The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 21 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 57 21 38
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +17
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 71 204 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 3.815% 10.19% 6.238%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.25% 26.15% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 56 169 121
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,880
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.05%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
631 780 830
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 33.91% 38.96% 38.64%
Number of salaries quoted 538 611 750
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mathematics
Cambridgeshire

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Mathematics Salary Trend

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematics across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge Mathematics Salary Histogram

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 124 (83.78%) Degree
2 116 (78.38%) Computer Science
2 116 (78.38%) C++
3 91 (61.49%) C
4 73 (49.32%) C#
5 67 (45.27%) Java
6 61 (41.22%) Physics
7 50 (33.78%) Internet
8 45 (30.41%) Windows
9 43 (29.05%) UNIX
9 43 (29.05%) Linux
10 34 (22.97%) Python
11 33 (22.30%) OO
11 33 (22.30%) Perl
11 33 (22.30%) Electronics
11 33 (22.30%) Software Engineering
12 25 (16.89%) Cryptography
12 25 (16.89%) E-Commerce
13 23 (15.54%) .NET
14 22 (14.86%) SQL
14 22 (14.86%) ISO 9000
14 22 (14.86%) Military
14 22 (14.86%) SC Cleared
14 22 (14.86%) Security Cleared
15 21 (14.19%) PKI
16 19 (12.84%) TDD
17 18 (12.16%) PhD
17 18 (12.16%) Product Management
18 15 (10.14%) Agile Software Development
19 14 (9.459%) Embedded Systems

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 23 (15.54%) .NET
2 13 (8.784%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 13 (8.784%) STL
3 10 (6.757%) HTML
3 10 (6.757%) ASP.NET
3 10 (6.757%) CSS
4 8 (5.405%) Web Services
4 8 (5.405%) XML
5 6 (4.054%) Middleware
6 4 (2.703%) jQuery
7 3 (2.027%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (2.027%) Ajax
7 3 (2.027%) ADO.NET
8 2 (1.351%) Spring
8 2 (1.351%) SOAP
8 2 (1.351%) Spring MVC
8 2 (1.351%) Backbone.js
8 2 (1.351%) D3.js
8 2 (1.351%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.351%) Raphaël
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.027%) MediaWiki
1 3 (2.027%) Apache
1 3 (2.027%) IIS
2 2 (1.351%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.676%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (4.054%) Simulink
2 4 (2.703%) MS Office
3 3 (2.027%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.676%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 50 (33.78%) Internet
2 1 (0.676%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.676%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.676%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.081%) Big Data
2 6 (4.054%) Data Mining
2 6 (4.054%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.054%) Text Mining
3 4 (2.703%) MySQL
4 3 (2.027%) Hadoop
4 3 (2.027%) HBase
4 3 (2.027%) DB2
5 2 (1.351%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.351%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 13 (8.784%) Visual Studio
2 6 (4.054%) JUnit
3 4 (2.703%) Eclipse
3 4 (2.703%) SCons
3 4 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (2.703%) GCC
4 3 (2.027%) Git (software)
4 3 (2.027%) Mercurial
4 3 (2.027%) GoogleTest
4 3 (2.027%) Bugzilla
5 2 (1.351%) GitHub
6 1 (0.676%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.676%) MSTest
6 1 (0.676%) Selenium
6 1 (0.676%) Subversion
General
1 33 (22.30%) Electronics
2 22 (14.86%) Military
3 12 (8.108%) Finance
4 8 (5.405%) Games
5 5 (3.378%) Avionics
6 3 (2.027%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.351%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.351%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.676%) Music
8 1 (0.676%) Marketing
8 1 (0.676%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.676%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 72 (48.65%) Software Engineer
2 71 (47.97%) Developer
3 47 (31.76%) Software Developer
4 41 (27.70%) Graduate
5 29 (19.59%) Graduate Developer
6 25 (16.89%) Graduate Software Developer
6 25 (16.89%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 19 (12.84%) C++ Developer
8 18 (12.16%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (7.432%) Lead Software Engineer
10 9 (6.081%) C# Developer
11 8 (5.405%) Programmer
11 8 (5.405%) Database Specialist
12 7 (4.730%) Senior Developer
12 7 (4.730%) Support Engineer
13 6 (4.054%) Java Developer
13 6 (4.054%) Real Time Software Engineer
13 6 (4.054%) Real Time Engineer
13 6 (4.054%) Graduate Programmer
14 5 (3.378%) C++/Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 116 (78.38%) Computer Science
2 61 (41.22%) Physics
3 25 (16.89%) Cryptography
4 21 (14.19%) PKI
5 14 (9.459%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (5.405%) Statistics
7 7 (4.730%) 3D Graphics
8 5 (3.378%) Machine Learning
8 5 (3.378%) Human Factors
9 4 (2.703%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (2.703%) Wiki
10 3 (2.027%) Visualisation
10 3 (2.027%) Semantic Web
10 3 (2.027%) Grid Computing
11 2 (1.351%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (1.351%) Open Source
12 1 (0.676%) Firmware
12 1 (0.676%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 45 (30.41%) Windows
2 43 (29.05%) UNIX
2 43 (29.05%) Linux
3 3 (2.027%) Solaris
4 1 (0.676%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.676%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.30%) OO
1 33 (22.30%) Software Engineering
2 25 (16.89%) E-Commerce
3 19 (12.84%) TDD
4 18 (12.16%) Product Management
5 15 (10.14%) Agile Software Development
6 12 (8.108%) Signal Processing
6 12 (8.108%) Analytics
7 11 (7.432%) OOP
8 10 (6.757%) OOD
8 10 (6.757%) Information Security
9 9 (6.081%) Test Automation
10 6 (4.054%) MVC
10 6 (4.054%) Benchmarking
10 6 (4.054%) Predictive Modelling
10 6 (4.054%) Parallel Programming
11 5 (3.378%) Image Processing
11 5 (3.378%) Digital Signal Processing
11 5 (3.378%) Unit Testing
11 5 (3.378%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 116 (78.38%) C++
2 91 (61.49%) C
3 73 (49.32%) C#
4 67 (45.27%) Java
5 34 (22.97%) Python
6 33 (22.30%) Perl
7 22 (14.86%) SQL
8 11 (7.432%) MATLAB
9 10 (6.757%) JavaScript
10 6 (4.054%) Fortran
11 5 (3.378%) Shell Script
12 4 (2.703%) PHP
12 4 (2.703%) C++/CLI
13 3 (2.027%) Scala
13 3 (2.027%) PL/SQL
13 3 (2.027%) Delphi
13 3 (2.027%) VBA
14 2 (1.351%) Ruby
14 2 (1.351%) Bash shell
15 1 (0.676%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 124 (83.78%) Degree
2 22 (14.86%) SC Cleared
2 22 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.16%) PhD
4 4 (2.703%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.86%) ISO 9000
2 3 (2.027%) QA
2 3 (2.027%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.027%) TickIT
3 1 (0.676%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.676%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (1.351%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (8.108%) Oracle
2 8 (5.405%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.378%) Sybase
4 3 (2.027%) Google
5 2 (1.351%) Sun
5 2 (1.351%) Facebook
6 1 (0.676%) NetApp
6 1 (0.676%) Progress
6 1 (0.676%) Perforce
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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ECM Selection Ltd
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Cambridge, East Anglia
Our client is looking to extend its capability to model actuators both using analytical and Finite Element modelling.
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C#, C++ or Java developer with Computer Science or Maths / Physics background needed in Cambridge... Desired: Maths, Physics, Phd, Algorithms, Apply in confidence now for detailed job specification.
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Excellent Starting Salary + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Main skills required for the Graphics Power Architect:* Good university degree, preferably in Electronic Engineering or Computer Science but other relevant disciplines (Maths, Physics etc) will be considered.*...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £90000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: - Excellent first degree (1st/2.1) from a top rated university in the UK (or equivalent), ideally in Applied Mathematics, Physics or Engineering (other subjects are acceptable...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £28k DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
They are looking for graduates who are keen to learn (training would be provided), are dynamic, have a positive personality, and are happy to be in a client-...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £28k DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Applied Numerical Physicist / Engineer - Maths Modelling, Electromagnetism, Theoretical understanding, Proof-of-concept, Training / Demonstrating. Cambridge, to c£35,000 DOE.Our client is the UK office of a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £35k DOE
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Your responsibilities will include algorithm development, maths modelling, statistical modelling and data analysis and C++ OO programming... To be considered must have achieved a good degree in ideally...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Fantastic + Benefits + Prospects
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Software Engineer (Test Design, C, C++ Python)Location: CambridgeSalary: up to £50KSkills: Python, C++, C, Test Design, Automated, EmbeddedOur client, a world-renowned blue-chip company, is seeking...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Shares, Private medical, pension
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge
You will have: - A good degree in science, engineering or mathematics from a top university - Interest and experience in both education and in the application of science to...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Cutting edge company looking for a Software Developer with expertise using Visual Studio C++... Additionally, you will have at least a year's experience in developing GUI software...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Good + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key responsibilities will take ownership of specific aspects of a project under the mentorship of senior engineers; providing input into project planning; conducting peer review of software; and...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£40k DOE + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You will lead teams both on the hardware and software side, so should ideally have a background in both. You must have a degree, ideally in Engineering, Computer...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
computer science, bioinformatics, mathematics etc - Cloud platforms integration. - HTTP protocols and XML - Scripting languages such as Python, Perl and JavaScript... - Any understanding of big data or OO programming...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + 25 days holiday
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Minimum Requirements: - Good degree in engineering, mathematics or computer science. - Recent and relevant industrial experience with wireless DSP... - Experience of using MATLAB... - Strong software engineering skills... - Experience of...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Our client is looking to hire a talented Embedded DSP Engineer to work within one of the largest independent wireless development teams in the world... - Develop world class...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Software Developer C C++ or C# with strong maths skills... Programming skills with the likes of C C++ or C#. Essential: Good degree, Maths, C or C++ or...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Great Base + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful, rapidly growing company.Key responsibilities for the Senior C++ Software Engineer:Participation the full development life cycle: Requirement...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Flexi-time, pension, health
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
For this key role you'll need to have an excellent degree and: - Proven analytical and mathematical skills with attention to detail - A solid and broad foundation in...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Software Engineer (Algorithms), C / C++, analysis, strong maths background, image processing, share options, CambridgeExceptional opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to join an exciting company with extensive...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k + extensive benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Net, AJAX, SQL, Microsoft, Web, WPF, TDD, WCF, SOAP. Job Description: Designing, developing and maintaining software using Microsoft .Net framework (C#) and SQL Server for the web, desktop...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Unspecified Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40,000 + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This is an opportunity for an experienced Hardware Architect to lead work on next generation Graphics technology for the company s future products. Duties will include design, modelling...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
These are written in a variety of languages including C, C++, python, perl, Matlab and tcl... Requirements: - Good degree in Maths, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or equivalent -...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: -Degree qualified in maths, science, software or electronics. -Proven understanding of C / C++ with commercial experience with Assembler / embedded applications. Any understanding of Perl / Python would be...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Embedded Software Engineer - C / C++, Assembler, Development, Debugging, Career progression... - Proven understanding of C / C++ with commercial experience with Assembler / embedded applications. Any understanding of Perl / Python would...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Our client is seeking bright ambitious Engineers to join their Embedded Systems group. The Embedded Systems group solves complex problems using world-class electronics, software and systems engineering...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £32k
Posted: 22 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key skills required: - PHP5 Object orientated programming- AJAX- Apache - SQL (Microsoft, MySQL or Oracle)- HTTP- HTML- JavaScript and Javascript libraries- Creating and executing test plans- Source code management...
Computer Futures
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key skills required: - PHP5 Object orientated programming- AJAX- Apache - SQL (Microsoft, MySQL or Oracle)- HTTP- HTML- JavaScript and Javascript libraries- Creating and executing test plans- Source code management...
Computer Futures
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £25k - £35k DOE
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Test Automation Software is written in the Python scripting language and also makes use of high level languages such as C and C++... Develop and maintain Automated...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
South Cambridge, East Anglia
Computational Scientist - Image analysis, Signal processing, Statistical inference, Algorithm development, C / C++ / C#, machine learning... - Strong scientific software development experience in C, C++ or C#. Scripting experience with...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Algorithms Developer - C++, STL, Perl / Python, Machine Learning / Statistics / Pattern Recognition, Data Analysis, Bioinformatics... Advanced degrees (Masters or PhD is highly desirable)... - Practical experience in C++ (ideally using...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: Good degree in Maths, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or equivalent... Familiarity with at least 2 of these languages: C, Python, Matlab, Assembly (any), Perl... Keywords: Senior,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Cambridge, to c£40,000 + Benefits.Our client is a dedicated engineering team based in Cambridge, designing and developing software for UWB / NFC solutions... They are looking to...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Applications Engineer - Marketing; IoT; Wireless; Embedded Software Applications; Customer-facing; Cambridge, to c£50,000 + Benefits.New developments in wireless technology has given rise to the "Internet...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£50k + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You will have: - A highly numerate background with a top education (mostly As at A-level, including maths, and a 1st / 2.1 degree from a top university)...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£40k + bonus
Posted: 24 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Statistical modelling & data analysis experience - Optimisation experience - Research experience - Familiarity with MS Visual Studio, Boost, STL, C++/CLI and C++11 Benefits Summary: Annual benefits scheme... Keywords: C++,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: From £28,000 to £45,000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge
Although not a requirement, experience in any of the following areas would also be particularly relevant: Programming: knowledge of: XML, Visual Studio, C#, Perl, HTML, OpenGL, STL, MFC,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + extensive benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013