Mathematics Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Mathematics (Maths)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Mathematics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 23 69
Rank change year-on-year -69 +46 +22
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 12 75 40
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.74% 6.65% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 7.89% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £420 £147 £249
25th Percentile £431 £157 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £175 £388
Median % change year-on-year +185.47% -54.80% -29.55%
75th Percentile £625 £285 £431
90th Percentile £670 £450 £548
England median daily rate £650 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +23.81% -12.50% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 53 31
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £15.59 £15.62 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +18.81% -60.97%
75th Percentile - £16.85 £14.16
90th Percentile - £21.46 -
England median hourly rate £26.96 £16.23 £14.16
% change year-on-year +66.10% +14.62% -75.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,362 950 1,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.33% 84.22% 86.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 405 793
10th Percentile £198 £241 £225
25th Percentile £363 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £681 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 187 356
10th Percentile £14.09 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.16
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +65.45% -5.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.90 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the East of England

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mathematics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in the East of England

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mathematics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Hertfordshire -33 5 - - 52
Cambridgeshire -31 4 £425 -24.11% 48
Essex -1 2 £600 +268.55% 26
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 16
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (16.67%) Simulink
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Law
2 3 (25.00%) Polish Language
3 2 (16.67%) Electronics
3 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Technical Services Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Configuration Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Python Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Python Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) R Developer
3 1 (8.33%) SAS Developer
3 1 (8.33%) SAS Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) NumPy
1 1 (8.33%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) ASIC
1 2 (16.67%) FPGA
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (16.67%) Verilog
1 2 (16.67%) VHDL
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 3 (25.00%) Mathematical Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) Physics
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (16.67%) Multithreading
6 1 (8.33%) Analytical Modelling
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (8.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 1 (8.33%) Image Processing
6 1 (8.33%) Mechatronics
6 1 (8.33%) Statistics
6 1 (8.33%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (16.67%) C
2 2 (16.67%) C++
2 2 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) R
3 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) A+ Certification
2 3 (25.00%) MCSA
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
1 1 (8.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Citrix
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow