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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 38 52
Rank change year-on-year -60 +14 +26
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 8 49 64
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.44% 4.61% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 5.33% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £441 - £278
25th Percentile £484 £181 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £188 £388
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -51.61% -33.19%
75th Percentile £634 £194 £431
90th Percentile £674 - £548
England median daily rate £650 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -20.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 33 53
10th Percentile - £14.99 £13.41
25th Percentile - £15.62 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +14.62% +3.66%
75th Percentile - £16.85 £15.12
90th Percentile - £21.46 £16.20
England median hourly rate £17.50 £16.23 £14.22
% change year-on-year +7.83% +14.18% -72.92%

All Process & 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 1,468 919 1,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 80.39% 86.37% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 455 809
10th Percentile £196 £247 £250
25th Percentile £350 £397 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £695 £713
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 444 151 492
10th Percentile £14.01 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.35 £19.63 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.52 £50.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -58.96% +34.23% +21.32%
75th Percentile £61.82 £70.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £34.25
% change year-on-year -21.43% +2.19% -2.14%

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 25 February 2026.

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 25 February 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
Cambridgeshire -28 4 £425 - 17
Hertfordshire -31 2 - - 9
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 3
Essex - 1 £700 - 9
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 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Polish Language
3 2 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) IT Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Service Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Services Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) R Developer
3 1 (12.50%) SAS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) SAS Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) NumPy
1 1 (12.50%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) ASIC
1 2 (25.00%) FPGA
1 2 (25.00%) Verilog
1 2 (25.00%) VHDL
2 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) Physics
3 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Modelling
5 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (12.50%) Mechatronics
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (12.50%) Scorecard
5 1 (12.50%) Statistics
5 1 (12.50%) System Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) R
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) A+ Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) MCSA
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Citrix
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow