The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Applied Mathematics in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applied Mathematics over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Applied Mathematics (Applied Maths)
Rank 540 568 599
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +31
Contract jobs citing Applied Mathematics 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.008% 0.014% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £475 £950 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +216.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12964 14261 17263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.94% 24.57% 27.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7811 8294 10400
Average daily rate £425 £425 £501
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 691 684
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £22.81
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -1.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.43 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.65 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%

Applied Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applied Mathematics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Applied Mathematics Jobs Demand Trend

Applied Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applied Mathematics within the UK.

Applied Mathematics Daily Rate Trend

Applied Mathematics
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applied Mathematics within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
London +26 1 £475 -50.00%
England +12 1 £475 -50.00% 2
Bristol - - - -
Frome - - - -
Sheffield - - - -
Somerset - - - -
South Yorkshire - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
South East - - - -
South West - - - -

Applied Mathematics
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Applied 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 Applied Mathematics.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Equities
2 1 (50.00%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management

Applied Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Applied 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 Applied Mathematics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) WCF
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) UMTS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
Cambridge, East Anglia
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