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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.

LinkMathematics (Maths)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank372380
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads202268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.266 %0.284 %
As % of the category below1.286 %1.333 %
Daily rates quoted73115
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 quoted2817
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 EnglandMiscellaneous
England
Matching contract IT job ads1571020110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.72 %21.33 %
Daily rates quoted58267364
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 quoted13251332
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 UKMathematics
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.

England Mathematics Demand Trend

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.

England Mathematics Daily Rate Trend

Mathematics
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.

England Mathematics Daily Rate Histogram

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.

England Mathematics Hourly Rate Trend

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.

England Mathematics Hourly Rate Histogram

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.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-2121£460-15.29 %
South EastUp+3838£244-23.02 %
East of EnglandDown-118£238+14.04 %
East MidlandsUp+26£383-
YorkshireNew entry-6--
West MidlandsNew entry-5£240-
North WestDown-115£201+1.34 %
South WestUp+214--
Mathematics UKMathematics
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.

1276 (53.59 %)Degree
2148 (28.74 %)C++
3123 (23.88 %)Finance
4108 (20.97 %)Java
5106 (20.58 %)Computer Science
6105 (20.39 %)C#
794 (18.25 %)Derivative
887 (16.89 %)SQL
981 (15.73 %)Banking
1077 (14.95 %)Statistics
1172 (13.98 %)Front Office
1271 (13.79 %)Investment Banking
1367 (13.01 %)Physics
1367 (13.01 %)SQL Server
1466 (12.82 %)Unix
1559 (11.46 %).NET
1559 (11.46 %)Microsoft
1655 (10.68 %)Education
1752 (10.10 %)XML
1851 (9.903 %)MS Excel
1949 (9.515 %)VBA
2048 (9.320 %)C
2048 (9.320 %)Fixed Income
2142 (8.155 %)Linux
2142 (8.155 %)SAS
2241 (7.961 %)OO
2340 (7.767 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2436 (6.990 %)Windows
2532 (6.214 %)Visual Studio
2532 (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
159 (11.46 %).NET
252 (10.10 %)XML
330 (5.825 %)CSS
427 (5.243 %)J2EE
523 (4.466 %)STL
523 (4.466 %)AJAX
619 (3.689 %)ASP.NET
619 (3.689 %)Swing
716 (3.107 %)HTML
716 (3.107 %)ASP
813 (2.524 %)WebServices
910 (1.942 %)MFC
910 (1.942 %)OpenGL
910 (1.942 %)MDX
109 (1.748 %).NET Remoting
109 (1.748 %)Murex Flex
118 (1.553 %)EDIFACT
118 (1.553 %)Java RMI
118 (1.553 %)CORBA
127 (1.359 %)ADO.NET
Application Platforms
142 (8.155 %)SAS
218 (3.495 %)WebLogic
37 (1.359 %)Content Management Server
37 (1.359 %)CMS
45 (0.971 %)SharePoint Server 2007
45 (0.971 %)IIS
45 (0.971 %)JBoss
54 (0.777 %)Tuxedo
54 (0.777 %)TeamSite
63 (0.583 %)MS Exchange
63 (0.583 %)Apache
72 (0.388 %)Tomcat
81 (0.194 %)SharePoint
81 (0.194 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.194 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.194 %)Rendezvous
Applications
151 (9.903 %)MS Excel
226 (5.049 %)MS Office
314 (2.718 %)Photoshop
48 (1.553 %)SPSS
57 (1.359 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (1.165 %)MS Project
74 (0.777 %)MATLAB
82 (0.388 %)Simulink
82 (0.388 %)Stata
91 (0.194 %)Maya
91 (0.194 %)3ds Max
91 (0.194 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
15 (0.971 %)Oracle Applications
23 (0.583 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.388 %)Oracle Clinical
32 (0.388 %)Summit
41 (0.194 %)Adaptiv
41 (0.194 %)FRONT ARENA
41 (0.194 %)SAP HR
41 (0.194 %)WebTrends
Communications & Networking
124 (4.660 %)Internet
212 (2.330 %)3G
310 (1.942 %)UMTS
310 (1.942 %)TCP/IP
48 (1.553 %)3GPP
48 (1.553 %)WCDMA
48 (1.553 %)GSM
56 (1.165 %)LAN
56 (1.165 %)CDMA
56 (1.165 %)GPRS
65 (0.971 %)WAN
74 (0.777 %)UTRAN
74 (0.777 %)TELNET
83 (0.583 %)Wi-Fi
92 (0.388 %)Wireless
92 (0.388 %)ASN.1
92 (0.388 %)Intranet
92 (0.388 %)Ethernet
92 (0.388 %)HTTP
101 (0.194 %)SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
167 (13.01 %)SQL Server
219 (3.689 %)SQL Server 2005
312 (2.330 %)BusinessObjects
410 (1.942 %)SQL Server 7
410 (1.942 %)OLAP
58 (1.553 %)SQL Server 2000
67 (1.359 %)RDBMS
67 (1.359 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
76 (1.165 %)MySQL
76 (1.165 %)Base SAS
85 (0.971 %)BusinessObjects XI
85 (0.971 %)Data Mining
85 (0.971 %)Crystal Reports
85 (0.971 %)MS Access
85 (0.971 %)Oracle 10g
85 (0.971 %)GIS
94 (0.777 %)OLTP
103 (0.583 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
103 (0.583 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
112 (0.388 %)STATISTICA
Development Applications
132 (6.214 %)Visual Studio
231 (6.019 %)Subversion
314 (2.718 %)ClearCase
410 (1.942 %)Flash
56 (1.165 %)Eclipse
56 (1.165 %)Ant
64 (0.777 %)JUnit
73 (0.583 %)Oracle Forms
82 (0.388 %)MTASC
91 (0.194 %)TestDirector
91 (0.194 %)ARTiSAN
General
1123 (23.88 %)Finance
281 (15.73 %)Banking
372 (13.98 %)Front Office
471 (13.79 %)Investment Banking
555 (10.68 %)Education
623 (4.466 %)Marketing
722 (4.272 %)Electronics
817 (3.301 %)Telecoms
916 (3.107 %)Health
916 (3.107 %)Pharmaceutical
1011 (2.136 %)Government
1110 (1.942 %)Games
129 (1.748 %)Aerospace
137 (1.359 %)Financial Institution
137 (1.359 %)Publishing
137 (1.359 %)Local Government
146 (1.165 %)Back Office
155 (0.971 %)3D Graphics
155 (0.971 %)Military
164 (0.777 %)Retail
Job Titles
1238 (46.21 %)Developer
2149 (28.93 %)Analyst
343 (8.350 %)Programmer
343 (8.350 %)Quant Developer
442 (8.155 %)C# Developer
541 (7.961 %)C++ Developer
637 (7.184 %)Java Developer
727 (5.243 %)Software Engineer
727 (5.243 %)Business Analyst
822 (4.272 %)Senior Developer
920 (3.883 %)Analyst Programmer
920 (3.883 %)Project Manager
1018 (3.495 %)Web Developer
1018 (3.495 %)C++/CSharp Developer
1116 (3.107 %)Quant Analyst
1116 (3.107 %)Junior
1116 (3.107 %).NET Developer
1215 (2.913 %)Data Analyst
1215 (2.913 %)Senior Analyst
1314 (2.718 %)Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1106 (20.58 %)Computer Science
294 (18.25 %)Derivative
377 (14.95 %)Statistics
467 (13.01 %)Physics
548 (9.320 %)Fixed Income
640 (7.767 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
730 (5.825 %)Equity Derivative
825 (4.854 %)Interest Rate Derivative
917 (3.301 %)Economics
917 (3.301 %)Market Risk
1016 (3.107 %)Credit Risk
1016 (3.107 %)Equities
1110 (1.942 %)Management Information System
126 (1.165 %)Blackberry
126 (1.165 %)VHDL
126 (1.165 %)Multithreading
135 (0.971 %)Video Conferencing
135 (0.971 %)Java Card
135 (0.971 %)Applied Mathematics
135 (0.971 %)Cryptography
Operating Systems
166 (12.82 %)Unix
242 (8.155 %)Linux
336 (6.990 %)Windows
47 (1.359 %)Windows NT
55 (0.971 %)Solaris
62 (0.388 %)Windows XP
62 (0.388 %)VMS
71 (0.194 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
141 (7.961 %)OO
225 (4.854 %)Risk Management
225 (4.854 %)Software Engineering
322 (4.272 %)Project Management
418 (3.495 %)Data Analysis
516 (3.107 %)Statistical Analysis
615 (2.913 %)Business Analysis
714 (2.718 %)PRINCE2
813 (2.524 %)Agile Software Development
912 (2.330 %)Operations Research
912 (2.330 %)UML
912 (2.330 %)Data Modelling
109 (1.748 %)Six Sigma
109 (1.748 %)BPR
109 (1.748 %)Stakeholder Management
109 (1.748 %)Security Cleared
117 (1.359 %)E-Commerce
117 (1.359 %)ERP
117 (1.359 %)Migration
117 (1.359 %)Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1148 (28.74 %)C++
2108 (20.97 %)Java
3105 (20.39 %)C#
487 (16.89 %)SQL
549 (9.515 %)VBA
648 (9.320 %)C
732 (6.214 %)JavaScript
822 (4.272 %)Perl
916 (3.107 %)DHTML
1015 (2.913 %)Transact-SQL
1112 (2.330 %)PHP
1211 (2.136 %)Python
1310 (1.942 %)PL/SQL
149 (1.748 %)VB
157 (1.359 %)ActionScript
166 (1.165 %)Fortran
175 (0.971 %)SAS Macro
184 (0.777 %)VC++
193 (0.583 %)VB.NET
193 (0.583 %)Ruby
Qualifications
1276 (53.59 %)Degree
222 (4.272 %)PhD
311 (2.136 %)PRINCE2 Certification
410 (1.942 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (0.583 %)ISEB
62 (0.388 %)Cisco Certification
62 (0.388 %)CCNA
62 (0.388 %)MCP
62 (0.388 %)Postgraduate
71 (0.194 %)MCSA
71 (0.194 %)SAS Certification
71 (0.194 %)ACCA
71 (0.194 %)CIMA
71 (0.194 %)MBA
71 (0.194 %)MCDST
71 (0.194 %)ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
113 (2.524 %)QA
27 (1.359 %)GCP
36 (1.165 %)Basel II
41 (0.194 %)GMP
41 (0.194 %)ISO9001
41 (0.194 %)SLA
41 (0.194 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
15 (0.971 %)MSMQ
23 (0.583 %)Active Directory
23 (0.583 %)Orbix
Systems Management
15 (0.971 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.194 %)AutoSys
21 (0.194 %)SCOM
Vendors
159 (11.46 %)Microsoft
228 (5.437 %)Oracle
228 (5.437 %)Sybase
312 (2.330 %)Business Objects
410 (1.942 %)Murex
59 (1.748 %)SAP
66 (1.165 %)Citrix
74 (0.777 %)Calypso
83 (0.583 %)Adobe
83 (0.583 %)IONA
83 (0.583 %)Reuters
83 (0.583 %)Bloomberg
92 (0.388 %)Mapinfo
101 (0.194 %)TIBCO
101 (0.194 %)Remedy
101 (0.194 %)Primavera
101 (0.194 %)Accenture
101 (0.194 %)Omniture
101 (0.194 %)Google
101 (0.194 %)Sun
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