Mathematics Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Mathematics (Maths)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Mathematics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -33 +11 +27
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 6 68 32
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.58% 18.58% 6.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 22.22% 7.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £560 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.11% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £163 £336
% change year-on-year +207.13% -51.51% -38.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 64 31
10th Percentile - £15.18 -
25th Percentile - £15.62 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +18.81% -
75th Percentile £18.85 £16.85 £14.16
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £13.66
% change year-on-year -1.42% +18.81% -57.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 330 306 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 87.07% 83.61% 90.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 107 155
10th Percentile £301 £279 £206
25th Percentile £406 £340 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +1.60%
75th Percentile £625 £553 £561
90th Percentile £700 £618 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 87 193
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.37 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £23.58 £21.46 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £41.70 £29.95
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -16.00% +25.00% -4.76%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mathematics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Mathematics job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Mathematics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Mathematics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Peterborough -9 5 - - 4
Cambridge -8 1 £425 -24.11% 19
Mathematics
East of England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Polish Language
3 2 (33.33%) Spanish Language
4 1 (16.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Services Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) NumPy
1 1 (16.67%) SciPy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (50.00%) MCSA
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow