The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics 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 Mathematics over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 175 184 221
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +37
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 48 58 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.617% 0.570% 0.360%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.065% 3.008% 1.915%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 7
Average daily rate £350 £350 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £410 £311
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 19
Average hourly rate £14.18 £16.28 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.89% -53.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.79 £9.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.06 £35.15 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.42 £12.88 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.53% -26.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1566 1928 1984
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.12% 18.96% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 816 823
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £223 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 178 184
Average hourly rate £23.22 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.56% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.65 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Mathematics Jobs Demand Trend

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Mathematics Daily Rate Trend

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Mathematics Daily Rate Histogram

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Mathematics Hourly Rate Trend

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 23 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
Surrey +12 11 £415 +18.57%
Buckinghamshire +10 7 £206 -
Hampshire -2 7 £330 +26.92%
Berkshire +10 6 £453 +23.97%
Oxfordshire +10 5 £350 -
Middlesex +13 4 £483 -
Kent +1 4 £375 +37.61%
West Sussex +11 2 - -
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 52 (47.71%) Degree
2 36 (33.03%) Computer Science
3 34 (31.19%) C
4 25 (22.94%) Oracle
5 23 (21.10%) SQL
6 21 (19.27%) C++
7 18 (16.51%) Finance
8 17 (15.60%) Java
8 17 (15.60%) MS Excel
8 17 (15.60%) Microsoft
9 16 (14.68%) MS Office
9 16 (14.68%) Windows
10 14 (12.84%) SQL Server
11 13 (11.93%) C#
11 13 (11.93%) Linux
11 13 (11.93%) Analytics
12 12 (11.01%) Data Modelling
12 12 (11.01%) Electronics
12 12 (11.01%) Scrum
13 11 (10.09%) Physics
14 10 (9.174%) Software Testing
14 10 (9.174%) Telecoms
14 10 (9.174%) Business Intelligence
15 9 (8.257%) OpenGL
15 9 (8.257%) SharePoint
15 9 (8.257%) ITIL
15 9 (8.257%) Security Cleared
16 8 (7.339%) Android
16 8 (7.339%) Embedded Software Development
16 8 (7.339%) Data Warehouse

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 9 (8.257%) OpenGL
2 7 (6.422%) .NET
3 6 (5.505%) XML
3 6 (5.505%) WebSphere
4 4 (3.670%) SOAP
4 4 (3.670%) CORBA
4 4 (3.670%) Silverlight
5 3 (2.752%) Qt
5 3 (2.752%) WCF
5 3 (2.752%) Middleware
6 2 (1.835%) HTML
6 2 (1.835%) XSLT
6 2 (1.835%) Web Services
6 2 (1.835%) WSDL
6 2 (1.835%) XML Schema
6 2 (1.835%) Ajax
6 2 (1.835%) REST
6 2 (1.835%) OpenGL ES
7 1 (0.917%) WebKit
7 1 (0.917%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 9 (8.257%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.339%) SAS
3 6 (5.505%) WebLogic
3 6 (5.505%) Tomcat
3 6 (5.505%) Apache
4 4 (3.670%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (3.670%) Lync
5 2 (1.835%) Documentum
5 2 (1.835%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.835%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (1.835%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.917%) ESB
6 1 (0.917%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.917%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.917%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (15.60%) MS Excel
2 16 (14.68%) MS Office
3 8 (7.339%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (2.752%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.917%) Maya
5 1 (0.917%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.835%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (0.917%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.422%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.587%) SAN
3 4 (3.670%) VPN
3 4 (3.670%) 3GPP
3 4 (3.670%) HTTP
3 4 (3.670%) SNMP
4 3 (2.752%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.752%) Internet
4 3 (2.752%) 3G
4 3 (2.752%) DHCP
4 3 (2.752%) DNS
4 3 (2.752%) Broadband
5 2 (1.835%) Firewall
5 2 (1.835%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.917%) BSS
6 1 (0.917%) Intranet
6 1 (0.917%) UMTS
6 1 (0.917%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.84%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.339%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (5.505%) DB2
4 3 (2.752%) GIS
4 3 (2.752%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (2.752%) Data Mart
4 3 (2.752%) DataStage
4 3 (2.752%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (2.752%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (2.752%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.835%) TOAD
5 2 (1.835%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (1.835%) OLTP
5 2 (1.835%) VLDB
5 2 (1.835%) IBM InfoSphere
5 2 (1.835%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.917%) Clementine
6 1 (0.917%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.917%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.917%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.505%) ClearCase
1 6 (5.505%) Mercurial
2 4 (3.670%) Rational Rose
2 4 (3.670%) Telelogic TAU
3 3 (2.752%) Selenium
4 1 (0.917%) Moq
4 1 (0.917%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.917%) NUnit
4 1 (0.917%) JIRA
4 1 (0.917%) Subversion
4 1 (0.917%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (16.51%) Finance
2 12 (11.01%) Electronics
3 10 (9.174%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.505%) Games
5 5 (4.587%) Marketing
6 2 (1.835%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.917%) Automotive
7 1 (0.917%) Banking
7 1 (0.917%) Retail
7 1 (0.917%) French Language
Job Titles
1 30 (27.52%) Analyst
2 23 (21.10%) Developer
3 10 (9.174%) Consultant
4 9 (8.257%) Software Engineer
5 8 (7.339%) Customer Engineer
5 8 (7.339%) C++ Developer
5 8 (7.339%) C# Developer
6 7 (6.422%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.505%) Programmer
7 6 (5.505%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.505%) C++/C# Developer
8 5 (4.587%) Service Analyst
8 5 (4.587%) Administrator
8 5 (4.587%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (3.670%) Support Assistant
10 3 (2.752%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 3 (2.752%) Development Engineer
10 3 (2.752%) Silverlight Developer
10 3 (2.752%) Project Support Assistant
10 3 (2.752%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 36 (33.03%) Computer Science
2 11 (10.09%) Physics
3 8 (7.339%) 3D Graphics
4 5 (4.587%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.587%) Animation
5 4 (3.670%) Economics
5 4 (3.670%) Open Source
6 3 (2.752%) PDA
7 2 (1.835%) Chemistry
7 2 (1.835%) Clustering
7 2 (1.835%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.835%) Replication
7 2 (1.835%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.835%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.917%) FMCG
8 1 (0.917%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.917%) Applied Mathematics
8 1 (0.917%) IPTV
8 1 (0.917%) DTV
8 1 (0.917%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.68%) Windows
2 13 (11.93%) Linux
3 8 (7.339%) Android
3 8 (7.339%) UNIX
4 3 (2.752%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.752%) Windows Vista
4 3 (2.752%) Windows XP
5 2 (1.835%) HPUX
5 2 (1.835%) Solaris
5 2 (1.835%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.917%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.93%) Analytics
2 12 (11.01%) Data Modelling
2 12 (11.01%) Scrum
3 10 (9.174%) Software Testing
3 10 (9.174%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (8.257%) ITIL
5 8 (7.339%) Embedded Software Development
6 7 (6.422%) Configuration Management
7 6 (5.505%) UML
7 6 (5.505%) OO
7 6 (5.505%) SOA
7 6 (5.505%) Operations Research
7 6 (5.505%) Business Analysis
7 6 (5.505%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (5.505%) TDD
7 6 (5.505%) Migration
7 6 (5.505%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (5.505%) Service Management
8 5 (4.587%) Use Case
9 4 (3.670%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 34 (31.19%) C
2 23 (21.10%) SQL
3 21 (19.27%) C++
4 17 (15.60%) Java
5 13 (11.93%) C#
6 7 (6.422%) PL/SQL
7 6 (5.505%) VBA
7 6 (5.505%) R
8 5 (4.587%) GLSL
9 4 (3.670%) JavaScript
10 3 (2.752%) AWK
10 3 (2.752%) Perl
11 2 (1.835%) Python
11 2 (1.835%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.835%) Korn
11 2 (1.835%) XPath
11 2 (1.835%) Bourne shell
11 2 (1.835%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.917%) Bash shell
12 1 (0.917%) sed
Qualifications
1 52 (47.71%) Degree
2 9 (8.257%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.422%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (5.505%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.752%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.752%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.835%) MCSE
6 2 (1.835%) Sun Certification
6 2 (1.835%) GIAC
7 1 (0.917%) MBA
7 1 (0.917%) MCDST
7 1 (0.917%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.917%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.917%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.670%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.835%) Snort
2 2 (1.835%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 2 (1.835%) Veritas File System
3 1 (0.917%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.917%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (1.835%) BMC PATROL
1 2 (1.835%) SCOM
1 2 (1.835%) NetBackup
1 2 (1.835%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (0.917%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 25 (22.94%) Oracle
2 17 (15.60%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.505%) JBoss
3 6 (5.505%) Remedy
3 6 (5.505%) Perforce
4 5 (4.587%) Cognos
4 5 (4.587%) SAP
5 4 (3.670%) Lotus
5 4 (3.670%) Informatica
5 4 (3.670%) Telelogic
5 4 (3.670%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 3 (2.752%) IBM
7 2 (1.835%) Sun
7 2 (1.835%) BMC
7 2 (1.835%) Veritas
7 2 (1.835%) Cisco
7 2 (1.835%) HP
7 2 (1.835%) Symantec
7 2 (1.835%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.835%) ArcSight
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