The first table below looks at the demand for Mathematica skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mathematica over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wolfram Research Mathematica
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Mathematica 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - - -
As % of the Application Platforms category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1433 1586 1768
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.39% 15.63% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 769 750
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 83 156
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Mathematica
England

Mathematica
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Mathematica Daily Rate Trend

Mathematica
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling

Mathematica
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) R