R Jobs in the South East

R
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 313 301 268
Rank change year-on-year -12 -33 +41
Permanent jobs citing R 79 103 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.47% 0.72% 1.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.59% 1.79% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 64 58 86
10th Percentile £38,250 £42,125 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £58,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +2.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,357
90th Percentile £83,125 £83,500 £96,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +0.13%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,978 5,755 9,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.48% 40.14% 48.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,000 3,781 6,402
10th Percentile £34,475 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +7.32%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for R in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in the South East.

Salary trend for R in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for R in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the South East 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
Thames Valley +20 39 £60,000 -7.69% 17
Berkshire +14 24 £60,000 -7.69% 7
Surrey -8 19 £48,500 +4.30% 10
Oxfordshire +20 11 £37,500 -42.31% 6
East Sussex +24 10 £45,846 -3.48% 2
Middlesex - 5 £48,500 -
Buckinghamshire -21 4 £65,000 +4.00% 4
Hampshire -41 3 £54,750 -11.48% 8
West Sussex +27 2 £45,000 -4.26% 4
Kent -16 1 £77,500 +55.00% 3
R
England

R
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (7.59%) SAS
2 4 (5.06%) nginx
3 2 (2.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (34.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (20.25%) AutoCAD
2 16 (20.25%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.27%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 23 (29.11%) Power Platform
2 13 (16.46%) Azure
3 6 (7.59%) GitHub
4 4 (5.06%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (5.06%) Amazon ELB
4 4 (5.06%) Amazon S3
4 4 (5.06%) AWS
4 4 (5.06%) GCP
4 4 (5.06%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (5.06%) PowerApps
4 4 (5.06%) SaaS
4 4 (5.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.53%) Serverless
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.27%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) MQTT
1 4 (5.06%) Reverse Proxy
1 4 (5.06%) VPN
2 2 (2.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (29.11%) Power BI
1 23 (29.11%) Tableau
2 11 (13.92%) MySQL
2 11 (13.92%) SQL Server
3 6 (7.59%) NoSQL
3 6 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (6.33%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (5.06%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (5.06%) Data Lake
5 4 (5.06%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (3.80%) Big Data
7 2 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database
8 1 (1.27%) Power Query
8 1 (1.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 12 (15.19%) Git
2 2 (2.53%) JIRA
General
1 29 (36.71%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (35.44%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.92%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (12.66%) Finance
5 5 (6.33%) Military
5 5 (6.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (6.33%) Retail
6 4 (5.06%) Law
7 3 (3.80%) Local Government
7 3 (3.80%) Marketing
7 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.53%) Billing
8 2 (2.53%) Legal
9 1 (1.27%) Aviation
9 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (32.91%) Analyst
2 21 (26.58%) Data Analyst
3 17 (21.52%) Data Scientist
3 17 (21.52%) Senior
4 16 (20.25%) Programmer
4 16 (20.25%) Systems Programmer
5 6 (7.59%) Developer
5 6 (7.59%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (7.59%) Senior Data Analyst
5 6 (7.59%) Senior Data Scientist
6 4 (5.06%) Consultant
6 4 (5.06%) Full Stack Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Developer
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Full Stack Developer
7 3 (3.80%) Lead
7 3 (3.80%) Lead Data Scientist
8 2 (2.53%) Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Product Owner
8 2 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.59%) HTML
2 4 (5.06%) CSS
2 4 (5.06%) GraphQL
2 4 (5.06%) gRPC
2 4 (5.06%) Knex.js
2 4 (5.06%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (5.06%) Node.js
2 4 (5.06%) React
2 4 (5.06%) React Native
2 4 (5.06%) RESTful
2 4 (5.06%) Sequelize
3 3 (3.80%) XML
4 2 (2.53%) .NET
4 2 (2.53%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (2.53%) Entity Framework
4 2 (2.53%) HTML5
4 2 (2.53%) Matplotlib
4 2 (2.53%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.52%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.06%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.06%) IoT
2 4 (5.06%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.80%) NHS
3 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.53%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.78%) Windows
2 6 (7.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.24%) Data Science
2 28 (35.44%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (32.91%) Visualisation
4 25 (31.65%) Data Visualisation
5 23 (29.11%) Analytics
6 21 (26.58%) Computer Science
7 20 (25.32%) Mathematics
8 19 (24.05%) Machine Learning
9 16 (20.25%) Data Analysis
9 16 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (18.99%) Agile
10 15 (18.99%) Decision-Making
10 15 (18.99%) Statistics
11 14 (17.72%) Artificial Intelligence
12 12 (15.19%) Predictive Modelling
13 11 (13.92%) Data Cleansing
14 10 (12.66%) Mathematical Modelling
14 10 (12.66%) Propensity Modelling
14 10 (12.66%) Statistical Analysis
15 9 (11.39%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 56 (70.89%) Python
2 31 (39.24%) SQL
3 12 (15.19%) C#
4 8 (10.13%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.06%) JSX
5 4 (5.06%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.53%) Java
6 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.53%) Tcl
7 1 (1.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (40.51%) Degree
2 14 (17.72%) Master's Degree
2 14 (17.72%) PhD
3 11 (13.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.06%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.53%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (17.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (12.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.33%) Alteryx
3 3 (3.80%) Adobe
4 2 (2.53%) Apple
4 2 (2.53%) Databricks
5 1 (1.27%) Cognos
5 1 (1.27%) HP
5 1 (1.27%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.27%) Oracle