R jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, R appears in 4,749 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Scientist has the most postings mentioning R, with demand down 53% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is R in demand in 2026?
Yes. R appears in 4,749 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 53% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning R (23.6% of all postings mentioning R).
+What jobs require R?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning R are Actuarial Analyst (55.0% of that role’s postings mention R), People Analytics Analyst (46.2% of that role’s postings mention R), Credit Risk Analyst (37.9% of that role’s postings mention R).
+What skills are commonly paired with R?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), R most often appears alongside Python, SQL, Tableau, data visualization, machine learning.
+Where is R most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring R are New York City, San Francisco, London, Chicago, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring R — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require R
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Actuarial Analyst | 11 | 55.0% |
| People Analytics Analyst | 12 | 46.2% |
| Credit Risk Analyst | 11 | 37.9% |
| Data Science Consultant | 26 | 36.1% |
| Marketing Analyst | 22 | 33.3% |
| Software Developer Intern | 12 | 33.3% |
| Industrial Engineer | 7 | 33.3% |
| Risk Analyst | 13 | 31.7% |
| People Analytics Manager | 9 | 31.0% |
| Decision Scientist | 13 | 30.2% |
Roles with the most R postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 1,119 | 23.6% |
| Data Analyst | 530 | 11.2% |
| Solutions Architect | 118 | 2.5% |
| Data Engineer | 103 | 2.2% |
| Business Analyst | 72 | 1.5% |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 61 | 1.3% |
| Software Engineer | 61 | 1.3% |
| Data Science Manager | 53 | 1.1% |
| Analytics Manager | 51 | 1.1% |
| Product Analyst | 47 | 1.0% |
Top metros hiring for R
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 208 | 4.4% |
| San Francisco | 111 | 2.3% |
| London | 103 | 2.2% |
| Chicago | 83 | 1.7% |
| Boston | 75 | 1.6% |
| Bengaluru | 71 | 1.5% |
| Singapore | 68 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 65 | 1.4% |
| Bangkok | 59 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with R
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning R by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s R postings by all R postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-28
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