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This section looks at the demand for Mathematics (Maths) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMathematics (Maths)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank157140
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads26093145
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.258 %1.398 %
As % of the category below5.599 %5.459 %
Salaries quoted21252341
Average minimum salary£36,892£39,645
Average salary£41,309£44,352
% change on same period last year-6.86 %
Average maximum salary£45,727£49,058
UK excluding London average salary£33,794£34,269
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Miscellaneous UKMiscellaneous
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4659957613
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled22.46 %25.61 %
Salaries quoted3702943354
Average minimum salary£46,203£48,839
Average salary£50,949£53,698
% change on same period last year-5.11 %
Average maximum salary£55,695£58,556
UK excluding London average salary£38,561£38,984
% change on same period last year-1.08 %

Mathematics
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Mathematics across 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 ads citing Mathematics across the UK.

Mathematics Salary Trend

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Mathematics across the UK over the past 3 months.

Mathematics Salary Histogram

Mathematics
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-202556£41,446-7.48 %
2LondonDown-391253£49,978-3.13 %
3South EastUp+50583£35,621-10.26 %
4City of LondonDown-27395£56,100-6.02 %
5East of EnglandUp+11254£34,090-0.79 %
6CambridgeshireDown-1179£33,507-1.38 %
7BerkshireUp+73172£38,231+2.57 %
8CambridgeUp+7162£33,494-2.39 %
9SurreyUp+53153£37,609-16.75 %
10South WestDown-15120£31,997+4.27 %
11OxfordshireUp+15117£33,189-15.70 %
12North WestUp+18103£29,788-1.01 %
13West MidlandsDown-695£33,843+14.75 %
14HampshireDown-1778£33,542-5.88 %
15OxfordUp+673£33,882-6.60 %
16ManchesterUp+4772£23,772-17.17 %
17East MidlandsDown-5853£29,435-4.65 %
18YorkshireDown-6851£27,717+1.86 %
19SloughUp+2250£37,765+18.47 %
20North EastUp+4547£36,104+53.63 %
21ReadingUp+1035£38,468+1.82 %
21West YorkshireDown-2935£29,177+15.59 %
22HertfordshireUp+430£34,567+4.05 %
23BuckinghamshireDown-2128£32,029-3.74 %
23Canary WharfUp+628£71,647+4.21 %
24NottinghamDown-1526£29,935+1.29 %
24NottinghamshireDown-2926£29,935+1.29 %
24BirminghamDown-1926£30,536+16.78 %
25LeedsDown-2522£23,294-6.64 %
25GloucestershireDown-1122£33,318+11.52 %

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Mathematics also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mathematics.

13059 (62.34 %)Degree
21837 (37.44 %)C++
31579 (32.18 %)Finance
41405 (28.63 %)Computer Science
51205 (24.56 %)SQL
61140 (23.23 %)Java
71073 (21.87 %)Physics
8927 (18.89 %)C#
9861 (17.55 %)C
10735 (14.98 %).NET
11694 (14.14 %)OO
12588 (11.98 %)Windows
13549 (11.19 %)Unix
14542 (11.05 %)Statistics
15536 (10.92 %)SQL Server
16486 (9.904 %)XML
17482 (9.823 %)Derivative
18468 (9.537 %)Banking
18468 (9.537 %)SAS
19460 (9.374 %)Front Office
20422 (8.600 %)PhD
21409 (8.335 %)Education
22397 (8.090 %)Microsoft
23378 (7.703 %)Linux
24362 (7.377 %)Oracle
25333 (6.786 %)Pensions
26326 (6.644 %)VB
27313 (6.379 %)MS Excel
28297 (6.053 %)Marketing
29290 (5.910 %)Games

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Mathematics also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Mathematics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1735 (14.98 %).NET
2486 (9.904 %)XML
3283 (5.767 %)J2EE
4240 (4.891 %)ASP.NET
5217 (4.422 %)STL
6151 (3.077 %)HTML
7127 (2.588 %)MFC
8124 (2.527 %)Hibernate
8124 (2.527 %)Spring
995 (1.936 %)J2SE
1092 (1.875 %)JDBC
1185 (1.732 %)OpenGL
1283 (1.691 %)AJAX
1381 (1.651 %)WebServices
1480 (1.630 %)CSS
1575 (1.528 %)WinForms
1671 (1.447 %)WebSphere
1671 (1.447 %)ASP
1765 (1.325 %)XSLT
1863 (1.284 %)JSP
Application Platforms
1468 (9.537 %)SAS
268 (1.386 %)WebLogic
353 (1.080 %)JBoss
452 (1.060 %)Tomcat
543 (0.876 %)Apache
641 (0.836 %)MS Exchange
729 (0.591 %)IIS
823 (0.469 %)Exchange Server 2003
917 (0.346 %)Rendezvous
1013 (0.265 %)SharePoint
1110 (0.204 %)Lotus Notes
129 (0.183 %)Content Management Server
129 (0.183 %)WebLogic Portal
138 (0.163 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
138 (0.163 %)WebSphere MQ
147 (0.143 %)ColdFusion
156 (0.122 %)MQSeries
156 (0.122 %)Exchange Server 2000
156 (0.122 %)Exchange Server 2007
165 (0.102 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1313 (6.379 %)MS Excel
2200 (4.076 %)SPSS
3140 (2.853 %)MATLAB
4135 (2.751 %)MS Office
561 (1.243 %)MS Visio
643 (0.876 %)MS PowerPoint
740 (0.815 %)Simulink
834 (0.693 %)3ds Max
917 (0.346 %)AutoCAD
1015 (0.306 %)MS Project
1111 (0.224 %)Photoshop
129 (0.183 %)S-PLUS
129 (0.183 %)Maya
135 (0.102 %)Stateflow
144 (0.082 %)ArcInfo
144 (0.082 %)Adobe Illustrator
153 (0.061 %)LightWave 3D
162 (0.041 %)Acrobat
162 (0.041 %)QuarkXPress
162 (0.041 %)FreeHand
Business Applications
119 (0.387 %)Summit
213 (0.265 %)Kondor+
213 (0.265 %)Movex
310 (0.204 %)Oracle Financials
49 (0.183 %)FRONT ARENA
58 (0.163 %)Oracle CRM
67 (0.143 %)Monis
67 (0.143 %)SunGard Panorama
76 (0.122 %)Microsoft CRM
85 (0.102 %)Navision
85 (0.102 %)SAP HR
85 (0.102 %)Dynamics CRM
94 (0.082 %)Dynamics NAV
94 (0.082 %)SAP Payroll
94 (0.082 %)Credient
94 (0.082 %)Endur
103 (0.061 %)WebTrends
103 (0.061 %)BusinessWorks
112 (0.041 %)Beauchamp
112 (0.041 %)Oracle Clinical
Communications & Networking
1119 (2.425 %)TCP/IP
2110 (2.242 %)Internet
358 (1.182 %)Ethernet
452 (1.060 %)VoIP
541 (0.836 %)PBX
639 (0.795 %)ISDN
736 (0.734 %)H.323
736 (0.734 %)Ethereal
830 (0.611 %)Firewall
923 (0.469 %)Network Security
1022 (0.448 %)DNS
1121 (0.428 %)WAN
1219 (0.387 %)SSL
1219 (0.387 %)Intranet
1219 (0.387 %)Wireshark
1219 (0.387 %)Wireless
1316 (0.326 %)LAN
1415 (0.306 %)VPN
1514 (0.285 %)HTTP
1514 (0.285 %)SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1536 (10.92 %)SQL Server
2140 (2.853 %)SQL Server 2005
399 (2.018 %)MySQL
497 (1.977 %)SQL Server 2000
595 (1.936 %)RDBMS
677 (1.569 %)Base SAS
760 (1.223 %)MS Access
760 (1.223 %)Datawarehouse
849 (0.999 %)BusinessObjects
944 (0.897 %)GIS
1043 (0.876 %)Crystal Reports
1136 (0.734 %)SQL Server 7
1234 (0.693 %)Oracle 10g
1330 (0.611 %)Data Mining
1427 (0.550 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1522 (0.448 %)Oracle 9i
1620 (0.408 %)OLAP
1714 (0.285 %)Database Marketing
1813 (0.265 %)ETL
1912 (0.245 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
175 (1.528 %)JUnit
265 (1.325 %)Visual Studio
346 (0.937 %)Eclipse
425 (0.509 %)Flash
515 (0.306 %)Ant
612 (0.245 %)NUnit
612 (0.245 %)VSS/SourceSafe
711 (0.224 %)ProC
711 (0.224 %)Bugzilla
810 (0.204 %)Subversion
98 (0.163 %)MSI
107 (0.143 %)InterDev
115 (0.102 %)TestDirector
124 (0.082 %)ARTiSAN
124 (0.082 %)ClearCase
133 (0.061 %)Dreamweaver
133 (0.061 %)InstallShield
133 (0.061 %)LabVIEW
142 (0.041 %)Oracle Forms
142 (0.041 %)Oracle APEX
General
11579 (32.18 %)Finance
2468 (9.537 %)Banking
3460 (9.374 %)Front Office
4409 (8.335 %)Education
5333 (6.786 %)Pensions
6297 (6.053 %)Marketing
7290 (5.910 %)Games
8207 (4.218 %)Insurance
9200 (4.076 %)Health
10193 (3.933 %)Investment Banking
11145 (2.955 %)Telecoms
12116 (2.364 %)3D Graphics
13111 (2.262 %)Electronics
1481 (1.651 %)Pharmaceutical
1575 (1.528 %)Manufacturing
1672 (1.467 %)Retail
1672 (1.467 %)Financial Institution
1763 (1.284 %)Back Office
1856 (1.141 %)Publishing
1949 (0.999 %)Government
Job Titles
11898 (38.68 %)Developer
21043 (21.26 %)Analyst
3530 (10.80 %)Graduate
4517 (10.54 %)Software Engineer
5429 (8.743 %)C++ Developer
6414 (8.437 %)Java Developer
7402 (8.192 %)Programmer
8291 (5.930 %)Software Developer
9290 (5.910 %)C# Developer
10242 (4.932 %)Consultant
11180 (3.668 %)Junior
12179 (3.648 %)Graduate Developer
13177 (3.607 %).NET Developer
14173 (3.526 %)Data Analyst
15150 (3.057 %)Senior Developer
16138 (2.812 %)SAS Analyst
17130 (2.649 %)C++ Software Engineer
18124 (2.527 %)Support Analyst
19121 (2.466 %)Project Manager
20109 (2.221 %)Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
11405 (28.63 %)Computer Science
21073 (21.87 %)Physics
3542 (11.05 %)Statistics
4482 (9.823 %)Derivative
5207 (4.218 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6193 (3.933 %)Fixed Income
7189 (3.852 %)Economics
8155 (3.159 %)Equities
8155 (3.159 %)Multithreading
9134 (2.731 %)Credit Risk
10128 (2.609 %)Equity Derivative
1193 (1.895 %)Market Risk
1292 (1.875 %)Credit Derivative
1372 (1.467 %)Applied Mathematics
1463 (1.284 %)Chemistry
1552 (1.060 %)VHDL
1651 (1.039 %)Asset Management
1750 (1.019 %)Management Information System
1848 (0.978 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1946 (0.937 %)Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1588 (11.98 %)Windows
2549 (11.19 %)Unix
3378 (7.703 %)Linux
442 (0.856 %)Windows NT
442 (0.856 %)Solaris
538 (0.774 %)Windows XP
538 (0.774 %)Windows 2000
623 (0.469 %)Windows Server 2003
713 (0.265 %)Windows Mobile
812 (0.245 %)Windows CE
97 (0.143 %)HPUX
106 (0.122 %)VxWorks
106 (0.122 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.061 %)SUSE
122 (0.041 %)Debian
122 (0.041 %)AIX
131 (0.020 %)OS/400
131 (0.020 %)Windows XP Embedded
131 (0.020 %)Embedded Linux
131 (0.020 %)Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
1694 (14.14 %)OO
2249 (5.074 %)Project Management
3246 (5.013 %)Risk Management
4215 (4.381 %)Software Engineering
5205 (4.178 %)UML
6179 (3.648 %)Data Analysis
7153 (3.118 %)OOD
8132 (2.690 %)CRM
9126 (2.568 %)Agile Software Development
10120 (2.445 %)Operations Research
11115 (2.344 %)CAD
12108 (2.201 %)Data Modelling
1397 (1.977 %)OOP
1492 (1.875 %)Validation
1588 (1.793 %)Statistical Analysis
1677 (1.569 %)OOA/OOD
1775 (1.528 %)Business Analysis
1874 (1.508 %)CHAID
1967 (1.365 %)Business Intelligence
2062 (1.264 %)Econometrics
Programming Languages
11837 (37.44 %)C++
21205 (24.56 %)SQL
31140 (23.23 %)Java
4927 (18.89 %)C#
5861 (17.55 %)C
6326 (6.644 %)VB
7274 (5.584 %)VBA
8204 (4.157 %)JavaScript
9198 (4.035 %)Perl
10174 (3.546 %)VB.NET
11147 (2.996 %)PHP
12117 (2.384 %)VC++
12117 (2.384 %)Python
13100 (2.038 %)Delphi
1488 (1.793 %)Fortran
1576 (1.549 %)PL/SQL
1661 (1.243 %)SAS Macro
1757 (1.162 %)VB6
1852 (1.060 %)Transact-SQL
1933 (0.673 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
13059 (62.34 %)Degree
2422 (8.600 %)PhD
3112 (2.282 %)Microsoft Certification
457 (1.162 %)HND
555 (1.121 %)MCSD
653 (1.080 %)MCDBA
737 (0.754 %)Postgraduate
836 (0.734 %)Cisco Certification
935 (0.713 %)ISEB
935 (0.713 %)CCNA
1034 (0.693 %)MCSE
1123 (0.469 %)MCP
1220 (0.408 %)CCNP
1318 (0.367 %)HNC
1415 (0.306 %)MCSA
1512 (0.245 %)CNA
1512 (0.245 %)CNE
1512 (0.245 %)Novell Certification
1611 (0.224 %)CFA
1710 (0.204 %)CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1122 (2.486 %)QA
224 (0.489 %)SLA
313 (0.265 %)Basel II
45 (0.102 %)ISO9000
53 (0.061 %)ISO9001
53 (0.061 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.041 %)COBIT
71 (0.020 %)ISO17799
71 (0.020 %)GCP
71 (0.020 %)DICOM
System Software
140 (0.815 %)Active Directory
224 (0.489 %)NDS
39 (0.183 %)Samba
46 (0.122 %)VMware ESX
54 (0.082 %)Orbix
63 (0.061 %)Terminal Services
63 (0.061 %)Backup Exec
63 (0.061 %)AquaLogic
72 (0.041 %)Xen
81 (0.020 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
112 (0.245 %)AutoSys
29 (0.183 %)Nagios
32 (0.041 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.020 %)MOM
41 (0.020 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.020 %)MIMEsweeper
41 (0.020 %)SCOM
Vendors
1397 (8.090 %)Microsoft
2362 (7.377 %)Oracle
3106 (2.160 %)Sybase
484 (1.712 %)Cisco
549 (0.999 %)Business Objects
647 (0.958 %)Bloomberg
745 (0.917 %)IBM
844 (0.897 %)SAP
943 (0.876 %)Reuters
1031 (0.632 %)Murex
1129 (0.591 %)TIBCO
1228 (0.571 %)Mapinfo
1327 (0.550 %)Citrix
1423 (0.469 %)JD Edwards
1519 (0.387 %)Chordiant
1618 (0.367 %)Calypso
1717 (0.346 %)HP
1816 (0.326 %)VMware
1915 (0.306 %)Sun
2014 (0.285 %)Symbian
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