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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 108 111 112
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 10 16 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.555% 0.817% 0.306%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.257% 3.059% 1.484%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 3
Average salary £35,000 £26,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.61% -48.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,880
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.05%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
443 523 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.57% 26.70% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 330 455 277
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £22,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mathematics
North West

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Runcorn - 5 £35,000 -
Chester -15 2 £28,500 +34.33%
Mathematics
North West

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 28 (70.00%) Degree
2 22 (55.00%) C++
3 17 (42.50%) Computer Science
4 14 (35.00%) C
5 13 (32.50%) Games
6 12 (30.00%) Scrum
6 12 (30.00%) Windows
7 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 10 (25.00%) Physics
7 10 (25.00%) Game Development
8 9 (22.50%) 3D Graphics
8 9 (22.50%) C#
9 8 (20.00%) Statistics
10 7 (17.50%) .NET
11 6 (15.00%) CAD
12 5 (12.50%) MS Excel
12 5 (12.50%) COM
12 5 (12.50%) SQL
12 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (12.50%) Data Analysis
12 5 (12.50%) Software Engineering
13 4 (10.00%) Perforce
13 4 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
13 4 (10.00%) TDD
13 4 (10.00%) Project Management
13 4 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (10.00%) Finance
13 4 (10.00%) Python
13 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
14 3 (7.500%) MS Office

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 7 (17.50%) .NET
2 5 (12.50%) COM
3 3 (7.500%) Flash
4 2 (5.000%) SciPy
4 2 (5.000%) NumPy
4 2 (5.000%) HTML
5 1 (2.500%) EJB
5 1 (2.500%) JSP
5 1 (2.500%) Servlets
5 1 (2.500%) Struts
5 1 (2.500%) XML
5 1 (2.500%) J2EE
5 1 (2.500%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.500%) CMS
1 3 (7.500%) DotNetNuke
1 3 (7.500%) Drupal
2 1 (2.500%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.500%) MS Office
3 2 (5.000%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.000%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.000%) MS Access
2 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.500%) DB2
2 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (32.50%) Games
2 4 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (7.500%) French Language
3 3 (7.500%) German Language
4 2 (5.000%) Retail
4 2 (5.000%) Advertising
4 2 (5.000%) Back Office
5 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Developer
2 10 (25.00%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) Programmer
3 7 (17.50%) Software Engineer
3 7 (17.50%) Software Developer
3 7 (17.50%) Tools Programmer
4 6 (15.00%) Graduate
5 5 (12.50%) C++ Developer
5 5 (12.50%) Software Programmer
6 4 (10.00%) C++ Programmer
6 4 (10.00%) Graduate Software Developer
6 4 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
7 3 (7.500%) Applications Developer
7 3 (7.500%) Web Developer
7 3 (7.500%) Web Applications Developer
7 3 (7.500%) E-Learning Developer
7 3 (7.500%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (7.500%) Data Analyst
8 2 (5.000%) C# Programmer
8 2 (5.000%) Junior C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (42.50%) Computer Science
2 10 (25.00%) Physics
3 9 (22.50%) 3D Graphics
4 8 (20.00%) Statistics
5 3 (7.500%) Economics
5 3 (7.500%) E-Learning
6 2 (5.000%) Social Media
6 2 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (5.000%) Biology
6 2 (5.000%) Neural Network
6 2 (5.000%) Client/Server
6 2 (5.000%) Machine Learning
7 1 (2.500%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.500%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.000%) Windows 7
2 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (5.000%) Windows XP
2 2 (5.000%) Linux
3 1 (2.500%) Windows Phone 8
3 1 (2.500%) Windows Phone
3 1 (2.500%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Scrum
2 10 (25.00%) Game Development
3 6 (15.00%) CAD
4 5 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 5 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 4 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (10.00%) TDD
5 4 (10.00%) Project Management
6 3 (7.500%) Validation
6 3 (7.500%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.500%) Market Research
7 2 (5.000%) Data Validation
7 2 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (5.000%) Resource Management
7 2 (5.000%) Bioinformatics
7 2 (5.000%) Benchmarking
7 2 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.000%) Change Control
7 2 (5.000%) Statistical Modelling
8 1 (2.500%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 22 (55.00%) C++
2 14 (35.00%) C
3 9 (22.50%) C#
4 5 (12.50%) SQL
5 4 (10.00%) Python
6 3 (7.500%) VB
6 3 (7.500%) JavaScript
7 2 (5.000%) R
7 2 (5.000%) Lua
7 2 (5.000%) Assembly Language
7 2 (5.000%) MATLAB
7 2 (5.000%) PHP
7 2 (5.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (70.00%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (5.000%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) QA
2 1 (2.500%) SLA
2 1 (2.500%) CDISC
System Software
1 2 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.000%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (5.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) Perforce
3 3 (7.500%) Cognos
4 2 (5.000%) SonicWALL
4 2 (5.000%) Draytek
4 2 (5.000%) VMware
4 2 (5.000%) Citrix
4 2 (5.000%) Sophos
4 2 (5.000%) Twitter
5 1 (2.500%) SAP
5 1 (2.500%) Chordiant
5 1 (2.500%) Oracle
5 1 (2.500%) Sony
5 1 (2.500%) Cognizant
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