Mathematics (Maths)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Mathematics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mathematics over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 34 132
Rank change year-on-year -63 +98 +25
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 2,694 6,864 5,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.63% 7.05% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 7.38% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,416 1,016 1,675
10th Percentile £20,645 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,375 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,196 £45,500
% change year-on-year -11.50% -0.67% -4.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mathematics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mathematics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mathematics.

Salary trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -73 2,260 £42,500 -32.00% 2,042
UK excluding London -77 1,954 £40,000 -11.50% 1,544
Work from Home +35 736 £50,000 -23.08% 352
London +17 683 £70,000 -15.15% 468
South East -40 639 £45,000 -12.62% 369
Midlands -52 397 £28,000 -26.32% 322
Scotland -29 335 £52,500 +10.53% 22
West Midlands -47 259 £30,000 -23.08% 172
North of England -165 224 £33,907 -20.22% 423
South West -110 197 £47,657 -31.92% 285
North West -136 143 £37,500 -37.50% 219
East Midlands -51 138 £27,750 +15.63% 153
East of England -114 116 £30,500 -49.17% 200
Yorkshire -130 66 £35,000 -17.65% 156
Wales -45 41 £42,500 -5.56% 21
North East -99 15 £30,000 -20.00% 52
Northern Ireland -2 5 £70,000 - 13
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (2.08%) SAS
2 48 (1.78%) Apache Spark
3 17 (0.63%) Cloud Foundry
4 15 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.45%) Apache
6 11 (0.41%) Confluence
7 10 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.37%) CMS
8 7 (0.26%) SharePoint
9 6 (0.22%) Drupal
10 5 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.15%) Moodle
11 4 (0.15%) Site Server
12 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.074%) Luigi
13 2 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 248 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
2 206 (7.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.37%) Simulink
4 36 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.00%) AutoCAD
6 19 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 13 (0.48%) SPSS
8 10 (0.37%) GNU Octave
9 7 (0.26%) MS Visio
10 6 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 4 (0.15%) Solid Edge
11 4 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.11%) Revit
13 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
14 1 (0.037%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
14 1 (0.037%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.26%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.15%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.15%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.074%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.037%) Maximo
5 1 (0.037%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.037%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.037%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 362 (13.44%) AWS
2 169 (6.27%) Azure
3 164 (6.09%) Power Platform
4 80 (2.97%) GCP
5 73 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (0.89%) GitHub
7 22 (0.82%) SaaS
8 20 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (0.52%) Serverless
11 12 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (0.33%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.33%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.30%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (0.26%) Amazon Kinesis
14 7 (0.26%) Amazon S3
14 7 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 73 (2.71%) Wireless
2 21 (0.78%) Firewall
3 20 (0.74%) Internet
4 19 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (0.63%) Kerberos
5 17 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.48%) LAN
7 12 (0.45%) Broadband
8 11 (0.41%) Network Security
9 7 (0.26%) Link 16
9 7 (0.26%) VPN
10 6 (0.22%) 5G
10 6 (0.22%) VLAN
11 5 (0.19%) Intranet
11 5 (0.19%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.19%) VoIP
12 4 (0.15%) 3GPP
12 4 (0.15%) DNS
12 4 (0.15%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (11.06%) Tableau
2 155 (5.75%) Power BI
3 84 (3.12%) SQL Server
4 75 (2.78%) NoSQL
5 44 (1.63%) Data Mining
6 40 (1.48%) Big Data
7 39 (1.45%) Hadoop
8 38 (1.41%) MySQL
9 34 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
10 30 (1.11%) Relational Database
11 28 (1.04%) Data Lake
11 28 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
12 24 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
12 24 (0.89%) Redis
13 17 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
13 17 (0.63%) Apache Ignite
13 17 (0.63%) CockroachDB
14 15 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
16 12 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 258 (9.58%) Git
2 27 (1.00%) JIRA
3 26 (0.97%) Subversion
4 23 (0.85%) CMake
5 21 (0.78%) Visual Studio
6 12 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 10 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.33%) Jenkins
9 8 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
9 8 (0.30%) TestRail
10 6 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.22%) JUnit
11 5 (0.19%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.19%) GitLab
11 5 (0.19%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.19%) Xcode
12 4 (0.15%) Gradle
12 4 (0.15%) Maven
12 4 (0.15%) Postman
12 4 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,035 (38.42%) Social Skills
2 696 (25.84%) Analytical Skills
3 630 (23.39%) Finance
4 507 (18.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 309 (11.47%) Marketing
6 292 (10.84%) Law
7 265 (9.84%) Retail
8 226 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
9 218 (8.09%) Presentation Skills
10 148 (5.49%) Financial Institution
11 128 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
12 121 (4.49%) Games
13 102 (3.79%) Banking
14 94 (3.49%) Legal
15 79 (2.93%) Investment Banking
16 71 (2.64%) Electronics
17 70 (2.60%) Military
18 66 (2.45%) Local Government
18 66 (2.45%) Manufacturing
19 57 (2.12%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 584 (21.68%) Senior
2 571 (21.20%) Analyst
3 293 (10.88%) Software Engineer
4 245 (9.09%) Data Scientist
5 232 (8.61%) Data Analyst
6 215 (7.98%) Developer
7 197 (7.31%) Senior Analyst
8 171 (6.35%) Lead
9 161 (5.98%) Engineering Manager
9 161 (5.98%) Software Engineering Manager
10 132 (4.90%) Graduate
11 124 (4.60%) Product Analyst
11 124 (4.60%) Sales Analyst
12 113 (4.19%) Senior Data Analyst
13 89 (3.30%) Senior Software Engineer
14 88 (3.27%) Senior Data Scientist
15 73 (2.71%) IT Support
16 66 (2.45%) Senior Manager
17 61 (2.26%) Systems Engineer
18 60 (2.23%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (4.71%) Pandas
2 123 (4.57%) .NET
3 91 (3.38%) NumPy
3 91 (3.38%) TensorFlow
4 80 (2.97%) Spring
5 70 (2.60%) Kafka
6 58 (2.15%) scikit-learn
7 55 (2.04%) Spring Boot
8 54 (2.00%) RESTful
9 52 (1.93%) HTML
9 52 (1.93%) PySpark
10 47 (1.74%) PyTorch
11 42 (1.56%) Qt
12 40 (1.48%) XML
13 34 (1.26%) CSS
14 32 (1.19%) REST
15 31 (1.15%) React
16 22 (0.82%) HTML5
16 22 (0.82%) WPF
17 20 (0.74%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 485 (18.00%) Algorithms
2 242 (8.98%) Cloud Native
3 150 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
4 97 (3.60%) Management Information System
5 96 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 95 (3.53%) Driving Licence
7 64 (2.38%) Market Risk
8 56 (2.08%) Data Structures
9 50 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 49 (1.82%) Distributed Applications
11 42 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
12 34 (1.26%) CUDA
13 30 (1.11%) Life Science
14 29 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
15 26 (0.97%) Housing Association
15 26 (0.97%) PMI
16 21 (0.78%) CCTV
16 21 (0.78%) FPGA
16 21 (0.78%) Product Ownership
17 20 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 195 (7.24%) Linux
2 152 (5.64%) Windows
3 48 (1.78%) Android
4 44 (1.63%) Unix
5 37 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 24 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
8 11 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.33%) Debian
10 7 (0.26%) CentOS
11 5 (0.19%) SUSE
11 5 (0.19%) Windows Server
11 5 (0.19%) Windows Vista
12 4 (0.15%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.074%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.074%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.037%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,047 (38.86%) Computer Science
2 970 (36.01%) Problem-Solving
3 674 (25.02%) Software Engineering
4 514 (19.08%) Physics
5 480 (17.82%) Statistics
6 471 (17.48%) Data Analysis
7 454 (16.85%) Analytics
8 453 (16.82%) Agile
9 425 (15.78%) Decision-Making
10 410 (15.22%) Data Science
11 341 (12.66%) Machine Learning
12 326 (12.10%) Visualisation
13 287 (10.65%) Artificial Intelligence
13 287 (10.65%) Customer Service
14 266 (9.87%) Mentoring
15 264 (9.80%) Coaching
16 243 (9.02%) Actionable Insight
17 221 (8.20%) SDLC
18 200 (7.42%) Business Strategy
19 197 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 842 (31.25%) Python
2 620 (23.01%) SQL
3 283 (10.50%) Java
4 261 (9.69%) C++
5 235 (8.72%) C#
6 226 (8.39%) C
7 128 (4.75%) R
8 105 (3.90%) JavaScript
9 90 (3.34%) MATLAB
10 71 (2.64%) Fortran
11 46 (1.71%) VBA
12 44 (1.63%) Bash
13 40 (1.48%) Embedded C
14 31 (1.15%) TypeScript
15 27 (1.00%) Go
16 23 (0.85%) Haskell
16 23 (0.85%) PowerShell
17 17 (0.63%) T-SQL
18 15 (0.56%) GLSL
19 11 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,591 (59.06%) Degree
2 291 (10.80%) Master's Degree
3 225 (8.35%) DBS Check
4 219 (8.13%) PhD
5 214 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 195 (7.24%) Security Cleared
7 96 (3.56%) Numerate Degree
8 68 (2.52%) HNC
9 57 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 54 (2.00%) SC Cleared
11 41 (1.52%) HND
12 36 (1.34%) DV Cleared
13 31 (1.15%) PMI Certification
14 17 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
15 16 (0.59%) MBA
16 15 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
17 12 (0.45%) Azure Certification
18 11 (0.41%) CCNA
18 11 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
19 10 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.79%) QA
2 69 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 39 (1.45%) GDPR
4 33 (1.22%) SLA
5 30 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 29 (1.08%) ISO 9001
7 21 (0.78%) CDISC
8 14 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
8 14 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 13 (0.48%) ISO 9002
10 12 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 10 (0.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 9 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.30%) PMO
14 6 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.15%) GRC
15 4 (0.15%) IFRS
15 4 (0.15%) IFRS 9
15 4 (0.15%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 51 (1.89%) Firmware
2 44 (1.63%) Docker
3 25 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 16 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.15%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) IAG
9 2 (0.074%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.037%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.74%) Terraform
3 5 (0.19%) Grafana
4 4 (0.15%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.11%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.11%) Puppet
6 2 (0.074%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.037%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.037%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.037%) SCCM
7 1 (0.037%) yum
Vendors
1 366 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 199 (7.39%) Databricks
3 69 (2.56%) Google
4 31 (1.15%) Apple
5 24 (0.89%) SAP
6 21 (0.78%) Oracle
7 18 (0.67%) OpenAI
8 13 (0.48%) Cisco
9 11 (0.41%) Alteryx
10 10 (0.37%) IFS
11 9 (0.33%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.33%) VMware
12 8 (0.30%) CA
12 8 (0.30%) Cadence
13 7 (0.26%) NEC
13 7 (0.26%) Red Hat
13 7 (0.26%) Splunk
13 7 (0.26%) Veeam
14 6 (0.22%) Salesforce
14 6 (0.22%) Sophos