The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 28 37 33
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -4
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 71 30 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 7.079% 4.438% 5.767%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.11% 14.22% 18.66%
Number of salaries quoted 43 28 49
Average salary £37,500 £39,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.45% +20.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £28,850 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £73,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,000 £33,250
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +11.27%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
392 211 268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 39.08% 31.21% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 323 189 236
Average salary £43,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.75% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £73,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Mathematics
Oxfordshire

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Mathematics Salary Trend

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematics across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Oxford Mathematics Salary Histogram

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 88 (62.41%) Computer Science
2 87 (61.70%) C++
3 79 (56.03%) C#
4 76 (53.90%) Degree
5 60 (42.55%) Java
6 43 (30.50%) Physics
7 35 (24.82%) OO
8 34 (24.11%) C
9 30 (21.28%) Games
9 30 (21.28%) PhD
10 29 (20.57%) Data Modelling
11 26 (18.44%) Open Source
12 24 (17.02%) Finance
13 21 (14.89%) .NET
14 17 (12.06%) Visual Studio
14 17 (12.06%) ASP.NET
15 16 (11.35%) Web Services
15 16 (11.35%) 3D Graphics
15 16 (11.35%) Multithreading
16 15 (10.64%) Statistical Analysis
16 15 (10.64%) OOP
16 15 (10.64%) PowerHouse
16 15 (10.64%) MySQL
17 14 (9.929%) Python
17 14 (9.929%) TDD
18 12 (8.511%) ActionScript 3.0
18 12 (8.511%) Flash
18 12 (8.511%) Perl
18 12 (8.511%) PHP
18 12 (8.511%) SQL

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 21 (14.89%) .NET
2 17 (12.06%) ASP.NET
3 16 (11.35%) Web Services
4 12 (8.511%) Flash
5 10 (7.092%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 10 (7.092%) STL
6 6 (4.255%) Qt
7 5 (3.546%) CSS
7 5 (3.546%) OpenGL
8 4 (2.837%) XML
9 3 (2.128%) Sinatra
9 3 (2.128%) CSS3
9 3 (2.128%) Django
9 3 (2.128%) HTML5
9 3 (2.128%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (1.418%) HTML
10 2 (1.418%) ADO.NET
10 2 (1.418%) REST
11 1 (0.709%) Sass
11 1 (0.709%) SCSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.128%) Apache Pig
2 2 (1.418%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.837%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.709%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.64%) MySQL
2 11 (7.801%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 11 (7.801%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (6.383%) Data Mining
3 9 (6.383%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.837%) Big Data
5 3 (2.128%) Apache Hive
5 3 (2.128%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.128%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.709%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (12.06%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.709%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.709%) Concordion
2 1 (0.709%) FitNesse
General
1 30 (21.28%) Games
2 24 (17.02%) Finance
3 4 (2.837%) Investment Banking
3 4 (2.837%) Banking
4 1 (0.709%) Electronics
4 1 (0.709%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (47.52%) Developer
2 39 (27.66%) Software Developer
3 33 (23.40%) Software Engineer
4 30 (21.28%) Graduate
5 27 (19.15%) Graduate Developer
6 25 (17.73%) Programmer
7 22 (15.60%) Graduate Software Developer
8 21 (14.89%) C++ Software Engineer
9 16 (11.35%) Java Developer
10 15 (10.64%) Java Software Developer
11 12 (8.511%) Senior Programmer
11 12 (8.511%) Analyst
12 11 (7.801%) .NET Developer
13 7 (4.965%) Senior Games Programmer
13 7 (4.965%) Games Programmer
14 5 (3.546%) C# Developer
14 5 (3.546%) Senior Software Engineer
15 4 (2.837%) Support Analyst
15 4 (2.837%) 1st Line Support
15 4 (2.837%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 88 (62.41%) Computer Science
2 43 (30.50%) Physics
3 26 (18.44%) Open Source
4 16 (11.35%) 3D Graphics
5 11 (7.801%) Statistics
6 7 (4.965%) Hedge funds
7 6 (4.255%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.128%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.255%) Linux
2 2 (1.418%) UNIX
2 2 (1.418%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (24.82%) OO
2 29 (20.57%) Data Modelling
3 16 (11.35%) Multithreading
4 15 (10.64%) Statistical Analysis
4 15 (10.64%) OOP
5 14 (9.929%) TDD
6 12 (8.511%) Game Development
7 9 (6.383%) Software Engineering
7 9 (6.383%) Analytics
8 7 (4.965%) Risk Management
9 6 (4.255%) Market Research
9 6 (4.255%) Data Analytics
10 3 (2.128%) Algorithmic Trading
10 3 (2.128%) Release Management
10 3 (2.128%) Web Development
10 3 (2.128%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (2.128%) Configuration Management
10 3 (2.128%) Quality Management
11 2 (1.418%) Project Management
11 2 (1.418%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 87 (61.70%) C++
2 79 (56.03%) C#
3 60 (42.55%) Java
4 34 (24.11%) C
5 15 (10.64%) PowerHouse
6 14 (9.929%) Python
7 12 (8.511%) ActionScript 3.0
7 12 (8.511%) Perl
7 12 (8.511%) PHP
7 12 (8.511%) SQL
7 12 (8.511%) ActionScript
7 12 (8.511%) Objective-C
8 5 (3.546%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.837%) MATLAB
10 3 (2.128%) R
10 3 (2.128%) Scala
10 3 (2.128%) F#
10 3 (2.128%) Ruby
10 3 (2.128%) VBA
11 2 (1.418%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 76 (53.90%) Degree
2 30 (21.28%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.837%) SLA
1 4 (2.837%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.837%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (8.511%) Perforce
2 4 (2.837%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.418%) Oracle
3 2 (1.418%) Sybase
3 2 (1.418%) Twitter
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My client who is a leading supplier of trading and risk management solutions is seeking a talented Graduate Developer to join their team of developers in Oxford who...
Oliver Bernard
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Excellent Bonuses & Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Quant Capital
Salary: From £35,000 to £35,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
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or 2.1 Bachelors / Masters or PhD degree from a top tier university in either Maths or Computer Science, and want to challenge yourself on complex C++ / C# /...
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