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The table below looks at the demand for Mathematics (Maths) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMathematics (Maths)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4455
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads10287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.037 %
As % of the category below15.09 %11.10 %
Salaries quoted9566
Average minimum salary£27,853£26,258
Average salary£32,426£31,269
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
Average maximum salary£37,000£36,280
UK excluding London average salary£33,191£31,800
% change on same period last year+4.37 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads676784
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.391 %0.337 %
Salaries quoted564608
Average minimum salary£34,356£35,907
Average salary£38,574£39,389
% change on same period last year-2.07 %
Average maximum salary£42,792£42,872
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
Mathematics CambridgeshireMathematics
Cambridgeshire

Mathematics
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Mathematics across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge Mathematics Demand Trend

Mathematics
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematics across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridge Mathematics Salary Histogram

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

1196 (71.01 %)C++
2180 (65.22 %)Degree
3153 (55.43 %)Computer Science
4100 (36.23 %)C
594 (34.06 %)Java
672 (26.09 %)PhD
769 (25.00 %)Physics
861 (22.10 %)C#
959 (21.38 %)Windows
1052 (18.84 %)CAD
1145 (16.30 %)SQL
1244 (15.94 %).NET
1244 (15.94 %)Linux
1343 (15.58 %)UNIX
1343 (15.58 %)Pensions
1442 (15.22 %)MATLAB
1536 (13.04 %)OO
1634 (12.32 %)Finance
1732 (11.59 %)Education
1831 (11.23 %)Health
1927 (9.783 %)Python
2025 (9.058 %)MFC
2123 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
2221 (7.609 %)Insurance
2320 (7.246 %)QA
2320 (7.246 %)VB
2320 (7.246 %)PHP
2419 (6.884 %)Oracle
2518 (6.522 %)JavaScript
2617 (6.159 %)SQL Server

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (15.94 %).NET
225 (9.058 %)MFC
315 (5.435 %)STL
412 (4.348 %)HTML
511 (3.986 %)ASP.NET
68 (2.899 %)DirectX
75 (1.812 %)XML
75 (1.812 %)CSS
84 (1.449 %)AJAX
93 (1.087 %).NET Framework
102 (0.725 %)Ruby on Rails
102 (0.725 %)SOAP
102 (0.725 %)ADO.NET
102 (0.725 %)WebServices
102 (0.725 %)RSS
102 (0.725 %)WSDL
102 (0.725 %)OpenGL
111 (0.362 %)MVC
111 (0.362 %)WinForms
111 (0.362 %)XSLT
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (0.725 %)ColdFusion
21 (0.362 %)SAS
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (15.22 %)MATLAB
213 (4.710 %)MS Excel
37 (2.536 %)S-PLUS
46 (2.174 %)3ds Max
55 (1.812 %)Pro/ENGINEER
64 (1.449 %)Spreadsheet
73 (1.087 %)MS Visio
82 (0.725 %)Photoshop
82 (0.725 %)Adobe Illustrator
82 (0.725 %)InDesign
82 (0.725 %)FrameMaker
91 (0.362 %)MS Office
91 (0.362 %)RoboHelp
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.362 %)Navision
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (3.623 %)HTTP
28 (2.899 %)Internet
35 (1.812 %)Wireless
44 (1.449 %)TCP/IP
44 (1.449 %)CTI
52 (0.725 %)VoIP
52 (0.725 %)Ethernet
52 (0.725 %)Bluetooth
52 (0.725 %)3G
52 (0.725 %)Wi-Fi
61 (0.362 %)802.11
61 (0.362 %)2G
61 (0.362 %)WiMAX
61 (0.362 %)UWB
61 (0.362 %)OFDM
61 (0.362 %)HSPA
61 (0.362 %)LTE
61 (0.362 %)CDMA
61 (0.362 %)GSM
61 (0.362 %)3GPP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (6.159 %)SQL Server
213 (4.710 %)Oracle 9i
213 (4.710 %)Oracle 10g
213 (4.710 %)Oracle 11g
33 (1.087 %)Data Mining
42 (0.725 %)GIS
51 (0.362 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.362 %)SQL Server 2000
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.812 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.449 %)Subversion
31 (0.362 %)InstallShield
31 (0.362 %)LabVIEW
31 (0.362 %)NUnit
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
143 (15.58 %)Pensions
234 (12.32 %)Finance
332 (11.59 %)Education
431 (11.23 %)Health
521 (7.609 %)Insurance
616 (5.797 %)Games
714 (5.072 %)3D Graphics
86 (2.174 %)Banking
86 (2.174 %)Electric
94 (1.449 %)Electronics
103 (1.087 %)Telecoms
103 (1.087 %)Pharmaceutical
103 (1.087 %)Investment Banking
103 (1.087 %)Animation
112 (0.725 %)Financial Institution
112 (0.725 %)Automotive
121 (0.362 %)Multimedia
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
197 (35.14 %)Developer
282 (29.71 %)Software Engineer
363 (22.83 %)Software Developer
446 (16.67 %)Graduate
545 (16.30 %)C++ Developer
640 (14.49 %)Analyst
732 (11.59 %)C++ Software Engineer
830 (10.87 %)C++ Software Developer
926 (9.420 %)Programmer
1020 (7.246 %)Junior
1119 (6.884 %)Tester
1119 (6.884 %)Graduate Developer
1217 (6.159 %)C++ Programmer
1315 (5.435 %)QA Engineer
1315 (5.435 %)Analyst Developer
1315 (5.435 %)Graduate Software Engineer
1414 (5.072 %)C Software Engineer
1414 (5.072 %)QA Tester
1414 (5.072 %)UNIX Engineer
1414 (5.072 %)Graduate Software Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1153 (55.43 %)Computer Science
269 (25.00 %)Physics
311 (3.986 %)Applied Mathematics
48 (2.899 %)Statistics
48 (2.899 %)Multithreading
56 (2.174 %)Economics
65 (1.812 %)Chemistry
74 (1.449 %)Biology
74 (1.449 %)IVR
82 (0.725 %)Speech Recognition
82 (0.725 %)CCTV
82 (0.725 %)Credit Risk
82 (0.725 %)Market Risk
91 (0.362 %)Biotechnology
91 (0.362 %)Client/Server
91 (0.362 %)N-Tier
91 (0.362 %)NHS
91 (0.362 %)Firmware
91 (0.362 %)Device Driver
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
159 (21.38 %)Windows
244 (15.94 %)Linux
343 (15.58 %)UNIX
412 (4.348 %)Solaris
56 (2.174 %)HPUX
62 (0.725 %)Windows XP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
152 (18.84 %)CAD
236 (13.04 %)OO
323 (8.333 %)Software Engineering
416 (5.797 %)Software Testing
515 (5.435 %)Automated Testing
613 (4.710 %)Web Development
77 (2.536 %)Data Analysis
77 (2.536 %)OOP
85 (1.812 %)OOA/OOD
94 (1.449 %)CAE
94 (1.449 %)OOD
94 (1.449 %)Computer Forensics
103 (1.087 %)PLM
103 (1.087 %)PDM
103 (1.087 %)Project Management
103 (1.087 %)Business Development
112 (0.725 %)Bioinformatics
112 (0.725 %)Manual Testing
112 (0.725 %)Risk Management
112 (0.725 %)Agile Software Development
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1196 (71.01 %)C++
2100 (36.23 %)C
394 (34.06 %)Java
461 (22.10 %)C#
545 (16.30 %)SQL
627 (9.783 %)Python
720 (7.246 %)VB
720 (7.246 %)PHP
818 (6.522 %)JavaScript
916 (5.797 %)VB.NET
1014 (5.072 %)Perl
1113 (4.710 %)PL/SQL
1211 (3.986 %)VB6
139 (3.261 %)VC++
147 (2.536 %)Fortran
154 (1.449 %)Lua
163 (1.087 %)Ruby
163 (1.087 %)Embedded C
172 (0.725 %)Assembly Language
172 (0.725 %)Objective-C
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1180 (65.22 %)Degree
272 (26.09 %)PhD
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (7.246 %)QA
21 (0.362 %)ISO9001
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (6.884 %)Oracle
217 (6.159 %)Microsoft
35 (1.812 %)Sybase
35 (1.812 %)Autodesk
35 (1.812 %)Wall Street Systems
42 (0.725 %)Mapinfo
42 (0.725 %)Fujitsu
42 (0.725 %)Adobe
51 (0.362 %)Citrix