The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Applied Mathematics in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applied 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Applied Mathematics (Applied Maths)
Rank 828 842 822
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -20
Permanent jobs citing Applied Mathematics 30 54 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.045% 0.040%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.083% 0.135% 0.115%
Number of salaries quoted 17 45 47
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £175,000 £80,000 £73,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-17.50% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36074 39962 42780
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.47% 33.04% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 29600 33687 35794
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%

Applied Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Applied Mathematics Jobs Demand Trend

Applied Mathematics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Applied Mathematics within the UK.

Applied Mathematics Salary Trend

Applied Mathematics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applied Mathematics over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Applied Mathematics Salary Histogram

Applied Mathematics
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applied Mathematics within the UK 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
England +9 30 £35,000 -12.50%
London +4 13 £175,000 +288.88%
South Yorkshire - 8 £30,000 -
Yorkshire - 8 £30,000 -
South East 0 7 £35,000 -12.50%
West Sussex - 5 £35,000 -
Sheffield - 4 £33,000 -
South West - 2 - -
Bristol - 2 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Leatherhead - 1 - -

Applied Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Applied 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 Applied Mathematics.

1 75 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 66 (88.00%) C++
3 64 (85.33%) Degree
4 36 (48.00%) OO
5 35 (46.67%) Physics
6 34 (45.33%) Computer Science
7 31 (41.33%) Java
8 30 (40.00%) Statistics
9 23 (30.67%) C
10 21 (28.00%) PhD
11 16 (21.33%) Analytics
12 15 (20.00%) Windows
13 14 (18.67%) Finance
14 13 (17.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (17.33%) C#
15 11 (14.67%) .NET
15 11 (14.67%) OOP
16 10 (13.33%) Credit Risk
16 10 (13.33%) Multithreading
16 10 (13.33%) F#
16 10 (13.33%) Open Source
17 9 (12.00%) TDD
18 8 (10.67%) Digital Signal Processing
18 8 (10.67%) Signal Processing
18 8 (10.67%) Unit Testing
18 8 (10.67%) CAD
18 8 (10.67%) Device Driver
18 8 (10.67%) 3D Graphics
18 8 (10.67%) WinForms
18 8 (10.67%) MFC

Applied Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Applied 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 Applied Mathematics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (14.67%) .NET
2 8 (10.67%) MFC
2 8 (10.67%) STL
2 8 (10.67%) WinForms
3 7 (9.333%) Swing
4 3 (4.000%) ATL
4 3 (4.000%) COM
4 3 (4.000%) .NET Framework
4 3 (4.000%) SWT
4 3 (4.000%) WPF
5 2 (2.667%) OSGi
5 2 (2.667%) WCF
5 2 (2.667%) Hibernate
5 2 (2.667%) Spring
6 1 (1.333%) Java SE
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.333%) SAS
2 2 (2.667%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 3 (4.000%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.667%) GSM
1 2 (2.667%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.000%) Data Mining
2 5 (6.667%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.000%) DB2
3 3 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.000%) Data Mart
4 2 (2.667%) Hadoop
4 2 (2.667%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.667%) MySQL
5 1 (1.333%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.333%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (9.333%) Git (software)
2 6 (8.000%) Maven
3 4 (5.333%) JUnit
4 3 (4.000%) Subversion
5 2 (2.667%) FindBugs
General
1 14 (18.67%) Finance
2 13 (17.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.667%) Marketing
3 5 (6.667%) Games
4 3 (4.000%) Banking
4 3 (4.000%) Front Office
5 2 (2.667%) Music
Job Titles
1 53 (70.67%) Developer
2 25 (33.33%) C++ Developer
3 24 (32.00%) Java Developer
4 10 (13.33%) Software Developer
4 10 (13.33%) Software Engineer
5 8 (10.67%) Quantitative Developer
5 8 (10.67%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 7 (9.333%) C++ Software Developer
6 7 (9.333%) C# Software Developer
6 7 (9.333%) C# Developer
7 5 (6.667%) C++ Software Engineer
7 5 (6.667%) C++/C# Developer
8 4 (5.333%) GUI Developer
9 3 (4.000%) C++/Java Developer
9 3 (4.000%) Data Consultant
9 3 (4.000%) Data Mining Consultant
9 3 (4.000%) C++ Programmer
9 3 (4.000%) Programmer
9 3 (4.000%) Analyst
9 3 (4.000%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 75 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 35 (46.67%) Physics
3 34 (45.33%) Computer Science
4 30 (40.00%) Statistics
5 10 (13.33%) Credit Risk
5 10 (13.33%) Open Source
6 8 (10.67%) Device Driver
6 8 (10.67%) 3D Graphics
7 7 (9.333%) Fixed Income
8 5 (6.667%) Online Games
9 4 (5.333%) Life Science
10 3 (4.000%) Client/Server
11 2 (2.667%) Data Extraction
12 1 (1.333%) Neural Network
12 1 (1.333%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.00%) Windows
2 7 (9.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.00%) OO
2 16 (21.33%) Analytics
3 11 (14.67%) OOP
4 10 (13.33%) Multithreading
5 9 (12.00%) TDD
6 8 (10.67%) CAD
6 8 (10.67%) Unit Testing
6 8 (10.67%) Digital Signal Processing
6 8 (10.67%) Signal Processing
7 7 (9.333%) Software Engineering
7 7 (9.333%) OOA/OOD
8 6 (8.000%) Finite Element Analysis
9 5 (6.667%) CRM
10 4 (5.333%) Monte Carlo Method
10 4 (5.333%) Parallel Programming
11 3 (4.000%) Computer Architecture
11 3 (4.000%) Predictive Modelling
11 3 (4.000%) Regression Analysis
11 3 (4.000%) Statistical Analysis
11 3 (4.000%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 66 (88.00%) C++
2 31 (41.33%) Java
3 23 (30.67%) C
4 13 (17.33%) C#
5 10 (13.33%) F#
6 6 (8.000%) SQL
7 5 (6.667%) MATLAB
8 4 (5.333%) Python
8 4 (5.333%) Bash shell
8 4 (5.333%) Perl
9 1 (1.333%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (85.33%) Degree
2 21 (28.00%) PhD
3 1 (1.333%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.333%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (1.333%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (6.667%) Oracle
1 5 (6.667%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.000%) Business Objects
3 1 (1.333%) Cognos
3 1 (1.333%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (1.333%) Tableau
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