Mathematics Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Mathematics (Maths)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Mathematics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 22 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.63% 2.02% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 2.17% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% - -
South West median daily rate £700 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +30.23% - +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £6.57
Median hourly rate - - £7.85
75th Percentile - - £9.14
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £12.56 £75.00 £10.42
% change year-on-year -83.25% +619.77% -83.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 97 92 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 61.01% 92.93% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 66 91
10th Percentile £350 £223 £172
25th Percentile £375 £363 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +11.76% -14.14%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £634
90th Percentile £685 £681 £825
South West median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 38
10th Percentile £21.90 £14.86 £11.87
25th Percentile £22.79 £16.64 £13.69
Median hourly rate £71.00 £25.00 £15.47
Median % change year-on-year +184.00% +61.66% -72.53%
75th Percentile £72.54 £67.50 £54.33
90th Percentile £74.68 - £59.37
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +36.84% -22.76%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in Dorset

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 15 April 2026. 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
Poole - 1 £350 - 1
Mathematics
South West

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA