The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mathematics in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mathematics (Maths)
Rank 94 86 71
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -15
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 3 12 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.239% 1.019% 1.479%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.909% 4.110% 4.373%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 15
Average salary £35,000 £32,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37% +8.47%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,880
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.05%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
330 292 343
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.34% 24.79% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 301 232 324
Average salary £36,400 £35,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Mathematics Salary Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales -10 1 £37,500 +17.18%
West Wales - 1 £32,500 -
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 10 (83.33%) Degree
2 7 (58.33%) Physics
3 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) .NET
3 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) Electronics
4 4 (33.33%) Wireless
4 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 4 (33.33%) C
4 4 (33.33%) C#
4 4 (33.33%) C++
4 4 (33.33%) HTML
4 4 (33.33%) Java
5 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (25.00%) LDAP
5 3 (25.00%) Bluetooth
5 3 (25.00%) GPRS
5 3 (25.00%) UMTS
5 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 3 (25.00%) Fortran
5 3 (25.00%) HTTP
5 3 (25.00%) SNMP
5 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (25.00%) SSH
5 3 (25.00%) Marketing
5 3 (25.00%) TELNET
5 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 3 (25.00%) Assembly Language
5 3 (25.00%) Firmware
5 3 (25.00%) Multithreading

Mathematics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) HTML
3 3 (25.00%) Ajax
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
4 1 (8.333%) LAMP
4 1 (8.333%) Zend Framework
4 1 (8.333%) jQuery
4 1 (8.333%) Smarty
4 1 (8.333%) HTML5
4 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (8.333%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (8.333%) Apache
2 1 (8.333%) CMS
2 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Wireless
2 3 (25.00%) LDAP
2 3 (25.00%) Bluetooth
2 3 (25.00%) GPRS
2 3 (25.00%) UMTS
2 3 (25.00%) WAN
2 3 (25.00%) HTTP
2 3 (25.00%) SNMP
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (25.00%) SSH
2 3 (25.00%) TELNET
2 3 (25.00%) HSPA
2 3 (25.00%) ZigBee
3 1 (8.333%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Subversion
1 1 (8.333%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (41.67%) Electronics
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.333%) Aerospace
4 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Development Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Sales Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Sales Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Development Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) PHP Developer
4 1 (8.333%) IT Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Physics
2 3 (25.00%) Firmware
3 2 (16.67%) Statistics
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
4 1 (8.333%) Life Science
4 1 (8.333%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (25.00%) System Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Market Research
3 2 (16.67%) Finite Element Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) MVC
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) B2B
4 1 (8.333%) OOP
4 1 (8.333%) OO
4 1 (8.333%) CRM
4 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) Content Management
4 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.333%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Web Development
4 1 (8.333%) Operations Management
4 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
4 1 (8.333%) Information Security
4 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) C
2 4 (33.33%) C#
2 4 (33.33%) C++
2 4 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (25.00%) Fortran
3 3 (25.00%) Assembly Language
4 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.333%) PHP
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
4 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
4 1 (8.333%) Embedded C++
4 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) HNC
2 2 (16.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
1 1 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Atmel
2 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Cognos
2 1 (8.333%) Open Text
2 1 (8.333%) RedDot
2 1 (8.333%) VMware
2 1 (8.333%) Veeam
2 1 (8.333%) Zend