The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 81 56 62
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +6
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 14 28 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.292% 2.837% 1.889%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.714% 9.894% 5.735%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 16
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 £51,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% -46.07%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
297 283 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 27.40% 28.67% 32.94%
Number of salaries quoted 267 234 264
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +10.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £53,950
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Mathematics
East of England

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Mathematics Jobs Demand Trend

Mathematics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Mathematics across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Mathematics Salary Trend

Mathematics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -19 9 £27,500 +5.76%
Luton -5 2 £23,500 -41.25%
Mathematics
East of England

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mathematics.

1 20 (60.61%) Windows
1 20 (60.61%) Physics
2 15 (45.45%) C++
3 14 (42.42%) OO
3 14 (42.42%) Degree
4 13 (39.39%) C#
4 13 (39.39%) Computer Science
5 8 (24.24%) OOD
5 8 (24.24%) .NET
5 8 (24.24%) Linux
5 8 (24.24%) Qt
6 6 (18.18%) Image Processing
6 6 (18.18%) Multithreading
6 6 (18.18%) MFC
6 6 (18.18%) WPF
6 6 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (18.18%) Games
7 5 (15.15%) Silverlight
7 5 (15.15%) jQuery
7 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
7 5 (15.15%) PhD
7 5 (15.15%) HTML5
8 4 (12.12%) Stochastic Modelling
8 4 (12.12%) Visualisation
8 4 (12.12%) SQL
8 4 (12.12%) Statistics
8 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
9 3 (9.091%) Automotive
9 3 (9.091%) Marketing

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Mathematics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (24.24%) .NET
1 8 (24.24%) Qt
2 6 (18.18%) WPF
2 6 (18.18%) MFC
3 5 (15.15%) Silverlight
3 5 (15.15%) jQuery
3 5 (15.15%) HTML5
4 2 (6.061%) WinForms
5 1 (3.030%) .NET Framework
5 1 (3.030%) WCF
5 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Visio
1 3 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (6.061%) MS Office
2 2 (6.061%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.030%) NUnit
2 1 (3.030%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (18.18%) Games
2 3 (9.091%) Marketing
2 3 (9.091%) Automotive
3 2 (6.061%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.030%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.030%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Graduate
3 6 (18.18%) C# Developer
3 6 (18.18%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Programmer
4 5 (15.15%) Data Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Sales Executive
5 3 (9.091%) Data Scientist
6 2 (6.061%) IT Graduate
7 1 (3.030%) SAS Programmer
7 1 (3.030%) Agile .NET Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Agile C# Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Firmware Engineer
7 1 (3.030%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.030%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (60.61%) Physics
2 13 (39.39%) Computer Science
3 6 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (12.12%) Statistics
4 4 (12.12%) Visualisation
5 2 (6.061%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.061%) Cryptography
6 1 (3.030%) Firmware
6 1 (3.030%) Device Driver
6 1 (3.030%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (60.61%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) OO
2 8 (24.24%) OOD
3 6 (18.18%) Image Processing
3 6 (18.18%) Multithreading
4 4 (12.12%) Stochastic Modelling
4 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (9.091%) Data Analysis
5 3 (9.091%) Analytics
6 2 (6.061%) Computer Forensics
6 2 (6.061%) Identity Management
7 1 (3.030%) MVC
7 1 (3.030%) Scrum
7 1 (3.030%) TDD
7 1 (3.030%) Data Management
7 1 (3.030%) Quality Management
7 1 (3.030%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.030%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.030%) Statistical Analysis
7 1 (3.030%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.030%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) C++
2 13 (39.39%) C#
3 4 (12.12%) SQL
4 3 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.030%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) Degree
2 5 (15.15%) PhD
3 2 (6.061%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.061%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.030%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (9.091%) Siebel
2 2 (6.061%) Microsoft