The first table below looks at the demand for Mathematica skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematica over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Application Platforms category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wolfram Research Mathematica
Rank 567 627 649
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +22
Permanent jobs citing Mathematica 17 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.039% 0.017% 0.002%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.173% 0.078% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 0
Average salary £57,500 £85,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.35% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £30,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -17.80%
All Application Platforms
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
9852 11510 11026
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 22.53% 21.46% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8461 10120 9538
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Mathematica
England

Mathematica
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Mathematica across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London Mathematica Jobs Demand Trend

Mathematica
Salary Trend

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

London Mathematica Salary Trend

Mathematica
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematica across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Mathematica Salary Histogram

Mathematica
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematica within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
Canary Wharf - 7 £72,500 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £32,500 -
Mathematica
England

Mathematica
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Mathematica 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 Mathematica.

1 19 (95.00%) Finance
2 18 (90.00%) MATLAB
3 15 (75.00%) Degree
3 15 (75.00%) Credit Risk
4 11 (55.00%) C++
4 11 (55.00%) Java
5 10 (50.00%) Physics
6 9 (45.00%) SQL
7 8 (40.00%) Oracle
7 8 (40.00%) UNIX
7 8 (40.00%) Banking
8 7 (35.00%) Financial Institution
8 7 (35.00%) Validation
8 7 (35.00%) Market Risk
8 7 (35.00%) Python
8 7 (35.00%) R
8 7 (35.00%) Analytics
9 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
10 4 (20.00%) C#
10 4 (20.00%) Hedge funds
11 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (15.00%) PhD
11 3 (15.00%) OO
11 3 (15.00%) Fortran
11 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
12 2 (10.00%) Data Mining
12 2 (10.00%) C
12 2 (10.00%) HTML
12 2 (10.00%) Statistics

Mathematica
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Mathematica 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 Mathematica. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (5.000%) .NET
2 1 (5.000%) J2EE
2 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.000%) COM
2 1 (5.000%) DCOM
2 1 (5.000%) XML
2 1 (5.000%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Stata
1 1 (5.000%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Kondor+
1 1 (5.000%) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (95.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) Banking
3 7 (35.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Analyst
1 16 (80.00%) Quantitative Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Developer
3 7 (35.00%) Quantitative Developer
3 7 (35.00%) Developer Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Java Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Graduate
5 1 (5.000%) C++/Java Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior C++ Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Java Developer
5 1 (5.000%) C++ Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) Credit Risk
2 10 (50.00%) Physics
3 7 (35.00%) Market Risk
4 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 4 (20.00%) Hedge funds
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) Statistics
7 1 (5.000%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (5.000%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (5.000%) Derivative
7 1 (5.000%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (5.000%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (5.000%) Fixed Income
7 1 (5.000%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) UNIX
2 1 (5.000%) Windows
2 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Validation
1 7 (35.00%) Analytics
2 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (15.00%) OO
2 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.00%) Algorithmic Trading
3 2 (10.00%) Pattern Recognition
4 1 (5.000%) OOD
4 1 (5.000%) Release Management
4 1 (5.000%) Multithreading
4 1 (5.000%) Monte Carlo Method
4 1 (5.000%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (90.00%) MATLAB
2 11 (55.00%) C++
2 11 (55.00%) Java
3 9 (45.00%) SQL
4 7 (35.00%) Python
4 7 (35.00%) R
5 4 (20.00%) C#
6 3 (15.00%) Fortran
7 2 (10.00%) C
8 1 (5.000%) T-SQL
8 1 (5.000%) VB.NET
8 1 (5.000%) VBA
8 1 (5.000%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) Murex
2 1 (5.000%) Calypso
2 1 (5.000%) Fidessa
2 1 (5.000%) Algorithmics
2 1 (5.000%) OpenLink
2 1 (5.000%) Wall Street Systems
2 1 (5.000%) Minitab