The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 90 78 75
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 26 14 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.551% 0.964% 1.429%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.345% 3.900% 6.189%
Number of salaries quoted 25 10 16
Average salary £50,000 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+81.81% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £24,450 £28,250
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £35,400 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
354 359 307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 21.12% 24.71% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 314 323 275
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £65,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Mathematics
West Midlands

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Mathematics Salary Trend

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematics across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Mathematics Salary Histogram

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 50 (76.92%) Degree
2 41 (63.08%) C#
3 33 (50.77%) .NET
4 29 (44.62%) Computer Science
5 26 (40.00%) Physics
6 23 (35.38%) C++
7 15 (23.08%) VC++
8 14 (21.54%) Finance
9 12 (18.46%) CAD
9 12 (18.46%) Manufacturing
10 11 (16.92%) Scrum
11 10 (15.38%) SQL Server
12 9 (13.85%) Visual Studio
12 9 (13.85%) VB.NET
12 9 (13.85%) SQL
13 8 (12.31%) MFC
13 8 (12.31%) Data Mining
13 8 (12.31%) WPF
13 8 (12.31%) Team Foundation Server
13 8 (12.31%) Web Development
14 7 (10.77%) WinForms
14 7 (10.77%) Aerospace
14 7 (10.77%) Automotive
14 7 (10.77%) WCF
15 6 (9.231%) Windows
15 6 (9.231%) ASP.NET
15 6 (9.231%) XML
15 6 (9.231%) OO
15 6 (9.231%) Business Objects
15 6 (9.231%) Java

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 33 (50.77%) .NET
2 8 (12.31%) MFC
2 8 (12.31%) WPF
3 7 (10.77%) WCF
3 7 (10.77%) WinForms
4 6 (9.231%) ASP.NET
4 6 (9.231%) XML
5 4 (6.154%) .NET Framework
5 4 (6.154%) HTML
5 4 (6.154%) STL
6 3 (4.615%) XSLT
6 3 (4.615%) ODBC
6 3 (4.615%) ASP
7 1 (1.538%) COM
7 1 (1.538%) CSS
7 1 (1.538%) OpenGL
7 1 (1.538%) DirectX
7 1 (1.538%) HTML5
7 1 (1.538%) Direct3D
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.615%) MSMQ
1 3 (4.615%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.077%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (9.231%) SPSS
2 4 (6.154%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.077%) MS Office
3 2 (3.077%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.154%) HTTP
2 1 (1.538%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (12.31%) Data Mining
3 4 (6.154%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (13.85%) Visual Studio
2 8 (12.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (21.54%) Finance
2 12 (18.46%) Manufacturing
3 7 (10.77%) Aerospace
3 7 (10.77%) Automotive
4 2 (3.077%) Legal
5 1 (1.538%) Banking
5 1 (1.538%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.538%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 23 (35.38%) Software Engineer
2 19 (29.23%) Developer
3 14 (21.54%) Analyst
4 8 (12.31%) C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (10.77%) Graduate
6 6 (9.231%) Statistical Analyst
7 5 (7.692%) Graduate Developer
8 4 (6.154%) Web Developer
8 4 (6.154%) Junior
8 4 (6.154%) Project Manager
8 4 (6.154%) C# Developer
8 4 (6.154%) Graduate Web Developer
8 4 (6.154%) C# .NET Developer
9 3 (4.615%) .NET Developer
9 3 (4.615%) SharePoint Developer
9 3 (4.615%) Business Analyst
9 3 (4.615%) Software Developer
9 3 (4.615%) Programmer
9 3 (4.615%) Administrator
9 3 (4.615%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (44.62%) Computer Science
2 26 (40.00%) Physics
3 6 (9.231%) Statistics
4 2 (3.077%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.538%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.538%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.231%) Windows
2 3 (4.615%) Android
3 1 (1.538%) UNIX
3 1 (1.538%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.46%) CAD
2 11 (16.92%) Scrum
3 8 (12.31%) Web Development
4 6 (9.231%) OO
5 5 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (6.154%) Unit Testing
6 4 (6.154%) PRINCE2
6 4 (6.154%) Data Modelling
6 4 (6.154%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (6.154%) Project Management
7 3 (4.615%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.615%) Software Engineering
7 3 (4.615%) TDD
8 2 (3.077%) Statistical Analysis
9 1 (1.538%) Logistics
9 1 (1.538%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.538%) CAE
9 1 (1.538%) OOP
9 1 (1.538%) CRM
9 1 (1.538%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (63.08%) C#
2 23 (35.38%) C++
3 15 (23.08%) VC++
4 9 (13.85%) VB.NET
4 9 (13.85%) SQL
5 6 (9.231%) C
5 6 (9.231%) Java
6 5 (7.692%) PHP
6 5 (7.692%) MATLAB
7 4 (6.154%) VB
8 3 (4.615%) Objective-C
9 2 (3.077%) Delphi
10 1 (1.538%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.538%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 50 (76.92%) Degree
2 3 (4.615%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.538%) PhD
3 1 (1.538%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.538%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (9.231%) Business Objects
2 4 (6.154%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.154%) Borland
3 3 (4.615%) SAP
4 2 (3.077%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (1.538%) Oracle
5 1 (1.538%) Mapinfo