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This section looks at the demand for Mathematics (Maths) skills across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMathematics (Maths)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank390398
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads207285
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.276 %0.288 %
As % of the category below1.334 %1.362 %
Daily rates quoted82131
Average minimum daily rate£382£472
Average daily rate£432£512
% change on same period last year-15.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£482£551
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£285
% change on same period last year+5.54 %
Hourly rates quoted3020
Average minimum hourly rate£19.67£29.93
Average hourly rate£20.92£31.60
% change on same period last year-33.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.17£33.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.98£32.66
% change on same period last year-35.76 %
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1552220930
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.69 %21.18 %
Daily rates quoted57407609
Average minimum daily rate£446£471
Average daily rate£480£505
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£514£539
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£354
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted13181462
Average minimum hourly rate£22.39£26.69
Average hourly rate£24.40£28.45
% change on same period last year-14.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.42£30.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£29.20
% change on same period last year-16.30 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Mathematics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Mathematics Demand Trend

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Mathematics Daily Rate Trend

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Mathematics Daily Rate Histogram

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mathematics within the UK.

Mathematics Hourly Rate Trend

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Mathematics Hourly Rate Histogram

Mathematics
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+21202£433-16.31 %
LondonDown-3125£466-14.48 %
City of LondonDown-3557£443-22.45 %
South EastUp+4637£275-29.48 %
East of EnglandUp+913£298+42.87 %
OxfordshireUp+38£300-
HampshireUp+108£338+3.84 %
SurreyUp+57£325-
NottinghamshireNew entry-6£383-
North WestDown-46£236+18.73 %
East MidlandsUp+106£383-
West MidlandsNew entry-6£240-
BerkshireUp+356£200-
CambridgeshireDown-25£415+99.20 %
NottinghamNew entry-5£383-
YorkshireUp+135--
South WestUp+225--
West SussexUp+45--
West YorkshireNew entry-4--
Canary WharfUp+44£563-
PortsmouthDown-44£500-
HertfordshireUp+74--
AbingdonNew entry-4--
BracknellNew entry-3£200-
BristolUp+123--
CoventryNew entry-3--
EpsomNew entry-3--
GatwickNew entry-3--
LancashireNew entry-3£201-
EssexNew entry-3£63-

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1265 (54.41 %)Degree
2145 (29.77 %)C++
3116 (23.82 %)Finance
4102 (20.94 %)Computer Science
597 (19.92 %)Java
690 (18.48 %)Derivative
789 (18.28 %)C#
886 (17.66 %)Banking
981 (16.63 %)SQL
1073 (14.99 %)Investment Banking
1170 (14.37 %)Physics
1267 (13.76 %)Front Office
1366 (13.55 %)Statistics
1459 (12.11 %).NET
1459 (12.11 %)SQL Server
1557 (11.70 %)UNIX
1651 (10.47 %)Education
1749 (10.06 %)Microsoft
1848 (9.856 %)VBA
1947 (9.651 %)MS Excel
2046 (9.446 %)OO
2145 (9.240 %)XML
2244 (9.035 %)C
2343 (8.830 %)Fixed Income
2440 (8.214 %)Subversion
2538 (7.803 %)Linux
2637 (7.598 %)Windows
2736 (7.392 %)SAS
2835 (7.187 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2933 (6.776 %)JavaScript

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
159 (12.11 %).NET
245 (9.240 %)XML
332 (6.571 %)J2EE
430 (6.160 %)CSS
526 (5.339 %)AJAX
621 (4.312 %)STL
720 (4.107 %)ASP.NET
815 (3.080 %)HTML
815 (3.080 %)Swing
912 (2.464 %)ASP
912 (2.464 %)WebServices
1010 (2.053 %)OpenGL
1010 (2.053 %)MDX
119 (1.848 %).NET Remoting
119 (1.848 %)Murex Flex
128 (1.643 %)CORBA
137 (1.437 %)Java RMI
146 (1.232 %)Middleware
146 (1.232 %)EJB
146 (1.232 %)MFC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (7.392 %)SAS
224 (4.928 %)WebLogic
36 (1.232 %)Content Management Server
36 (1.232 %)CMS
45 (1.027 %)SharePoint Server 2007
54 (0.821 %)TeamSite
54 (0.821 %)JBoss
63 (0.616 %)Apache
63 (0.616 %)MS Exchange
72 (0.411 %)Tomcat
72 (0.411 %)Tuxedo
81 (0.205 %)SharePoint
81 (0.205 %)IIS
81 (0.205 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.205 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.205 %)Rendezvous
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (9.651 %)MS Excel
223 (4.723 %)MS Office
321 (4.312 %)Photoshop
414 (2.875 %)Spreadsheet
58 (1.643 %)SPSS
67 (1.437 %)MATLAB
76 (1.232 %)MS Project
76 (1.232 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (0.411 %)Stata
82 (0.411 %)Simulink
91 (0.205 %)Maya
91 (0.205 %)3ds Max
91 (0.205 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.616 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.411 %)Summit
22 (0.411 %)Oracle Clinical
31 (0.205 %)SAP HR
31 (0.205 %)WebTrends
31 (0.205 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.205 %)Adaptiv
31 (0.205 %)FRONT ARENA
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (2.259 %)Internet
210 (2.053 %)TCP/IP
38 (1.643 %)3GPP
38 (1.643 %)3G
47 (1.437 %)UMTS
56 (1.232 %)GSM
56 (1.232 %)WCDMA
65 (1.027 %)WAN
74 (0.821 %)LAN
74 (0.821 %)GPRS
74 (0.821 %)Wi-Fi
74 (0.821 %)TELNET
83 (0.616 %)Wireless
83 (0.616 %)CDMA
92 (0.411 %)Intranet
92 (0.411 %)Ethernet
92 (0.411 %)HTTP
92 (0.411 %)UTRAN
92 (0.411 %)ASN.1
101 (0.205 %)TETRA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
159 (12.11 %)SQL Server
219 (3.901 %)SQL Server 2005
312 (2.464 %)OLAP
410 (2.053 %)SQL Server 7
58 (1.643 %)BusinessObjects
67 (1.437 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
67 (1.437 %)SQL Server 2000
76 (1.232 %)MS Access
85 (1.027 %)MySQL
85 (1.027 %)Oracle 10g
85 (1.027 %)BusinessObjects XI
85 (1.027 %)Base SAS
94 (0.821 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
94 (0.821 %)GIS
94 (0.821 %)RDBMS
94 (0.821 %)Crystal Reports
94 (0.821 %)Datawarehouse
103 (0.616 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
112 (0.411 %)DTS
112 (0.411 %)Data Mining
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
140 (8.214 %)Subversion
229 (5.955 %)Visual Studio
310 (2.053 %)ClearCase
47 (1.437 %)Flash
56 (1.232 %)Eclipse
56 (1.232 %)Ant
63 (0.616 %)JUnit
72 (0.411 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (0.411 %)MTASC
81 (0.205 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.205 %)TestDirector
81 (0.205 %)ARTiSAN
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1116 (23.82 %)Finance
286 (17.66 %)Banking
373 (14.99 %)Investment Banking
467 (13.76 %)Front Office
551 (10.47 %)Education
620 (4.107 %)Electronics
717 (3.491 %)Health
717 (3.491 %)Pharmaceutical
717 (3.491 %)Marketing
815 (3.080 %)Telecoms
914 (2.875 %)Games
109 (1.848 %)Aerospace
117 (1.437 %)Financial Institution
117 (1.437 %)Publishing
117 (1.437 %)Government
117 (1.437 %)3D Graphics
126 (1.232 %)Military
126 (1.232 %)Back Office
134 (0.821 %)Automotive
134 (0.821 %)Electric
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1232 (47.64 %)Developer
2138 (28.34 %)Analyst
340 (8.214 %)C++ Developer
340 (8.214 %)Quant Developer
439 (8.008 %)Programmer
537 (7.598 %)Java Developer
636 (7.392 %)C# Developer
727 (5.544 %)Business Analyst
825 (5.133 %)Software Engineer
924 (4.928 %)Web Developer
1020 (4.107 %)Senior Developer
1117 (3.491 %)Project Manager
1216 (3.285 %)Junior
1216 (3.285 %)Analyst Programmer
1314 (2.875 %).NET Developer
1413 (2.669 %)Support Analyst
1413 (2.669 %)Analyst Developer
1413 (2.669 %)Quant Analyst
1512 (2.464 %)SAS Programmer
1512 (2.464 %)Senior Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1102 (20.94 %)Computer Science
290 (18.48 %)Derivative
370 (14.37 %)Physics
466 (13.55 %)Statistics
543 (8.830 %)Fixed Income
635 (7.187 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
730 (6.160 %)Equity Derivative
822 (4.517 %)Interest Rate Derivative
919 (3.901 %)Equities
919 (3.901 %)Credit Risk
1017 (3.491 %)Market Risk
1116 (3.285 %)Economics
1210 (2.053 %)Management Information System
137 (1.437 %)Life Science
146 (1.232 %)Blackberry
146 (1.232 %)Multithreading
155 (1.027 %)Video Conferencing
155 (1.027 %)Java Card
155 (1.027 %)N-Tier
155 (1.027 %)Applied Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
157 (11.70 %)UNIX
238 (7.803 %)Linux
337 (7.598 %)Windows
48 (1.643 %)Windows NT
55 (1.027 %)Solaris
63 (0.616 %)Windows XP
63 (0.616 %)VMS
72 (0.411 %)VxWorks
81 (0.205 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
146 (9.446 %)OO
233 (6.776 %)Software Engineering
328 (5.749 %)Risk Management
418 (3.696 %)Project Management
514 (2.875 %)Business Analysis
613 (2.669 %)Operations Research
613 (2.669 %)Agile Software Development
711 (2.259 %)UML
711 (2.259 %)Data Modelling
711 (2.259 %)Data Analysis
810 (2.053 %)Statistical Analysis
810 (2.053 %)OOD
810 (2.053 %)PRINCE2
99 (1.848 %)Security Cleared
108 (1.643 %)Migration
117 (1.437 %)SOA
117 (1.437 %)E-Commerce
117 (1.437 %)ERP
126 (1.232 %)Six Sigma
126 (1.232 %)BPR
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1145 (29.77 %)C++
297 (19.92 %)Java
389 (18.28 %)C#
481 (16.63 %)SQL
548 (9.856 %)VBA
644 (9.035 %)C
733 (6.776 %)JavaScript
823 (4.723 %)DHTML
915 (3.080 %)Transact-SQL
1014 (2.875 %)Perl
119 (1.848 %)VB
127 (1.437 %)Fortran
136 (1.232 %)VC++
145 (1.027 %)PHP
154 (0.821 %)PL/SQL
154 (0.821 %)Python
154 (0.821 %)Embedded C
154 (0.821 %)ActionScript
154 (0.821 %)SAS Macro
163 (0.616 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1265 (54.41 %)Degree
219 (3.901 %)PhD
37 (1.437 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (1.437 %)PRINCE2 Certification
43 (0.616 %)SAS Certification
52 (0.411 %)ISEB
52 (0.411 %)Postgraduate
61 (0.205 %)MCSA
61 (0.205 %)ACCA
61 (0.205 %)CIMA
61 (0.205 %)MBA
61 (0.205 %)MCDST
61 (0.205 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.643 %)QA
27 (1.437 %)GCP
36 (1.232 %)Basel II
41 (0.205 %)GMP
41 (0.205 %)ISO9001
41 (0.205 %)SLA
41 (0.205 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.027 %)MSMQ
23 (0.616 %)Active Directory
23 (0.616 %)Orbix
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (1.027 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.205 %)AutoSys
21 (0.205 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
149 (10.06 %)Microsoft
226 (5.339 %)Oracle
323 (4.723 %)Sybase
410 (2.053 %)Murex
59 (1.848 %)SAP
68 (1.643 %)Business Objects
76 (1.232 %)Citrix
84 (0.821 %)Calypso
84 (0.821 %)DataSynapse
93 (0.616 %)IONA
93 (0.616 %)Reuters
93 (0.616 %)Bloomberg
93 (0.616 %)Adobe
102 (0.411 %)Mapinfo
102 (0.411 %)Trolltech
111 (0.205 %)Omniture
111 (0.205 %)Google
111 (0.205 %)Remedy
111 (0.205 %)Primavera
111 (0.205 %)Accenture
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