The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 18 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 England 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 260 285 315
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +30
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 305 306 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.697% 0.577% 0.523%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.543% 2.278% 1.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 145 152
Average daily rate £475 £410 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.85% -21.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £287 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £575 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £370 £288
% change year-on-year
-10.81% +28.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 52 32
Average hourly rate £13.00 £19.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +21.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £9.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £59.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.44 £15.65 £14.67
% change year-on-year
-20.54% +6.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11992 13433 16570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.39% 25.34% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7386 7988 10153
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £251 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 637 655
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Mathematics Daily Rate Trend

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Mathematics Daily Rate Histogram

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Mathematics Hourly Rate Trend

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Mathematics Hourly Rate Histogram

Mathematics
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +37 194 £525 -0.75% 120
South East +5 48 £330 -9.58% 41
South West +40 27 £425 +3.65% 21
East of England +3 13 £133 -63.44% 48
East Midlands 0 7 - - 7
North West +6 6 £295 +7.27% 11
West Midlands -10 6 £313 -19.87% 10
Yorkshire -1 4 £250 +28.20% 14
Midlands - - - - 1
North East - - - - 2
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 284 (47.89%) Degree
2 207 (34.91%) Computer Science
3 181 (30.52%) Finance
4 141 (23.78%) C++
5 140 (23.61%) C
5 140 (23.61%) Java
5 140 (23.61%) Physics
6 123 (20.74%) SQL
7 102 (17.20%) C#
8 93 (15.68%) Banking
9 90 (15.18%) Front Office
10 89 (15.01%) Analytics
11 81 (13.66%) Statistics
12 80 (13.49%) Windows
13 72 (12.14%) Linux
14 71 (11.97%) Microsoft
15 63 (10.62%) Investment Banking
16 60 (10.12%) Oracle
17 59 (9.949%) .NET
18 53 (8.938%) Agile Software Development
19 52 (8.769%) SAS
20 51 (8.600%) Python
21 50 (8.432%) Software Engineering
21 50 (8.432%) Multithreading
22 49 (8.263%) PhD
22 49 (8.263%) OO
23 48 (8.094%) SQL Server
23 48 (8.094%) Economics
24 46 (7.757%) MS Excel
25 45 (7.589%) UNIX

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 59 (9.949%) .NET
2 25 (4.216%) Spring
2 25 (4.216%) WPF
3 20 (3.373%) CSS
4 18 (3.035%) XML
5 17 (2.867%) OpenGL
5 17 (2.867%) WCF
6 16 (2.698%) MapReduce
7 15 (2.530%) .NET Framework
7 15 (2.530%) Web Services
7 15 (2.530%) J2EE
8 13 (2.192%) HTML
9 12 (2.024%) ASP.NET
9 12 (2.024%) XSLT
9 12 (2.024%) WebSphere
10 11 (1.855%) JSON
10 11 (1.855%) Hibernate
10 11 (1.855%) J2SE
11 10 (1.686%) Silverlight
11 10 (1.686%) Django
Application Platforms
1 52 (8.769%) SAS
2 18 (3.035%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.867%) Apache
4 16 (2.698%) Apache Pig
5 15 (2.530%) WebLogic
6 13 (2.192%) Tomcat
7 11 (1.855%) CMS
8 8 (1.349%) Sitecore CMS
9 5 (0.843%) MS Exchange
9 5 (0.843%) IBM Notes
9 5 (0.843%) Amazon AWS
10 4 (0.675%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.675%) Lync
11 3 (0.506%) SharePoint 2010
11 3 (0.506%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.506%) TIBCO EMS
12 2 (0.337%) Mathematica
12 2 (0.337%) Exchange Server 2000
12 2 (0.337%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.337%) Documentum
Applications
1 46 (7.757%) MS Excel
2 34 (5.734%) MS Office
3 23 (3.879%) SPSS
4 20 (3.373%) MS PowerPoint
5 12 (2.024%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.180%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.675%) MS Project
8 3 (0.506%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.169%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (0.843%) Murex MxG2000
2 4 (0.675%) Bond Adapt
3 3 (0.506%) SunGard APT
4 2 (0.337%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 2 (0.337%) Google Analytics
4 2 (0.337%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.169%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.169%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.169%) Adaptiv
5 1 (0.169%) FastVal
5 1 (0.169%) SiteCatalyst
5 1 (0.169%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.373%) HTTP
2 19 (3.204%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.349%) SAN
4 7 (1.180%) VPN
4 7 (1.180%) DNS
5 5 (0.843%) Internet
6 4 (0.675%) Wireless
6 4 (0.675%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (0.675%) Broadband
6 4 (0.675%) DHCP
7 3 (0.506%) LAN
7 3 (0.506%) 3GPP
7 3 (0.506%) Intranet
7 3 (0.506%) SNMP
7 3 (0.506%) 3G
7 3 (0.506%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.337%) WAN
8 2 (0.337%) Firewall
8 2 (0.337%) 2G
8 2 (0.337%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (8.094%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.396%) Big Data
3 30 (5.059%) Data Mining
4 27 (4.553%) RDBMS
4 27 (4.553%) Hadoop
5 24 (4.047%) MongoDB
6 16 (2.698%) Apache Cassandra
6 16 (2.698%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.698%) HBase
6 16 (2.698%) Apache Hive
6 16 (2.698%) DB2
6 16 (2.698%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.698%) Mahout
7 12 (2.024%) MySQL
8 8 (1.349%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (1.180%) OLAP
10 6 (1.012%) Oracle 11g
11 5 (0.843%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.675%) Data Mart
12 4 (0.675%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 12 (2.024%) LLVM
2 10 (1.686%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
3 9 (1.518%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.349%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (1.180%) Maven
6 6 (1.012%) ClearCase
6 6 (1.012%) Mercurial
7 5 (0.843%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.843%) NUnit
7 5 (0.843%) Visual Studio Team System
7 5 (0.843%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.675%) JIRA
8 4 (0.675%) ProC
8 4 (0.675%) Ant
8 4 (0.675%) GitHub
8 4 (0.675%) MSTest
8 4 (0.675%) Rhino Mocks
9 3 (0.506%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.506%) JUnit
9 3 (0.506%) Selenium
General
1 181 (30.52%) Finance
2 93 (15.68%) Banking
3 90 (15.18%) Front Office
4 63 (10.62%) Investment Banking
5 38 (6.408%) Marketing
6 16 (2.698%) Games
7 15 (2.530%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.192%) Electronics
9 11 (1.855%) Retail
10 9 (1.518%) Back Office
10 9 (1.518%) Publishing
11 4 (0.675%) Military
11 4 (0.675%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.506%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.337%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.337%) Corporate Banking
14 1 (0.169%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.169%) French Language
14 1 (0.169%) German Language
14 1 (0.169%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 225 (37.94%) Developer
2 139 (23.44%) Analyst
3 52 (8.769%) C++ Developer
4 47 (7.926%) Java Developer
4 47 (7.926%) Customer Engineer
5 37 (6.239%) C# Developer
6 31 (5.228%) Software Engineer
7 29 (4.890%) Quantitative Developer
8 26 (4.384%) Programmer
8 26 (4.384%) C++ Quantitative Developer
9 20 (3.373%) Project Manager
9 20 (3.373%) Business Analyst
10 19 (3.204%) .NET Developer
10 19 (3.204%) Support Engineer
11 18 (3.035%) Support Analyst
11 18 (3.035%) Senior Developer
12 17 (2.867%) Senior Analyst
13 16 (2.698%) Architect
13 16 (2.698%) Data Manager
14 15 (2.530%) SAS Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 207 (34.91%) Computer Science
2 140 (23.61%) Physics
3 81 (13.66%) Statistics
4 48 (8.094%) Economics
5 39 (6.577%) Derivative
6 32 (5.396%) Credit Risk
7 29 (4.890%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 26 (4.384%) Fixed Income
9 21 (3.541%) Open Source
10 19 (3.204%) Digital Media
11 17 (2.867%) Visualisation
12 15 (2.530%) Market Risk
13 14 (2.361%) Grid Computing
13 14 (2.361%) Management Information System
14 13 (2.192%) Social Network
15 11 (1.855%) 3D Graphics
16 10 (1.686%) Machine Learning
17 9 (1.518%) Animation
18 8 (1.349%) Hedge funds
19 7 (1.180%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 80 (13.49%) Windows
2 72 (12.14%) Linux
3 45 (7.589%) UNIX
4 10 (1.686%) Android
5 7 (1.180%) Windows 7
6 5 (0.843%) Windows XP
7 4 (0.675%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.675%) Windows Vista
8 3 (0.506%) Solaris
8 3 (0.506%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.506%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.337%) HPUX
9 2 (0.337%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.337%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (0.337%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.169%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.169%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.169%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.169%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.169%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (15.01%) Analytics
2 53 (8.938%) Agile Software Development
3 50 (8.432%) Software Engineering
3 50 (8.432%) Multithreading
4 49 (8.263%) OO
5 41 (6.914%) Data Modelling
6 37 (6.239%) Risk Management
7 36 (6.071%) Data Analysis
8 31 (5.228%) TDD
9 30 (5.059%) Scrum
10 28 (4.722%) Project Management
11 22 (3.710%) Business Analysis
12 21 (3.541%) Waterfall
13 20 (3.373%) Change Management
14 19 (3.204%) ITIL
14 19 (3.204%) UML
14 19 (3.204%) Software Testing
14 19 (3.204%) Project Planning
15 18 (3.035%) Predictive Modelling
15 18 (3.035%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 141 (23.78%) C++
2 140 (23.61%) Java
2 140 (23.61%) C
3 123 (20.74%) SQL
4 102 (17.20%) C#
5 51 (8.600%) Python
6 43 (7.251%) VBA
7 32 (5.396%) R
8 21 (3.541%) JavaScript
9 19 (3.204%) VC++
10 13 (2.192%) Scala
11 12 (2.024%) Ruby
12 11 (1.855%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.518%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.518%) Perl
14 8 (1.349%) MATLAB
15 6 (1.012%) PHP
16 5 (0.843%) VB
16 5 (0.843%) Fortran
16 5 (0.843%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 284 (47.89%) Degree
2 49 (8.263%) PhD
3 25 (4.216%) Security Cleared
4 16 (2.698%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.530%) Postgraduate
6 14 (2.361%) SC Cleared
7 12 (2.024%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.012%) MCSE
8 6 (1.012%) MCP
9 4 (0.675%) ISEB
9 4 (0.675%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.675%) MBA
9 4 (0.675%) MCDST
9 4 (0.675%) MCTS
10 3 (0.506%) MCITP
10 3 (0.506%) CFA
10 3 (0.506%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.506%) MCAD
10 3 (0.506%) MCSD
11 2 (0.337%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.530%) QA
2 10 (1.686%) SLA
3 2 (0.337%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.337%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.169%) Basel III
4 1 (0.169%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (1.518%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.506%) XenApp
3 2 (0.337%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 2 (0.337%) Veritas File System
3 2 (0.337%) vSphere
3 2 (0.337%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.337%) Snort
3 2 (0.337%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.169%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.169%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.169%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 4 (0.675%) Puppet
1 4 (0.675%) Vagrant
2 3 (0.506%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.337%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (0.337%) DameWare
3 2 (0.337%) NetBackup
3 2 (0.337%) Backup Exec
3 2 (0.337%) SCOM
3 2 (0.337%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.169%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.169%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.169%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.169%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.169%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.169%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 71 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.12%) Oracle
3 23 (3.879%) Sybase
4 10 (1.686%) HP
5 9 (1.518%) Murex
5 9 (1.518%) Remedy
6 8 (1.349%) Sitecore
6 8 (1.349%) IBM
7 7 (1.180%) Adobe
7 7 (1.180%) Cisco
7 7 (1.180%) TIBCO
7 7 (1.180%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.180%) Perforce
8 6 (1.012%) Google
8 6 (1.012%) Informatica
8 6 (1.012%) JBoss
8 6 (1.012%) Cognos
9 5 (0.843%) SAP
9 5 (0.843%) Citrix
9 5 (0.843%) Lotus
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Experience: Full lifecycle experience of at least 1 Data warehousing/BI project... Solid experience with RDBMS and SQL (particularly with MS SQL Server and T-SQL) Experience of...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £350.00 - £400 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Using innovative customer analytics to shape business proposals to both external and internal teams... Developing analytics team toolkit... Extensive background in analytics and undertaking hands-on analysis in...
Harnham
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
This is a really exciting opportunity for an experienced analytics professional to head up a growing analytics function. This position will play a pivotal role in an expanding...
Harnham
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
South East
Responsibilities: The consultant engineer will be principally responsible for: *Technical QC of incoming test data from sub-contractors, *including interpretation of sub-contractor test results, including trend analysis,...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Real Staffing
Rate: £650 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Computer Futures
Posted: 5 June 2013
London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Aston Carter
Rate: £600 - £700 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
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Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Real Staffing
Rate: £13.50 - £15.50 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £450 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
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Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
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Swindon, Wiltshire
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Rate: Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
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