England Mathematics Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Mathematics (Maths) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mathematics (Maths)
Location Abingdon Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Coventry Crawley Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Gatwick Glasgow Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham Lancashire Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Maidenhead Merseyside Middlesex North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Scotland Somerset South East South West Staines Stevenage Surrey Thames Valley UK Wakefield West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	372	380
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	202	268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.266 %	0.284 %
As % of the category below	1.286 %	1.333 %
Daily rates quoted	73	115
Average minimum daily rate	£372	£475
Average daily rate	£418	£519
% change on same period last year	-19.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£464	£563
UK excluding London average daily rate	£254	£252
% change on same period last year	+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.07	£33.38
Average hourly rate	£21.25	£36.18
% change on same period last year	-41.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.43	£38.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.00	£36.18
% change on same period last year	-41.95 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	15710	20110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	20.72 %	21.33 %
Daily rates quoted	5826	7364
Average minimum daily rate	£445	£475
Average daily rate	£478	£511
% change on same period last year	-6.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£511	£546
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£350
% change on same period last year	+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	1325	1332
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.13	£26.45
Average hourly rate	£24.12	£28.23
% change on same period last year	-14.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.11	£30.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.27	£28.32
% change on same period last year	-14.29 %
Mathematics UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Mathematics
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mathematics across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Mathematics
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Mathematics within the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	-2	121	£460	-15.29 %
South East	+38	38	£244	-23.02 %
East of England	-1	18	£238	+14.04 %
East Midlands	+2	6	£383	-
Yorkshire	-	6	-	-
West Midlands	-	5	£240	-
North West	-11	5	£201	+1.34 %
South West	+21	4	-	-

Mathematics UK

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

1 276 (53.59 %) Degree 2 148 (28.74 %) C++ 3 123 (23.88 %) Finance 4 108 (20.97 %) Java 5 106 (20.58 %) Computer Science 6 105 (20.39 %) C# 7 94 (18.25 %) Derivative 8 87 (16.89 %) SQL 9 81 (15.73 %) Banking 10 77 (14.95 %) Statistics 11 72 (13.98 %) Front Office 12 71 (13.79 %) Investment Banking 13 67 (13.01 %) Physics 13 67 (13.01 %) SQL Server 14 66 (12.82 %) Unix

15 59 (11.46 %) .NET 15 59 (11.46 %) Microsoft 16 55 (10.68 %) Education 17 52 (10.10 %) XML 18 51 (9.903 %) MS Excel 19 49 (9.515 %) VBA 20 48 (9.320 %) C 20 48 (9.320 %) Fixed Income 21 42 (8.155 %) Linux 21 42 (8.155 %) SAS 22 41 (7.961 %) OO 23 40 (7.767 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 24 36 (6.990 %) Windows 25 32 (6.214 %) Visual Studio 25 32 (6.214 %) JavaScript

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 (11.46 %) .NET 2 52 (10.10 %) XML 3 30 (5.825 %) CSS 4 27 (5.243 %) J2EE 5 23 (4.466 %) STL 5 23 (4.466 %) AJAX 6 19 (3.689 %) ASP.NET 6 19 (3.689 %) Swing 7 16 (3.107 %) HTML 7 16 (3.107 %) ASP 8 13 (2.524 %) WebServices 9 10 (1.942 %) MFC 9 10 (1.942 %) OpenGL 9 10 (1.942 %) MDX 10 9 (1.748 %) .NET Remoting 10 9 (1.748 %) Murex Flex 11 8 (1.553 %) EDIFACT 11 8 (1.553 %) Java RMI 11 8 (1.553 %) CORBA 12 7 (1.359 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 42 (8.155 %) SAS 2 18 (3.495 %) WebLogic 3 7 (1.359 %) Content Management Server 3 7 (1.359 %) CMS 4 5 (0.971 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 5 (0.971 %) IIS 4 5 (0.971 %) JBoss 5 4 (0.777 %) Tuxedo 5 4 (0.777 %) TeamSite 6 3 (0.583 %) MS Exchange 6 3 (0.583 %) Apache 7 2 (0.388 %) Tomcat 8 1 (0.194 %) SharePoint 8 1 (0.194 %) ColdFusion 8 1 (0.194 %) BizTalk Server 8 1 (0.194 %) Rendezvous
Applications 1 51 (9.903 %) MS Excel 2 26 (5.049 %) MS Office 3 14 (2.718 %) Photoshop 4 8 (1.553 %) SPSS 5 7 (1.359 %) MS PowerPoint 6 6 (1.165 %) MS Project 7 4 (0.777 %) MATLAB 8 2 (0.388 %) Simulink 8 2 (0.388 %) Stata 9 1 (0.194 %) Maya 9 1 (0.194 %) 3ds Max 9 1 (0.194 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 5 (0.971 %) Oracle Applications 2 3 (0.583 %) Oracle EBS 3 2 (0.388 %) Oracle Clinical 3 2 (0.388 %) Summit 4 1 (0.194 %) Adaptiv 4 1 (0.194 %) FRONT ARENA 4 1 (0.194 %) SAP HR 4 1 (0.194 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 24 (4.660 %) Internet 2 12 (2.330 %) 3G 3 10 (1.942 %) UMTS 3 10 (1.942 %) TCP/IP 4 8 (1.553 %) 3GPP 4 8 (1.553 %) WCDMA 4 8 (1.553 %) GSM 5 6 (1.165 %) LAN 5 6 (1.165 %) CDMA 5 6 (1.165 %) GPRS 6 5 (0.971 %) WAN 7 4 (0.777 %) UTRAN 7 4 (0.777 %) TELNET 8 3 (0.583 %) Wi-Fi 9 2 (0.388 %) Wireless 9 2 (0.388 %) ASN.1 9 2 (0.388 %) Intranet 9 2 (0.388 %) Ethernet 9 2 (0.388 %) HTTP 10 1 (0.194 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 67 (13.01 %) SQL Server 2 19 (3.689 %) SQL Server 2005 3 12 (2.330 %) BusinessObjects 4 10 (1.942 %) SQL Server 7 4 10 (1.942 %) OLAP 5 8 (1.553 %) SQL Server 2000 6 7 (1.359 %) RDBMS 6 7 (1.359 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 6 (1.165 %) MySQL 7 6 (1.165 %) Base SAS 8 5 (0.971 %) BusinessObjects XI 8 5 (0.971 %) Data Mining 8 5 (0.971 %) Crystal Reports 8 5 (0.971 %) MS Access 8 5 (0.971 %) Oracle 10g 8 5 (0.971 %) GIS 9 4 (0.777 %) OLTP 10 3 (0.583 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 3 (0.583 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 2 (0.388 %) STATISTICA
Development Applications 1 32 (6.214 %) Visual Studio 2 31 (6.019 %) Subversion 3 14 (2.718 %) ClearCase 4 10 (1.942 %) Flash 5 6 (1.165 %) Eclipse 5 6 (1.165 %) Ant 6 4 (0.777 %) JUnit 7 3 (0.583 %) Oracle Forms 8 2 (0.388 %) MTASC 9 1 (0.194 %) TestDirector 9 1 (0.194 %) ARTiSAN	General 1 123 (23.88 %) Finance 2 81 (15.73 %) Banking 3 72 (13.98 %) Front Office 4 71 (13.79 %) Investment Banking 5 55 (10.68 %) Education 6 23 (4.466 %) Marketing 7 22 (4.272 %) Electronics 8 17 (3.301 %) Telecoms 9 16 (3.107 %) Health 9 16 (3.107 %) Pharmaceutical 10 11 (2.136 %) Government 11 10 (1.942 %) Games 12 9 (1.748 %) Aerospace 13 7 (1.359 %) Financial Institution 13 7 (1.359 %) Publishing 13 7 (1.359 %) Local Government 14 6 (1.165 %) Back Office 15 5 (0.971 %) 3D Graphics 15 5 (0.971 %) Military 16 4 (0.777 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 238 (46.21 %) Developer 2 149 (28.93 %) Analyst 3 43 (8.350 %) Programmer 3 43 (8.350 %) Quant Developer 4 42 (8.155 %) C# Developer 5 41 (7.961 %) C++ Developer 6 37 (7.184 %) Java Developer 7 27 (5.243 %) Software Engineer 7 27 (5.243 %) Business Analyst 8 22 (4.272 %) Senior Developer 9 20 (3.883 %) Analyst Programmer 9 20 (3.883 %) Project Manager 10 18 (3.495 %) Web Developer 10 18 (3.495 %) C++/CSharp Developer 11 16 (3.107 %) Quant Analyst 11 16 (3.107 %) Junior 11 16 (3.107 %) .NET Developer 12 15 (2.913 %) Data Analyst 12 15 (2.913 %) Senior Analyst 13 14 (2.718 %) Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 106 (20.58 %) Computer Science 2 94 (18.25 %) Derivative 3 77 (14.95 %) Statistics 4 67 (13.01 %) Physics 5 48 (9.320 %) Fixed Income 6 40 (7.767 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 30 (5.825 %) Equity Derivative 8 25 (4.854 %) Interest Rate Derivative 9 17 (3.301 %) Economics 9 17 (3.301 %) Market Risk 10 16 (3.107 %) Credit Risk 10 16 (3.107 %) Equities 11 10 (1.942 %) Management Information System 12 6 (1.165 %) Blackberry 12 6 (1.165 %) VHDL 12 6 (1.165 %) Multithreading 13 5 (0.971 %) Video Conferencing 13 5 (0.971 %) Java Card 13 5 (0.971 %) Applied Mathematics 13 5 (0.971 %) Cryptography
Operating Systems 1 66 (12.82 %) Unix 2 42 (8.155 %) Linux 3 36 (6.990 %) Windows 4 7 (1.359 %) Windows NT 5 5 (0.971 %) Solaris 6 2 (0.388 %) Windows XP 6 2 (0.388 %) VMS 7 1 (0.194 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (7.961 %) OO 2 25 (4.854 %) Risk Management 2 25 (4.854 %) Software Engineering 3 22 (4.272 %) Project Management 4 18 (3.495 %) Data Analysis 5 16 (3.107 %) Statistical Analysis 6 15 (2.913 %) Business Analysis 7 14 (2.718 %) PRINCE2 8 13 (2.524 %) Agile Software Development 9 12 (2.330 %) Operations Research 9 12 (2.330 %) UML 9 12 (2.330 %) Data Modelling 10 9 (1.748 %) Six Sigma 10 9 (1.748 %) BPR 10 9 (1.748 %) Stakeholder Management 10 9 (1.748 %) Security Cleared 11 7 (1.359 %) E-Commerce 11 7 (1.359 %) ERP 11 7 (1.359 %) Migration 11 7 (1.359 %) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages 1 148 (28.74 %) C++ 2 108 (20.97 %) Java 3 105 (20.39 %) C# 4 87 (16.89 %) SQL 5 49 (9.515 %) VBA 6 48 (9.320 %) C 7 32 (6.214 %) JavaScript 8 22 (4.272 %) Perl 9 16 (3.107 %) DHTML 10 15 (2.913 %) Transact-SQL 11 12 (2.330 %) PHP 12 11 (2.136 %) Python 13 10 (1.942 %) PL/SQL 14 9 (1.748 %) VB 15 7 (1.359 %) ActionScript 16 6 (1.165 %) Fortran 17 5 (0.971 %) SAS Macro 18 4 (0.777 %) VC++ 19 3 (0.583 %) VB.NET 19 3 (0.583 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 276 (53.59 %) Degree 2 22 (4.272 %) PhD 3 11 (2.136 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 10 (1.942 %) Microsoft Certification 5 3 (0.583 %) ISEB 6 2 (0.388 %) Cisco Certification 6 2 (0.388 %) CCNA 6 2 (0.388 %) MCP 6 2 (0.388 %) Postgraduate 7 1 (0.194 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.194 %) SAS Certification 7 1 (0.194 %) ACCA 7 1 (0.194 %) CIMA 7 1 (0.194 %) MBA 7 1 (0.194 %) MCDST 7 1 (0.194 %) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (2.524 %) QA 2 7 (1.359 %) GCP 3 6 (1.165 %) Basel II 4 1 (0.194 %) GMP 4 1 (0.194 %) ISO9001 4 1 (0.194 %) SLA 4 1 (0.194 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 5 (0.971 %) MSMQ 2 3 (0.583 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.583 %) Orbix
Systems Management 1 5 (0.971 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.194 %) AutoSys 2 1 (0.194 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 59 (11.46 %) Microsoft 2 28 (5.437 %) Oracle 2 28 (5.437 %) Sybase 3 12 (2.330 %) Business Objects 4 10 (1.942 %) Murex 5 9 (1.748 %) SAP 6 6 (1.165 %) Citrix 7 4 (0.777 %) Calypso 8 3 (0.583 %) Adobe 8 3 (0.583 %) IONA 8 3 (0.583 %) Reuters 8 3 (0.583 %) Bloomberg 9 2 (0.388 %) Mapinfo 10 1 (0.194 %) TIBCO 10 1 (0.194 %) Remedy 10 1 (0.194 %) Primavera 10 1 (0.194 %) Accenture 10 1 (0.194 %) Omniture 10 1 (0.194 %) Google 10 1 (0.194 %) Sun