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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 17 79
Rank change year-on-year -42 +62 -4
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 31 111 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.41% 7.35% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 9.00% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile - £125 £285
25th Percentile £450 £134 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £161 £398
Median % change year-on-year +210.27% -59.54% -27.59%
75th Percentile £588 £274 £474
90th Percentile £655 £446 £512
England median daily rate £678 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +35.50% -23.08% +6.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 96 31
10th Percentile - £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.84 £15.00 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.23 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -6.72% +18.81% -
75th Percentile £17.35 £16.85 £13.91
90th Percentile £18.85 - £62.50
England median hourly rate £16.23 £16.23 £13.66
% change year-on-year - +18.81% -60.97%

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 1,150 1,234 1,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.36% 81.72% 87.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 451 893
10th Percentile £200 £213 £233
25th Percentile £377 £308 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £580 £550 £625
90th Percentile £682 £638 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 391 358
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.42 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +92.43% -3.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

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
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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -13 23 - - 33
Essex +1 4 £500 +255.81% 16
Hertfordshire -6 4 - - 8
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (74.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 23 (74.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (9.68%) Simulink
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) LabVIEW
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) German Language
3 3 (9.68%) Law
4 2 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Spanish Language
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Analyst
1 13 (41.94%) Service Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Customer Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Customer Service Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Technical Services Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Administrator
5 1 (3.23%) Configuration Administrator
5 1 (3.23%) Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Python Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) R Developer
5 1 (3.23%) SAS Developer
5 1 (3.23%) SAS Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.23%) Credit Risk
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (90.32%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (74.19%) Customer Service
2 23 (74.19%) Incident Management
2 23 (74.19%) Service Delivery
3 7 (22.58%) Software Engineering
4 6 (19.35%) ITIL
4 6 (19.35%) Mathematical Modelling
5 3 (9.68%) Code Quality
5 3 (9.68%) Image Processing
5 3 (9.68%) Multithreading
6 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.45%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 2 (6.45%) Visualisation
7 1 (3.23%) Analytical Modelling
7 1 (3.23%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.23%) Decision-Making
7 1 (3.23%) Logistics
7 1 (3.23%) Statistics
7 1 (3.23%) System Testing
7 1 (3.23%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) MATLAB
2 3 (9.68%) C
2 3 (9.68%) C++
3 1 (3.23%) Java
3 1 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) R
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.81%) SC Cleared
3 6 (19.35%) A+ Certification
3 6 (19.35%) MCSA
3 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
1 3 (9.68%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (74.19%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) Citrix
2 6 (19.35%) ServiceNow