The first table below looks at the demand for Mathematica skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mathematica over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wolfram Research Mathematica
Rank 530 585 582
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -3
Contract jobs citing Mathematica 4 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.008% 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.047% 0.010% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £500 £638
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -21.56%
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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8518 9671 10055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.07% 16.31% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4829 5304 5361
Average daily rate £355 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 438 552
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%

Mathematica
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Mathematica Daily Rate Trend

Mathematica
Top 5 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +59 4 - -
London +33 3 - -
City of London +10 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 - -

Mathematica
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 5 (62.50%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Statistics
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) R
3 3 (37.50%) Statistical Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Monte Carlo Method
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Informatica
4 2 (25.00%) MicroStrategy
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (25.00%) German Language
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Haskell
5 1 (12.50%) Erlang
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) F#
5 1 (12.50%) HTML5
5 1 (12.50%) MVVM
5 1 (12.50%) Solvency II

Mathematica
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 1 (12.50%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) German Language
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Programmer
1 2 (25.00%) Statistician
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst Programmer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Statistical Modelling
1 3 (37.50%) Monte Carlo Method
1 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) MVVM
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Information Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) R
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (12.50%) Haskell
5 1 (12.50%) Erlang
5 1 (12.50%) F#
5 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
5 1 (12.50%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Informatica
1 2 (25.00%) MicroStrategy
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Reuters
2 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithmics
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
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