The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 112 83 98
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +15
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 46 75 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.470% 2.181% 1.687%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.016% 8.361% 6.444%
Number of salaries quoted 30 56 44
Average salary £38,750 £34,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.97% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,300 £21,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £45,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
917 897 900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.30% 26.08% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 525 625 633
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Mathematics Salary Trend

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematics across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland Mathematics Salary Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh -23 25 £38,750 +21.09%
Glasgow -15 9 £40,000 +116.21%
Dundee -9 6 £50,000 +17.64%
Aberdeen -1 2 £35,000 -2.77%
Stirling +17 1 £35,000 -12.50%
West Lothian -8 1 - -
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 59 (59.60%) Degree
2 55 (55.56%) C++
3 44 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 40 (40.40%) C#
5 39 (39.39%) Java
6 30 (30.30%) Linux
7 25 (25.25%) .NET
7 25 (25.25%) Finance
7 25 (25.25%) Physics
8 24 (24.24%) Software Engineering
8 24 (24.24%) Qt
9 23 (23.23%) XML
10 20 (20.20%) UNIX
10 20 (20.20%) Windows
11 15 (15.15%) Client/Server
11 15 (15.15%) OO
11 15 (15.15%) SQL
11 15 (15.15%) GTK+
12 13 (13.13%) Unit Testing
12 13 (13.13%) PhD
13 12 (12.12%) Visual Studio
14 11 (11.11%) JavaScript
15 10 (10.10%) Games
15 10 (10.10%) OOD
15 10 (10.10%) Banking
15 10 (10.10%) WPF
16 9 (9.091%) MS Excel
16 9 (9.091%) C
16 9 (9.091%) HTML
17 8 (8.081%) CSS

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 25 (25.25%) .NET
2 24 (24.24%) Qt
3 23 (23.23%) XML
4 15 (15.15%) GTK+
5 10 (10.10%) WPF
6 9 (9.091%) HTML
7 8 (8.081%) CSS
7 8 (8.081%) Spring
7 8 (8.081%) OpenGL
8 7 (7.071%) MFC
8 7 (7.071%) Direct3D
9 6 (6.061%) Hibernate
9 6 (6.061%) Ajax
9 6 (6.061%) WebSphere
9 6 (6.061%) jQuery
10 5 (5.051%) .NET Framework
11 4 (4.040%) ASP.NET
11 4 (4.040%) J2EE
11 4 (4.040%) XSLT
11 4 (4.040%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.051%) SAS
2 4 (4.040%) WebLogic
3 3 (3.030%) Apache
4 2 (2.020%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.020%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.010%) Apache Solr
5 1 (1.010%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.010%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (1.010%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.010%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 9 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.010%) SPSS
2 1 (1.010%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.010%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.020%) Murex MxG2000
2 1 (1.010%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.071%) Ethernet
2 4 (4.040%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.020%) Internet
4 1 (1.010%) DNS
4 1 (1.010%) Broadband
4 1 (1.010%) SMS
4 1 (1.010%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.030%) SQL Server
1 3 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (3.030%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.020%) MySQL
2 2 (2.020%) GIS
3 1 (1.010%) MS Access
3 1 (1.010%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (12.12%) Visual Studio
2 7 (7.071%) Subversion
3 4 (4.040%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (4.040%) MSTest
4 2 (2.020%) Hudson
4 2 (2.020%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.010%) Ant
General
1 25 (25.25%) Finance
2 10 (10.10%) Games
2 10 (10.10%) Banking
3 8 (8.081%) Electronics
4 4 (4.040%) Retail
4 4 (4.040%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.020%) Financial Institution
5 2 (2.020%) Front Office
6 1 (1.010%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (39.39%) Developer
2 37 (37.37%) Software Engineer
3 17 (17.17%) C++ Developer
4 11 (11.11%) Analyst
4 11 (11.11%) Java Developer
5 7 (7.071%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (6.061%) Junior
7 5 (5.051%) Junior Developer
7 5 (5.051%) Data Analyst
8 4 (4.040%) C# Developer
8 4 (4.040%) Graduate
8 4 (4.040%) .NET Developer
8 4 (4.040%) Junior C# Developer
8 4 (4.040%) Junior .NET Developer
8 4 (4.040%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (4.040%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 4 (4.040%) Mid-Level C# Developer
8 4 (4.040%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
8 4 (4.040%) Junior C# .NET Developer
8 4 (4.040%) Mid-Level C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 44 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 25 (25.25%) Physics
3 15 (15.15%) Client/Server
4 8 (8.081%) Visualisation
5 7 (7.071%) Statistics
5 7 (7.071%) CUDA
6 6 (6.061%) Mobile App
7 4 (4.040%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (4.040%) Open Source
7 4 (4.040%) Web 2.0
7 4 (4.040%) Credit Risk
8 3 (3.030%) Online Games
9 2 (2.020%) iPhone
9 2 (2.020%) Market Risk
9 2 (2.020%) Fixed Income
9 2 (2.020%) Grid Computing
9 2 (2.020%) Hedge funds
9 2 (2.020%) SWIFT
10 1 (1.010%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (1.010%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (30.30%) Linux
2 20 (20.20%) UNIX
2 20 (20.20%) Windows
3 6 (6.061%) Android
4 4 (4.040%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.030%) Solaris
6 2 (2.020%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.010%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.010%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.24%) Software Engineering
2 15 (15.15%) OO
3 13 (13.13%) Unit Testing
4 10 (10.10%) OOD
5 7 (7.071%) Risk Management
6 6 (6.061%) Mobile Application Development
7 5 (5.051%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (5.051%) TDD
7 5 (5.051%) OOA/OOD
7 5 (5.051%) MVC
7 5 (5.051%) Multithreading
8 4 (4.040%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (3.030%) Automated Testing
9 3 (3.030%) Software Testing
9 3 (3.030%) Data Validation
9 3 (3.030%) Project Management
9 3 (3.030%) Validation
9 3 (3.030%) Parallel Programming
9 3 (3.030%) MVVM
10 2 (2.020%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 55 (55.56%) C++
2 40 (40.40%) C#
3 39 (39.39%) Java
4 15 (15.15%) SQL
5 11 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 9 (9.091%) C
7 7 (7.071%) VC++
8 6 (6.061%) ActionScript
8 6 (6.061%) Shell Script
8 6 (6.061%) ActionScript 3.0
9 5 (5.051%) PL/SQL
9 5 (5.051%) Perl
10 4 (4.040%) Python
11 3 (3.030%) Objective-C
11 3 (3.030%) Ruby
11 3 (3.030%) Scala
12 2 (2.020%) MATLAB
12 2 (2.020%) VBA
12 2 (2.020%) PHP
13 1 (1.010%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (59.60%) Degree
2 13 (13.13%) PhD
3 2 (2.020%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.020%) QA
2 1 (1.010%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.010%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.010%) ISA Server
1 1 (1.010%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.010%) XenApp
1 1 (1.010%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.010%) MOM
1 1 (1.010%) Backup Exec
1 1 (1.010%) SCCM
1 1 (1.010%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (6.061%) Oracle
2 5 (5.051%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.040%) Sybase
4 3 (3.030%) Adobe
5 2 (2.020%) Murex
5 2 (2.020%) JBoss
5 2 (2.020%) IBM
5 2 (2.020%) Reuters
5 2 (2.020%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.010%) Symantec
6 1 (1.010%) VMware
6 1 (1.010%) Alterian
6 1 (1.010%) Google
6 1 (1.010%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.010%) Citrix
6 1 (1.010%) Lotus
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