Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
r
497 live US technical postings name r in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 497 postings naming r that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Data Scientist58.6%
- 2Data Analyst23.5%
- 3Data Engineer7%
- 4Software Engineer5.2%
- 5Machine Learning Engineer3.6%
- 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.
- 1New York, NY12.7%
- 2Remote12.1%
- 3San Francisco, CA7.6%
- 4Washington, DC6.8%
- 5Silicon Valley, CA6.4%
- 6Austin, TX4.2%
- 7Boston, MA2.6%
- 8Seattle, WA1.8%
How we counted
668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.