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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 16 83
Rank change year-on-year -52 +67 -1
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 27 99 38
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.93% 6.91% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 8.52% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £428 £127 £288
25th Percentile £450 £140 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £163 £400
Median % change year-on-year +207.13% -59.30% -27.27%
75th Percentile £550 £194 £463
90th Percentile £640 £414 £500
England median daily rate £625 £488 £650
% change year-on-year +28.21% -25.00% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 77 33
10th Percentile £14.84 £15.00 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.62 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.57 £16.23 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% +18.81% -
75th Percentile £18.14 £16.85 £14.16
90th Percentile £18.85 - £56.90
England median hourly rate £18.85 £16.23 £14.16
% change year-on-year +16.14% +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 1,256 1,162 1,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.84% 81.09% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 457 900
10th Percentile £200 £217 £224
25th Percentile £375 £318 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £569 £613
90th Percentile £681 £647 £726
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 268 377
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £13.73
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.42 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.11% +42.10% -4.76%
75th Percentile £58.63 £62.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £69.13 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +28.57%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 -24 16 £425 -24.11% 27
Hertfordshire -20 6 - - 40
Essex +4 4 £500 +255.81% 14
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 3
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 (3.70%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (11.11%) Simulink
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) LabVIEW
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Law
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) German Language
3 3 (11.11%) Polish Language
4 2 (7.41%) Electronics
4 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Spanish Language
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Analyst
1 10 (37.04%) Service Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Technical Services Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Software Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Customer Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Customer Service Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Verification Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Configuration Administrator
7 1 (3.70%) Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Python Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Python Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Python Software Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) R Developer
7 1 (3.70%) SAS Developer
7 1 (3.70%) SAS Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) NumPy
1 1 (3.70%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 2 (7.41%) ASIC
2 2 (7.41%) FPGA
2 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (7.41%) Verilog
2 2 (7.41%) VHDL
3 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (59.26%) Customer Service
3 15 (55.56%) Incident Management
3 15 (55.56%) Service Delivery
4 8 (29.63%) Software Engineering
5 6 (22.22%) ITIL
5 6 (22.22%) Mathematical Modelling
6 3 (11.11%) Code Quality
6 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 3 (11.11%) Image Processing
6 3 (11.11%) Multithreading
6 3 (11.11%) Physics
7 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
7 2 (7.41%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 2 (7.41%) Visualisation
8 1 (3.70%) Analytical Modelling
8 1 (3.70%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (3.70%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) MATLAB
2 3 (11.11%) C
2 3 (11.11%) C++
3 2 (7.41%) Python
4 1 (3.70%) Java
4 1 (3.70%) R
4 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) A+ Certification
1 6 (22.22%) MCSA
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) QA
1 3 (11.11%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) Citrix
2 6 (22.22%) ServiceNow