Mathematics Contracts in Berkshire

Mathematics (Maths)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Mathematics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mathematics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 109 104
Rank change year-on-year +30 -5 +5
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 14 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.19% 0.76% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 0.85% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £204 £187 £504
25th Percentile £315 £264 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £323 £550
Median % change year-on-year +55.04% -41.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £563 £354 £589
90th Percentile £600 £370 £614
South East median daily rate £368 £380 £625
% change year-on-year -3.29% -39.20% +60.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £14.08 £7.43 £19.98
% change year-on-year +89.43% -62.81% +2.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Mathematics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Mathematics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in Berkshire

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in Berkshire

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in Berkshire

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in Berkshire

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham +1 12 £563 - 2
Reading +22 1 £130 - 34
Mathematics
South East

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (14.29%) LightWave 3D
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Selenium
General
1 3 (21.43%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
1 2 (14.29%) IT Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Test Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Trainee
2 1 (7.14%) Trainee Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Algorithms
2 6 (42.86%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (57.14%) Data Modelling
2 8 (57.14%) Exploratory Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Optimization Problems
2 8 (57.14%) Scenario Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 7 (50.00%) Data Collection
4 6 (42.86%) Functional Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Agile
5 4 (28.57%) Physics
6 3 (21.43%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 2 (14.29%) ITIL
7 2 (14.29%) Use Case
8 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
8 1 (7.14%) Operations Research
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) Python
2 6 (42.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
1 6 (42.86%) Master's Degree
2 2 (14.29%) A+ Certification
2 2 (14.29%) MCSA
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PhD
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) OpenAI
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce