South East Mathematics Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Mathematics (Maths) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Mathematics (Maths)
Location Abingdon Barnsley Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentford Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Epsom Essex Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Merseyside Middlesex North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Scotland Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Staines Stevenage Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Warrington Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	223	263
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching contract IT job ads	30	37
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	1.706 %	1.456 %
Daily rates quoted	7	6
Average minimum daily rate	£229	£370
Average daily rate	£292	£391
% change on same period last year	-25.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£413
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£309
% change on same period last year	+11.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.81	£33.89
Average hourly rate	£15.13	£33.94
% change on same period last year	-55.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.44	£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.09	£24.19
% change on same period last year	-4.55 %
Miscellaneous South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1759	2542
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.378 %	2.507 %
Daily rates quoted	408	543
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£327
Average daily rate	£356	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.20 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	339	449
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.64	£29.44
Average hourly rate	£26.41	£31.07
% change on same period last year	-14.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.19	£32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.26	£28.13
% change on same period last year	-10.19 %
Mathematics England

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 South East 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 South East region.

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 South East region.

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
Hampshire	+26	9	£338	+36.36 %
Oxfordshire	+3	6	£300	-
Surrey	+15	5	£325	-
Berkshire	+32	5	£200	-
Middlesex	-	2	£223	-
West Sussex	+1	1	-	-
Kent	-	1	-	-

Mathematics England

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 34 (48.57 %) Degree 2 19 (27.14 %) Physics 2 19 (27.14 %) Computer Science 3 13 (18.57 %) C++ 4 12 (17.14 %) MS Office 4 12 (17.14 %) Statistics 5 10 (14.29 %) Microsoft 6 9 (12.86 %) Electronics 6 9 (12.86 %) SAS 6 9 (12.86 %) C 6 9 (12.86 %) MS Excel 7 8 (11.43 %) Software Engineering 7 8 (11.43 %) Security Cleared 8 7 (10.00 %) SC Cleared 8 7 (10.00 %) OO

9 6 (8.571 %) Games 9 6 (8.571 %) Health 10 5 (7.143 %) Telecoms 10 5 (7.143 %) Java 10 5 (7.143 %) SQL 10 5 (7.143 %) OOD 10 5 (7.143 %) Pharmaceutical 10 5 (7.143 %) Software Testing 10 5 (7.143 %) Marketing 11 4 (5.714 %) Operations Research 11 4 (5.714 %) Incident Management 11 4 (5.714 %) Blackberry 11 4 (5.714 %) Internet 11 4 (5.714 %) TCP/IP 11 4 (5.714 %) BusinessObjects

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 4 (5.714 %) XML 2 2 (2.857 %) MVC 2 2 (2.857 %) AJAX 2 2 (2.857 %) Adobe Flex 2 2 (2.857 %) Adobe AIR 2 2 (2.857 %) MFC 2 2 (2.857 %) CSS 3 1 (1.429 %) HTML 3 1 (1.429 %) CORBA 3 1 (1.429 %) OpenGL 3 1 (1.429 %) DirectX	Application Platforms 1 9 (12.86 %) SAS 2 1 (1.429 %) BizTalk Server 2 1 (1.429 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 12 (17.14 %) MS Office 2 9 (12.86 %) MS Excel 3 2 (2.857 %) SPSS 3 2 (2.857 %) MATLAB 3 2 (2.857 %) Simulink 3 2 (2.857 %) 3ds Max 4 1 (1.429 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (1.429 %) S-PLUS 4 1 (1.429 %) Maya	Communications & Networking 1 4 (5.714 %) TCP/IP 1 4 (5.714 %) Internet 2 2 (2.857 %) Intranet 3 1 (1.429 %) Wi-Fi 3 1 (1.429 %) SSL 3 1 (1.429 %) ATM 3 1 (1.429 %) LAN 3 1 (1.429 %) WAN 3 1 (1.429 %) Ethernet 3 1 (1.429 %) HTTP 3 1 (1.429 %) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (5.714 %) BusinessObjects 2 2 (2.857 %) BusinessObjects XI 3 1 (1.429 %) Base SAS 3 1 (1.429 %) MySQL 3 1 (1.429 %) MS Access 3 1 (1.429 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 3 (4.286 %) Flash 2 1 (1.429 %) Eclipse 2 1 (1.429 %) ARTiSAN
General 1 9 (12.86 %) Electronics 2 6 (8.571 %) Health 2 6 (8.571 %) Games 3 5 (7.143 %) Marketing 3 5 (7.143 %) Telecoms 3 5 (7.143 %) Pharmaceutical 4 4 (5.714 %) Aerospace 4 4 (5.714 %) Education 5 3 (4.286 %) Electric 5 3 (4.286 %) Finance 6 2 (2.857 %) Animation 6 2 (2.857 %) Avionics 6 2 (2.857 %) Retail 7 1 (1.429 %) Billing 7 1 (1.429 %) Military 7 1 (1.429 %) 3D Graphics 7 1 (1.429 %) Front Office 7 1 (1.429 %) Back Office 7 1 (1.429 %) Automotive	Job Titles 1 19 (27.14 %) Analyst 2 10 (14.29 %) Programmer 3 8 (11.43 %) Software Engineer 4 6 (8.571 %) Administrator 5 5 (7.143 %) Developer 6 4 (5.714 %) Junior 6 4 (5.714 %) Helpdesk Support 6 4 (5.714 %) Technical Administrator 6 4 (5.714 %) Senior Programmer 7 3 (4.286 %) Helpdesk Technician 7 3 (4.286 %) SAS Programmer 7 3 (4.286 %) SAS Analyst 7 3 (4.286 %) Graduate 7 3 (4.286 %) Support Analyst 8 2 (2.857 %) Helpdesk Analyst 8 2 (2.857 %) 1st Line Support 8 2 (2.857 %) Test Analyst 8 2 (2.857 %) Consultant 8 2 (2.857 %) Tester 8 2 (2.857 %) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 19 (27.14 %) Physics 1 19 (27.14 %) Computer Science 2 12 (17.14 %) Statistics 3 4 (5.714 %) Blackberry 4 3 (4.286 %) Life Science 5 2 (2.857 %) RIA 5 2 (2.857 %) Video Conferencing 5 2 (2.857 %) Semantic Web 5 2 (2.857 %) Web 2.0 6 1 (1.429 %) Multithreading 6 1 (1.429 %) French Language 6 1 (1.429 %) Streaming Video 6 1 (1.429 %) Economics 6 1 (1.429 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 6 1 (1.429 %) Applied Mathematics 6 1 (1.429 %) Chemistry 6 1 (1.429 %) Biotechnology	Operating Systems 1 4 (5.714 %) Windows 2 2 (2.857 %) Linux 2 2 (2.857 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (2.857 %) VxWorks 2 2 (2.857 %) UNIX 3 1 (1.429 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (11.43 %) Software Engineering 1 8 (11.43 %) Security Cleared 2 7 (10.00 %) SC Cleared 2 7 (10.00 %) OO 3 5 (7.143 %) OOD 3 5 (7.143 %) Software Testing 4 4 (5.714 %) Incident Management 4 4 (5.714 %) Operations Research 5 3 (4.286 %) SSADM 5 3 (4.286 %) UML 5 3 (4.286 %) Project Management 6 2 (2.857 %) RAD 6 2 (2.857 %) Yourdon 7 1 (1.429 %) Workflow 7 1 (1.429 %) Scrum 7 1 (1.429 %) Data Management 7 1 (1.429 %) Multivariate Analysis 7 1 (1.429 %) Biostatistics 7 1 (1.429 %) Unit Testing 7 1 (1.429 %) OOP	Programming Languages 1 13 (18.57 %) C++ 2 9 (12.86 %) C 3 5 (7.143 %) Java 3 5 (7.143 %) SQL 4 2 (2.857 %) VB 4 2 (2.857 %) VC++ 4 2 (2.857 %) Python 4 2 (2.857 %) Embedded C 4 2 (2.857 %) PHP 5 1 (1.429 %) Jython 5 1 (1.429 %) SAS Macro 5 1 (1.429 %) Ada 5 1 (1.429 %) Fortran 5 1 (1.429 %) ActionScript 5 1 (1.429 %) Perl 5 1 (1.429 %) C# 5 1 (1.429 %) COBOL
Qualifications 1 34 (48.57 %) Degree 2 2 (2.857 %) ISEB 3 1 (1.429 %) NVQ Level 3	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.857 %) GCP 1 2 (2.857 %) QA 2 1 (1.429 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 2 (2.857 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 10 (14.29 %) Microsoft 2 4 (5.714 %) Business Objects 3 3 (4.286 %) Oracle 3 3 (4.286 %) Adobe 3 3 (4.286 %) Citrix