Which roles ask for R at tech companies · 47 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
47 roles counted that list R, one per company, title and level; 62 postings in the window.
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In short
R: listed in 47 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 40 and preferred in 7. The largest group is data scientist roles: 31 of 47. Each role counts once, however many job boards post it.
- Required
- 40 of 47
- Of the roles that list R
- Preferred
- 7 of 47
- Of the roles that list R
- Largest group
- 31 of 47
- Data scientist
Roles that ask for R
Roles listing R, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Data scientist | 31 | 31 of 112 |
| Data analyst | 11 | 11 of 47 |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 |
| Analytics engineer | 1 | 1 of 28 |
| Machine learning engineer | 1 | 1 of 79 |
| Software engineer | 1 | 1 of 719 |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 47 R roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 37 of 47 |
| SQL | 35 of 47 |
| Statistics | 27 of 47 |
| Machine Learning | 22 of 47 |
| Data Visualization | 13 of 47 |
| Experimentation | 9 of 47 |
| Tableau | 9 of 47 |
| AI | 8 of 47 |
| Power BI | 7 of 47 |
| Predictive Modeling | 7 of 47 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Machine Learning | 7 of 47 |
| Python | 6 of 47 |
| Causal Inference | 5 of 47 |
| Experimentation | 5 of 47 |
| Predictive Modeling | 5 of 47 |
| Statistics | 5 of 47 |
| Data Pipelines | 4 of 47 |
| Hadoop | 4 of 47 |
| NLP | 4 of 47 |
| Data Modeling | 3 of 47 |
Experience
Of the 26 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 26 of 26
- 2+ years
- 25 of 26
- 3+ years
- 23 of 26
- 5+ years
- 16 of 26
- 8+ years
- 6 of 26
- 10+ years
- 2 of 26
Degree
Of the 35 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 15 of 35
- Required, or experience instead
- 8 of 35
- Preferred
- 1 of 35
- Not mentioned
- 11 of 35
Pay and remote work
Of the 47 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 21 of 47
- Remote roles
- 29 of 47
How we count: 47 roles from 36 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology