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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 37 30
Rank change year-on-year -62 -7 +42
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 17 46 95
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.76% 4.85% 4.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 5.37% 5.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 5
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile £153 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £228 - £400
90th Percentile - - £520
England median daily rate £550 £725 £600
% change year-on-year -24.14% +20.83% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 33 86
10th Percentile - £14.84 -
25th Percentile - £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £12.60 £15.14 £14.84
Median % change year-on-year -16.78% +2.02% +8.64%
75th Percentile - £16.85 £16.20
90th Percentile - £18.85 £16.85
England median hourly rate £19.03 £16.11 £14.92
% change year-on-year +18.13% +7.98% -23.45%

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 1,757 857 1,613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.79% 90.40% 84.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 879 458 667
10th Percentile £200 £225 £200
25th Percentile £375 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 169 617
10th Percentile £14.47 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.30 £15.39
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.04% -1.70% +81.82%
75th Percentile £66.00 £72.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £84.20 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

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
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 26 May 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 -18 10 £183 - 20
Hertfordshire - 5 £200 - 10
Norfolk - 1 - - 3
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 5
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
1 1 (5.88%) Local Government
1 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (5.88%) Administrator
1 1 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (5.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (5.88%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.88%) Agile
2 1 (5.88%) Data Entry
2 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
2 1 (5.88%) Logistics
2 1 (5.88%) Physics
2 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
2 1 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (5.88%) Validation
2 1 (5.88%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (5.88%) Workflow
2 1 (5.88%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) DBS Check
2 3 (17.65%) Degree