The first table below looks at the demand for Mathematica skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mathematica 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 of the Application Platforms category for the London 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
Wolfram Research Mathematica
Rank 384 405 434
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +29
Contract jobs citing Mathematica 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.025% 0.023% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £500 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4017 4309 5220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.60% 16.09% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2587 2679 3212
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 124 176
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +3.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.35 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Mathematica
England

Mathematica
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mathematica across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London Mathematica Jobs Demand Trend

Mathematica
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Mathematica Daily Rate Trend

Mathematica
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematica within the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
City of London +12 1 - -
Mathematica
England

Mathematica
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Mathematica 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 Mathematica.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Solvency II
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) SAS
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithmics
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB

Mathematica
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Mathematica 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 Mathematica. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithmics
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