Job market reports · Skill · August 2026
r
194 live US technical postings name r in August 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 194 postings naming r that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Data Scientist62.9%
- 2Data Analyst22.2%
- 3Data Engineer5.2%
- 4Software Engineer4.6%
- 5Machine Learning Engineer4.1%
- 6AI Engineer1%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1New York, NY14.9%
- 2Remote14.9%
- 3San Francisco, CA8.8%
- 4Washington, DC4.1%
- 5Silicon Valley, CA3.1%
- 6Austin, TX2.6%
- 7Boston, MA2.1%
- 8Denver, CO1.5%
How we counted
457,191 live US postings read directly from 64,697 employers’ own careers pages in August 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.