The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Mathematics (Maths)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank126121117
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads249124761840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.066 %2.019 %1.927 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category6.593 %6.135 %5.872 %
Number of salaries quoted215320641497
Average salary£42,000£38,250£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.80 %-4.37 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,450£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£32,880£35,000
% change year-on-year
+14.05 %-6.05 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
377854035731337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK31.33 %32.91 %32.82 %
Number of salaries quoted317933387625593
Average salary£45,000£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26 %-5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,962£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£82,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

Mathematics
Demand Trend

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

Mathematics Demand Trend

Mathematics
Salary Trend

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

Mathematics Salary Trend

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematics over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Mathematics Salary Histogram

Mathematics
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-82379£42,500+6.25 %
LondonDown-241166£50,000+8.69 %
South EastUp+40590£38,500+11.59 %
East of EnglandUp+21290£39,000+11.42 %
SurreyUp+27245£45,000+20.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+12219£39,000+11.42 %
City of LondonDown-46209£52,500+16.66 %
CambridgeUp+14203£37,500+7.14 %
South WestUp+3134£40,000+19.40 %
BerkshireUp+32101£37,500+10.29 %
ScotlandUp+2076£34,000+13.33 %
BristolUp+5170£35,000-7.89 %
North WestDown-370£32,500-
West SussexUp+2659£33,000-1.49 %
EdinburghUp+3856£32,000-1.53 %
East MidlandsUp+2555£30,000-1.63 %
GuildfordUp+2053£30,000+27.65 %
OxfordshireDown-1651£40,000+11.11 %
YorkshireDown-2846£25,000-28.57 %
SloughUp+3045£43,000+22.85 %
West YorkshireUp+645£25,000-28.57 %
West MidlandsDown-4045£31,500-
LeedsUp+744£25,000-5.66 %
ManchesterDown-544£29,500-9.23 %
HertfordshireUp+1843£41,500+44.34 %
HampshireNo change042£30,500-12.85 %
CrawleyUp+1936£23,000-31.34 %
OxfordDown-535£40,000+23.07 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1233£38,000-15.55 %
ReadingUp+232£37,500+11.94 %

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13430 (69.64 %)Degree
22310 (46.90 %)Computer Science
31682 (34.15 %)C#
41661 (33.73 %)Java
51654 (33.58 %)C++
61611 (32.71 %)Finance
71390 (28.22 %)SQL
81387 (28.16 %)Physics
91234 (25.06 %).NET
101024 (20.79 %)OO
11759 (15.41 %)C
12702 (14.25 %)Windows
13661 (13.42 %)Linux
14660 (13.40 %)SQL Server
15589 (11.96 %)Software Engineering
16581 (11.80 %)Agile Software Development
17537 (10.90 %)UNIX
18536 (10.88 %)Statistics
19521 (10.58 %)Microsoft
20502 (10.19 %)JavaScript
21480 (9.746 %)XML
22467 (9.482 %)PhD
23447 (9.076 %)MS Excel
24440 (8.934 %)Oracle
25420 (8.528 %)ASP.NET
26357 (7.249 %)QA
27341 (6.924 %)Banking
28332 (6.741 %)HTML
29303 (6.152 %)Python
30284 (5.766 %)Project Management

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11234 (25.06 %).NET
2480 (9.746 %)XML
3420 (8.528 %)ASP.NET
4332 (6.741 %)HTML
5278 (5.645 %)CSS
6269 (5.462 %)WPF
7260 (5.279 %)J2EE
8251 (5.096 %)Spring
9234 (4.751 %)Web Services
10173 (3.513 %)WCF
11165 (3.350 %)WinForms
12146 (2.964 %)Ajax
13140 (2.843 %).NET Framework
14138 (2.802 %)jQuery
15126 (2.558 %)Struts
15126 (2.558 %)JSP
16125 (2.538 %)Hibernate
17122 (2.477 %)Java EE
18115 (2.335 %)XSLT
19102 (2.071 %)Silverlight
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1161 (3.269 %)SAS
2157 (3.188 %)Apache
3111 (2.254 %)Tomcat
473 (1.482 %)WebLogic
566 (1.340 %)SharePoint
641 (0.832 %)IIS
733 (0.670 %)CMS
829 (0.589 %)MS Exchange
918 (0.365 %)GlassFish
1017 (0.345 %)Lotus Notes
1017 (0.345 %)SharePoint 2010
1116 (0.325 %)Force.com
1214 (0.284 %)Drupal
1313 (0.264 %)ColdFusion
1412 (0.244 %)Exchange Server 2007
1412 (0.244 %)Exchange Server 2010
1511 (0.223 %)Oracle Coherence
1511 (0.223 %)Mathematica
1511 (0.223 %)SharePoint Server
1511 (0.223 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1447 (9.076 %)MS Excel
2251 (5.096 %)MATLAB
3150 (3.046 %)MS Office
460 (1.218 %)SPSS
559 (1.198 %)MS Visio
633 (0.670 %)MS PowerPoint
729 (0.589 %)Simulink
828 (0.569 %)Spreadsheet
923 (0.467 %)Photoshop
1013 (0.264 %)MS Project
1112 (0.244 %)Adobe Illustrator
125 (0.102 %)Google Apps
134 (0.081 %)GIMP
134 (0.081 %)Maya
143 (0.061 %)3ds Max
143 (0.061 %)XMetaL
143 (0.061 %)S-PLUS
152 (0.041 %)Stata
152 (0.041 %)AutoCAD
152 (0.041 %)Weka
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
136 (0.731 %)Google Analytics
223 (0.467 %)Line 50
322 (0.447 %)Sage 200
322 (0.447 %)Line 100
322 (0.447 %)Sage MMS
410 (0.203 %)EMB Igloo
59 (0.183 %)Dynamics CRM
68 (0.162 %)SAP FI-CA
76 (0.122 %)SiteCatalyst
76 (0.122 %)Prophet
76 (0.122 %)SAP CRM
85 (0.102 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
94 (0.081 %)Oracle Applications
103 (0.061 %)RMDS
103 (0.061 %)Summit
112 (0.041 %)SAP HR
112 (0.041 %)WebTrends
112 (0.041 %)ReMetrica
112 (0.041 %)Remedy ITSM
112 (0.041 %)Remedy AR System
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1164 (3.330 %)TCP/IP
2143 (2.904 %)Internet
399 (2.010 %)HTTP
471 (1.442 %)Wireless
549 (0.995 %)Ethernet
641 (0.832 %)WAN
737 (0.751 %)Intranet
833 (0.670 %)LTE
931 (0.629 %)UMTS
1030 (0.609 %)DNS
1030 (0.609 %)Firewall
1030 (0.609 %)RTP
1125 (0.508 %)3G
1125 (0.508 %)VoIP
1125 (0.508 %)LAN
1222 (0.447 %)SAN
1321 (0.426 %)SNMP
1420 (0.406 %)GSM
1517 (0.345 %)SMTP
1517 (0.345 %)Wi-Fi
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1660 (13.40 %)SQL Server
2160 (3.249 %)MySQL
3120 (2.437 %)Data Mining
4106 (2.152 %)Data Warehouse
5103 (2.091 %)SQL Server 2008
6101 (2.051 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
782 (1.665 %)SQL Server Integration Services
879 (1.604 %)SQL Server 2005
970 (1.421 %)ETL
1065 (1.320 %)RDBMS
1154 (1.096 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1243 (0.873 %)GIS
1340 (0.812 %)Hadoop
1433 (0.670 %)NoSQL
1532 (0.650 %)Crystal Reports
1627 (0.548 %)DB2
1627 (0.548 %)SQL Server 2000
1725 (0.508 %)QlikView
1823 (0.467 %)MS Access
1922 (0.447 %)Base SAS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1244 (4.954 %)Subversion
2189 (3.838 %)Visual Studio
3154 (3.127 %)Eclipse
4101 (2.051 %)Ant
589 (1.807 %)Maven
676 (1.543 %)JUnit
767 (1.360 %)Team Foundation Server
852 (1.056 %)Git (software)
949 (0.995 %)ClearCase
1048 (0.975 %)Bugzilla
1147 (0.954 %)Selenium
1228 (0.569 %)Rational DOORS
1327 (0.548 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1422 (0.447 %)StructureMap
1517 (0.345 %)QuickTest Pro
1616 (0.325 %)LoadRunner
1616 (0.325 %)TestComplete
1715 (0.305 %)Appcelerator Titanium
1715 (0.305 %)JIRA
1812 (0.244 %)GCC
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11611 (32.71 %)Finance
2341 (6.924 %)Banking
3257 (5.218 %)Front Office
4206 (4.183 %)Marketing
5197 (4.000 %)Games
6158 (3.208 %)Telecoms
7152 (3.086 %)Electronics
8146 (2.964 %)Retail
9145 (2.944 %)Investment Banking
1073 (1.482 %)Financial Institution
1162 (1.259 %)Advertising
1248 (0.975 %)French Language
1347 (0.954 %)Back Office
1444 (0.893 %)German Language
1540 (0.812 %)Manufacturing
1638 (0.772 %)Pharmaceutical
1736 (0.731 %)Automotive
1834 (0.690 %)Multimedia
1933 (0.670 %)Aerospace
2027 (0.548 %)Avionics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12270 (46.09 %)Developer
2785 (15.94 %)Analyst
3618 (12.55 %)Software Engineer
3618 (12.55 %)Graduate
4567 (11.51 %)C# Developer
5511 (10.38 %)Software Developer
6479 (9.726 %)Java Developer
7312 (6.335 %)C++ Developer
8280 (5.685 %)Consultant
9277 (5.624 %)Senior Developer
10273 (5.543 %).NET Developer
11255 (5.178 %)Junior
12247 (5.015 %)Graduate Developer
13230 (4.670 %)C# .NET Developer
14190 (3.858 %)Programmer
15159 (3.228 %)Architect
16158 (3.208 %)Junior Developer
17127 (2.579 %)Business Analyst
17127 (2.579 %)C++ Software Engineer
18120 (2.437 %)Data Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12310 (46.90 %)Computer Science
21387 (28.16 %)Physics
3536 (10.88 %)Statistics
4229 (4.650 %)Economics
5227 (4.609 %)Hedge funds
6201 (4.081 %)Derivative
7129 (2.619 %)Open Source
8117 (2.376 %)Fixed Income
9113 (2.294 %)Embedded Systems
10107 (2.173 %)Applied Mathematics
11105 (2.132 %)Chemistry
1299 (2.010 %)Equities
1299 (2.010 %)Management Information System
1393 (1.888 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1486 (1.746 %)Online Games
1580 (1.624 %)Credit Risk
1677 (1.563 %)Visualisation
1774 (1.503 %)Market Risk
1869 (1.401 %)Machine Learning
1967 (1.360 %)Artificial Intelligence
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1702 (14.25 %)Windows
2661 (13.42 %)Linux
3537 (10.90 %)UNIX
4117 (2.376 %)Android
567 (1.360 %)Apple iOS
663 (1.279 %)Solaris
755 (1.117 %)Windows Server 2003
842 (0.853 %)VxWorks
941 (0.832 %)LynxOS
1036 (0.731 %)Windows Server 2008
1133 (0.670 %)Windows Vista
1231 (0.629 %)Windows XP
1326 (0.528 %)Mac OS X
1417 (0.345 %)Windows 7
1512 (0.244 %)Embedded Linux
1512 (0.244 %)Windows 2000
1611 (0.223 %)CentOS
1710 (0.203 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
189 (0.183 %)Ubuntu
196 (0.122 %)Windows Phone 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11024 (20.79 %)OO
2589 (11.96 %)Software Engineering
3581 (11.80 %)Agile Software Development
4284 (5.766 %)Project Management
5232 (4.711 %)TDD
5232 (4.711 %)Multithreading
6220 (4.467 %)MVC
7207 (4.203 %)Business Intelligence
8204 (4.142 %)Risk Management
9203 (4.122 %)UML
10181 (3.675 %)OOP
11175 (3.553 %)Scrum
12171 (3.472 %)E-Commerce
13151 (3.066 %)Data Analysis
14143 (2.904 %)Unit Testing
15139 (2.822 %)OOD
16133 (2.701 %)Continuous Integration
17121 (2.457 %)Software Testing
18118 (2.396 %)RAD
19114 (2.315 %)Validation
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11682 (34.15 %)C#
21661 (33.73 %)Java
31654 (33.58 %)C++
41390 (28.22 %)SQL
5759 (15.41 %)C
6502 (10.19 %)JavaScript
7303 (6.152 %)Python
8258 (5.239 %)VBA
9242 (4.914 %)Perl
10196 (3.980 %)PHP
11176 (3.574 %)Delphi
12142 (2.883 %)T-SQL
13132 (2.680 %)VB.NET
14115 (2.335 %)VB
1576 (1.543 %)Ruby
1675 (1.523 %)Shell Script
1770 (1.421 %)XPath
1858 (1.178 %)Fortran
1957 (1.157 %)PL/SQL
2055 (1.117 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13430 (69.64 %)Degree
2467 (9.482 %)PhD
3209 (4.244 %)Security Cleared
490 (1.827 %)Microsoft Certification
580 (1.624 %)SC Cleared
651 (1.036 %)MCP
737 (0.751 %)ISEB
836 (0.731 %)CFA
935 (0.711 %)DV Cleared
935 (0.711 %)Postgraduate
1032 (0.650 %)PMI Certification
1124 (0.487 %)CISSP
1217 (0.345 %)ITIL Certification
1217 (0.345 %)HND
1316 (0.325 %)Cisco Certification
1316 (0.325 %)IBM Certification
1316 (0.325 %)MCPD
1415 (0.305 %)ISTQB
1513 (0.264 %)MCSE
1513 (0.264 %)MCSD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1357 (7.249 %)QA
237 (0.751 %)DO-178B
334 (0.690 %)SLA
429 (0.589 %)ISO/IEC 27001
523 (0.467 %)ISO 9000
523 (0.467 %)PCI DSS
619 (0.386 %)ISO 9001
716 (0.325 %)Solvency II
716 (0.325 %)21 CFR Part 11
813 (0.264 %)Basel II
910 (0.203 %)TickIT
108 (0.162 %)Data Quality
113 (0.061 %)JTAG
122 (0.041 %)ISO/IEC 14443
122 (0.041 %)WCAG
122 (0.041 %)COBIT
131 (0.020 %)MiFID
131 (0.020 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
131 (0.020 %)Basel III
131 (0.020 %)IAS 39
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
191 (1.848 %)Active Directory
258 (1.178 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (0.305 %)VMware ESX
414 (0.284 %)Oracle RAC
513 (0.264 %)vSphere
69 (0.183 %)VMware ESXi
78 (0.162 %)Hyper-V
87 (0.142 %)Xen
95 (0.102 %)XenApp
104 (0.081 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
113 (0.061 %)NFS
122 (0.041 %)ISA Server
122 (0.041 %)Squid
122 (0.041 %)IMail Server
122 (0.041 %)Varnish
131 (0.020 %)vCloud
131 (0.020 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
165 (1.320 %)HP Quality Center
246 (0.934 %)SCCM
337 (0.751 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
436 (0.731 %)WMI
516 (0.325 %)Tivoli
516 (0.325 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
516 (0.325 %)Novell Identity Manager
611 (0.223 %)NetBackup
710 (0.203 %)OpenView
89 (0.183 %)SCOM
98 (0.162 %)Data Guard
98 (0.162 %)Backup Exec
104 (0.081 %)Control-M
104 (0.081 %)WhatsUp Gold
104 (0.081 %)Puppet
112 (0.041 %)vCenter
112 (0.041 %)Nagios
112 (0.041 %)BMC PATROL
112 (0.041 %)CiscoWorks
112 (0.041 %)MOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1521 (10.58 %)Microsoft
2440 (8.934 %)Oracle
399 (2.010 %)Google
488 (1.787 %)HP
587 (1.766 %)JBoss
683 (1.685 %)Sybase
780 (1.624 %)Cisco
877 (1.563 %)VMware
960 (1.218 %)Facebook
1057 (1.157 %)Bloomberg
1156 (1.137 %)Business Objects
1255 (1.117 %)SAP
1347 (0.954 %)Sun
1446 (0.934 %)Reuters
1542 (0.853 %)IBM
1638 (0.772 %)Red Hat
1736 (0.731 %)Adobe
1832 (0.650 %)Sage
1931 (0.629 %)Citrix
2029 (0.589 %)Cognos