Mathematics Contracts in the East of England

Mathematics (Maths)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 30 79
Rank change year-on-year -17 +49 -26
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 43 97 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.95% 5.04% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 5.97% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £143 -
25th Percentile £450 £179 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £247 £525
Median % change year-on-year +102.74% -53.02% -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £320 £538
90th Percentile - £361 -
England median daily rate £725 £575 £700
% change year-on-year +26.09% -17.86% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 91 37
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.36
25th Percentile £14.95 £14.48 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £15.00 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% +9.81% -
75th Percentile £16.85 £16.85 £13.91
90th Percentile £18.85 - £65.00
England median hourly rate £15.44 £15.00 £14.64
% change year-on-year +2.93% +2.44% -2.42%

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 971 1,625 1,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.16% 84.46% 87.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 651 1,015
10th Percentile £211 £200 £229
25th Percentile £363 £313 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% -12.10% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £574 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 609 348
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +90.48% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.13 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.65 £70.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Mathematics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in the East of England

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in the East of England

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in the East of England

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 1 July 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
Cambridgeshire +2 40 - - 149
Essex +14 2 £500 +322.83% 72
Hertfordshire +12 1 - - 63
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 40 (93.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 40 (93.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (34.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) LabVIEW
General
1 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) German Language
3 3 (6.98%) Spanish Language
4 1 (2.33%) Hungarian Language
4 1 (2.33%) Law
4 1 (2.33%) Lithuanian Language
Job Titles
1 25 (58.14%) Analyst
1 25 (58.14%) Service Analyst
2 15 (34.88%) Service Desk Analyst
2 15 (34.88%) Technical Analyst
2 15 (34.88%) Technical Services Analyst
3 10 (23.26%) Customer Analyst
3 10 (23.26%) Customer Service Analyst
4 2 (4.65%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (95.35%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (93.02%) Customer Service
2 40 (93.02%) Incident Management
2 40 (93.02%) Service Delivery
3 15 (34.88%) ITIL
4 3 (6.98%) Mathematical Modelling
4 3 (6.98%) Software Engineering
5 2 (4.65%) Code Quality
5 2 (4.65%) Image Processing
6 1 (2.33%) Data Analysis
6 1 (2.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 1 (2.33%) Multithreading
6 1 (2.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.98%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.33%) C
2 1 (2.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) A+ Certification
1 15 (34.88%) MCSA
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (30.23%) Security Cleared
3 12 (27.91%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) QA
1 2 (4.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (34.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 40 (93.02%) Microsoft
2 15 (34.88%) Citrix
2 15 (34.88%) ServiceNow