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R in internship postings

From the 11,714 open internship postings we track that have a description · as of Nov 11, 2026

Postings that ask for it2.5%288 postings (297 requisitions) of 11,714 postings with a description
Remote6.2%18 of the 288 R postings
Median pay with it+34.1%$36.21/h (N=134) vs $27.00/h for all postings with pay (N=4377)

How to read this: this compares pay in postings that ask for the skill with pay in all postings. It mostly shows which kinds of jobs ask for it — not what the skill alone does to your pay.

Fields that ask for it
Share of the 288 R postings in each field. A posting can be in several fields, or none.
  1. Data Science40.3% (116 of 288)
  2. Business14.2% (41 of 288)
  3. Finance10.8% (31 of 288)
  4. Computer Science10.1% (29 of 288)
  5. Engineering6.6% (19 of 288)
  6. Product & Design0.7% (2 of 288)
Employers asking for it most
Postings per employer, out of the 288 R postings.
  1. Booz Allen5.6% (16 of 288)
  2. The Federal Reserve System3.1% (9 of 288)
  3. Amazon3.1% (9 of 288)
  4. Merck2.4% (7 of 288)
  5. Moderna2.4% (7 of 288)
  6. Ankura Consulting Group2.1% (6 of 288)
  7. The Brattle Group1.7% (5 of 288)
  8. Integra FEC1.4% (4 of 288)
Learned R? Add one of these next
The skills R postings most often ask for alongside it: the share of R postings that also name each one.
  1. Python89.2% (257 of 288)
  2. SQL49.3% (142 of 288)
  3. Excel31.9% (92 of 288)
  4. Tableau21.2% (61 of 288)
  5. Power BI19.4% (56 of 288)
Open postings that ask for R
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How these numbers are made

Counting unit: a posting is one role. Repeat requisitions from the same employer with the same title and the same location (city, state or province, country, and remote or not) count once, using the newest one. Counted over open, de-duplicated postings with a description (11,714), once per posting; the 288 R postings stand for 297 requisitions. Every share, median and pairing below uses postings, not requisitions. A posting counts as asking for R when its description matches: capital R standing alone (not R&D, R.N., R-value) and only next to a data tool or term (Python, SQL, SAS, Stata, statistics...). A skill is never counted for its own employer's postings. Shares show their N and denominator: 2.5% (288 of 11,714).

Pay compares hourly US-dollar pay (weekly, monthly and yearly pay converted, ranges at their midpoint), only for postings that publish it: 134 R postings against 4377 postings overall. Medians, not averages.