The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Canary Wharf 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 41 42 55
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +13
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 13 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 3.377% 1.081% 0.400%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.222% 2.649% 0.554%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 2
Average daily rate £600 £600 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £303 £300
% change year-on-year
+15.70% +0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.42 £13.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-4.46% -25.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
180 151 361
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 46.75% 40.81% 72.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 98 290
Average daily rate £600 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £670
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Mathematics
London

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Mathematics Daily Rate Trend

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 15 (75.00%) Degree
1 15 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 13 (65.00%) Linux
3 12 (60.00%) Physics
4 11 (55.00%) C++
5 10 (50.00%) Finance
6 9 (45.00%) Windows
6 9 (45.00%) Multithreading
7 8 (40.00%) Banking
7 8 (40.00%) Software Engineering
7 8 (40.00%) C#
8 7 (35.00%) Java
8 7 (35.00%) Investment Banking
9 6 (30.00%) Python
10 5 (25.00%) PhD
10 5 (25.00%) OO
10 5 (25.00%) VC++
10 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
10 5 (25.00%) Perl
10 5 (25.00%) .NET
10 5 (25.00%) UNIX
10 5 (25.00%) Ruby
10 5 (25.00%) Front Office
10 5 (25.00%) LLVM
11 4 (20.00%) Node.js
11 4 (20.00%) WPF
11 4 (20.00%) WebSphere
11 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
11 4 (20.00%) WebLogic

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Application Development
1 5 (25.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (20.00%) WPF
2 4 (20.00%) Node.js
3 3 (15.00%) Silverlight
3 3 (15.00%) Spring
3 3 (15.00%) Java SE
3 3 (15.00%) Java EE
3 3 (15.00%) Murex Flex
3 3 (15.00%) XML
3 3 (15.00%) XSLT
3 3 (15.00%) Hibernate
4 2 (10.00%) WinForms
5 1 (5.000%) Middleware
5 1 (5.000%) J2EE
5 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.000%) DCOM
5 1 (5.000%) WCF
5 1 (5.000%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.000%) IIS
2 1 (5.000%) Apache
2 1 (5.000%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) LLVM
2 3 (15.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
3 1 (5.000%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) Banking
3 7 (35.00%) Investment Banking
4 5 (25.00%) Front Office
5 1 (5.000%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) C++ Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Quantitative Developer
2 5 (25.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
3 4 (20.00%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Java Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Front Office Developer
5 2 (10.00%) WPF Developer
5 2 (10.00%) JavaScript Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Perl Developer
5 2 (10.00%) UNIX Developer
6 1 (5.000%) UI Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Web Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior SQL Server Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior SQL Developer
6 1 (5.000%) UI Programmer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Programme Manager
6 1 (5.000%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 12 (60.00%) Physics
3 3 (15.00%) Market Risk
3 3 (15.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (10.00%) Economics
5 1 (5.000%) Derivative
5 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.000%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Linux
2 9 (45.00%) Windows
3 5 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Multithreading
2 8 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (25.00%) OO
4 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (15.00%) Use Case
5 2 (10.00%) Unit Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.000%) Scrum
6 1 (5.000%) Data Modelling
6 1 (5.000%) OOD
6 1 (5.000%) Change Management
6 1 (5.000%) Release Management
6 1 (5.000%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C++
2 8 (40.00%) C#
3 7 (35.00%) Java
4 6 (30.00%) Python
5 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 5 (25.00%) Perl
5 5 (25.00%) Ruby
5 5 (25.00%) VC++
6 4 (20.00%) SQL
6 4 (20.00%) C
7 1 (5.000%) Assembly Language
7 1 (5.000%) VBA
7 1 (5.000%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 15 (75.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Adobe
2 3 (15.00%) Murex
3 1 (5.000%) Perforce
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) JBoss