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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 385 | 272 | 255 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -113 | -17 | +43 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 653 | 1,321 | 2,445 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.66% | 1.27% | 1.57% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.96% | 2.94% | 2.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 445 | 586 | 875 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,800 | £40,371 | £35,650 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,500 | £46,549 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £88,750 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £112,500 | £89,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,528 | £50,238 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.57% | +0.48% | -2.91% |
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 | 33,234 | 44,926 | 84,113 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.73% | 43.28% | 53.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,009 | 28,661 | 44,069 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,066 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,750 | £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 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +1.85% | +8.00% |
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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 2 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 2 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 | -109 | 572 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 349 |
| UK excluding London | -211 | 319 | £51,528 | +2.57% | 193 |
| London | +41 | 305 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 182 |
| Work from Home | -173 | 257 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 80 |
| South East | -12 | 77 | £49,250 | -17.92% | 47 |
| North of England | -194 | 68 | £51,528 | -1.74% | 47 |
| Midlands | -5 | 55 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 36 |
| Scotland | -55 | 48 | £48,000 | -4.45% | 14 |
| North West | +22 | 42 | £47,500 | -28.30% | 30 |
| South West | -66 | 39 | £67,500 | +35.00% | 16 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 36 | £55,000 | +15.79% | 25 |
| Yorkshire | -132 | 21 | £51,528 | +3.06% | 11 |
| East of England | +12 | 19 | £57,500 | +64.29% | 17 |
| East Midlands | -17 | 19 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 11 |
| Wales | +7 | 7 | £51,528 | -1.74% | 13 |
| North East | -31 | 5 | £55,000 | +23.14% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +38 | 4 | £33,750 | - | 5 |
| Channel Islands | - | 2 | - | - | 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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