Job market reports · Skill · October 2026
r
503 live US technical postings name r in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 503 postings naming r that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Data Scientist55.9%
- 2Data Analyst24.5%
- 3Data Engineer8.7%
- 4Software Engineer5.4%
- 5Machine Learning Engineer2.8%
- 6AI Engineer1.6%
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.
- 1Remote12.3%
- 2New York, NY10.5%
- 3San Francisco, CA8.3%
- 4Washington, DC7.4%
- 5Silicon Valley, CA5%
- 6Austin, TX3.2%
- 7Boston, MA2.6%
- 8Seattle, WA2%
How we counted
967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.