%) SOAP
2 2 (4.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (2.08%) CSS
3 1 (2.08%) HTML
3 1 (2.08%) htmx
3 1 (2.08%) Kafka
3 1 (2.08%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (33.33%) Market Risk
2 4 (8.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.08%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (72.92%) Actionable Insight
2 34 (70.83%) Anthropology
2 34 (70.83%) Cognitive Science
2 34 (70.83%) Fintech
2 34 (70.83%) Product Management
2 34 (70.83%) Psychology
2 34 (70.83%) User Experience
2 34 (70.83%) User Research
2 34 (70.83%) UX Research
3 32 (66.67%) Business Strategy
3 32 (66.67%) Information Architecture
3 32 (66.67%) Interaction Design
3 32 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
3 32 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 32 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
3 32 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 32 (66.67%) Service Design
4 16 (33.33%) Data Sharing
5 8 (16.67%) Agile
6 6 (12.50%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) Python
2 6 (12.50%) SQL
3 3 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.17%) C#
4 2 (4.17%) C++
4 2 (4.17%) Java
5 1 (2.08%) C
5 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.08%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.08%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.08%) Ruby
5 1 (2.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (77.08%) Degree
2 34 (70.83%) Master's Degree
2 34 (70.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) IFRS
1 3 (6.25%) IFRS 9
2 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.08%) CRD IV
3 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.08%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Vendors
1 32 (66.67%) Qualtrics
2 3 (6.25%) Oracle
3 2 (4.17%) Google
4 1 (2.08%) Databricks
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.08%) Teradata