The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 45 51 37
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -14
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 2 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.415% 0.466% 1.550%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.083% 3.750% 8.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £375 £284
% change year-on-year
-12.00% +32.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.17 £10.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.70% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.91 £10.00 £10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.43 £10.00 £12.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.44 £16.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-24.63% +3.12%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
96 80 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 19.92% 12.42% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 31 45
Average daily rate £400 £345 £268
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.94% +28.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 6
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.24 £8.72 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £89.50 £27.10 £61.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Mathematics
West Midlands

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mathematics across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Birmingham Mathematics Jobs Demand Trend

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Mathematics across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Mathematics Daily Rate Trend

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mathematics across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Mathematics Hourly Rate Trend

Mathematics
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Mathematics also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Mathematics.

1 2 (66.67%) C
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) MCDST

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Mathematics also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Mathematics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft