Mathematics Contracts in England

Mathematics (Maths)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 254 253
Rank change year-on-year +39 -1 +32
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 283 338 498
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.18% 0.93% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.08% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 158 291
10th Percentile £358 £326 £400
25th Percentile £500 £446 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £815 £772 £906
90th Percentile £1,028 £875 £1,025
UK median daily rate £700 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 124 63
10th Percentile £14.84 £11.77 £13.31
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.11 £14.84 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -23.86% +5.92%
75th Percentile £18.85 £16.85 £65.00
90th Percentile £29.00 £56.38 -
UK median hourly rate £16.17 £14.84 £19.49
% change year-on-year +8.96% -23.86% +2.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,900 31,359 43,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.26% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,297 20,563 30,348
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 2,244 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%
75th Percentile £61.69 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mathematics in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
London +28 162 £750 +17.65% 1,012
East of England -7 46 - - 151
South West +50 24 £550 -8.33% 156
South East +38 22 £365 -6.41% 438
North of England +23 16 £520 - 292
North West +17 13 £520 - 163
Midlands +12 5 £316 -42.55% 170
East Midlands - 4 £316 - 61
Yorkshire +9 3 £496 - 88
West Midlands +7 1 - - 108
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 30 (10.60%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.83%) Apache
2 8 (2.83%) GemFire
2 8 (2.83%) Oracle Coherence
3 2 (0.71%) Confluence
3 2 (0.71%) SAS
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.35%) Luigi
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 81 (28.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (21.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.71%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Bankmaster
2 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.20%) Azure
2 43 (15.19%) AWS
3 21 (7.42%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (4.95%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.83%) GCP
7 6 (2.12%) GitHub
8 4 (1.41%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (1.41%) Azure AI
8 4 (1.41%) Google Gemini
9 3 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.06%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.71%) Google Docs
10 2 (0.71%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.71%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.71%) Serverless
11 1 (0.35%) Amazon SageMaker
11 1 (0.35%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.42%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.35%) Internet
2 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.35%) tcpdump
2 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.07%) Hadoop
2 16 (5.65%) Relational Database
3 15 (5.30%) Big Data
4 14 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.95%) Power BI
4 14 (4.95%) Tableau
5 12 (4.24%) Redis
6 11 (3.89%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.12%) Apache Hive
7 6 (2.12%) Data Mining
7 6 (2.12%) Metadata
8 4 (1.41%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.41%) QGIS
9 3 (1.06%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.06%) GIS
9 3 (1.06%) MySQL
9 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.06%) Power Query
10 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.71%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 27 (9.54%) Git
2 8 (2.83%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.12%) Selenium
4 4 (1.41%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.06%) JIRA
6 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.71%) MLflow
7 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
7 1 (0.35%) JUnit
7 1 (0.35%) Maven
7 1 (0.35%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.35%) Mockito
7 1 (0.35%) NetBeans
7 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 115 (40.64%) Finance
2 111 (39.22%) Social Skills
3 74 (26.15%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (20.85%) Banking
5 45 (15.90%) Investment Banking
6 25 (8.83%) Front Office
7 11 (3.89%) Marketing
8 10 (3.53%) German Language
9 9 (3.18%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.77%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.77%) Games
10 5 (1.77%) Legal
10 5 (1.77%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.06%) Electronics
12 3 (1.06%) Hungarian Language
12 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 90 (31.80%) Developer
2 59 (20.85%) Analyst
3 33 (11.66%) Senior
4 31 (10.95%) Data Scientist
4 31 (10.95%) Service Analyst
5 27 (9.54%) Java Developer
6 25 (8.83%) Quantitative Developer
7 23 (8.13%) Desktop Engineer
7 23 (8.13%) Desktop Support
7 23 (8.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 23 (8.13%) Support Engineer
8 21 (7.42%) Service Desk Analyst
9 19 (6.71%) Python Developer
10 18 (6.36%) Technical Analyst
10 18 (6.36%) Technical Services Analyst
11 16 (5.65%) C# Developer
12 15 (5.30%) Lead
12 15 (5.30%) Senior Developer
13 13 (4.59%) Lead Developer
13 13 (4.59%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.42%) Pandas
2 19 (6.71%) AngularJS
3 17 (6.01%) Kafka
4 16 (5.65%) NumPy
5 15 (5.30%) TensorFlow
6 14 (4.95%) SciPy
7 12 (4.24%) .NET
7 12 (4.24%) ActiveMQ
7 12 (4.24%) FastAPI
8 11 (3.89%) Flask
8 11 (3.89%) Polars
8 11 (3.89%) React
8 11 (3.89%) Vue
9 10 (3.53%) PySpark
10 9 (3.18%) PyTorch
11 8 (2.83%) ASP.NET
11 8 (2.83%) Spark Streaming
12 6 (2.12%) WPF
13 5 (1.77%) scikit-learn
13 5 (1.77%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.13%) Algorithms
2 35 (12.37%) Derivative
3 23 (8.13%) Driving Licence
4 22 (7.77%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (6.71%) Market Risk
6 18 (6.36%) Equities
7 16 (5.65%) Distributed Computing
8 13 (4.59%) Hedge funds
9 12 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (3.53%) Equity Derivative
11 9 (3.18%) Multi-touch
12 8 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (2.47%) Management Information System
14 6 (2.12%) Cloud Native
14 6 (2.12%) Credit Risk
15 5 (1.77%) Animation
16 4 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
17 3 (1.06%) Fixed Income
17 3 (1.06%) FMCG
17 3 (1.06%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.95%) Linux
2 2 (0.71%) Unix
3 1 (0.35%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (43.46%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (25.44%) Computer Science
3 54 (19.08%) Customer Service
4 52 (18.37%) Service Delivery
5 50 (17.67%) Data Science
5 50 (17.67%) Statistics
6 49 (17.31%) Incident Management
7 46 (16.25%) Analytics
7 46 (16.25%) Machine Learning
7 46 (16.25%) Risk Management
8 41 (14.49%) CI/CD
8 41 (14.49%) Data Analysis
9 38 (13.43%) Software Engineering
10 36 (12.72%) Agile
11 34 (12.01%) Artificial Intelligence
12 32 (11.31%) Decision-Making
13 28 (9.89%) Data Modelling
13 28 (9.89%) DevOps
14 26 (9.19%) Data Pipeline
14 26 (9.19%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 139 (49.12%) Python
2 63 (22.26%) SQL
3 54 (19.08%) Java
4 44 (15.55%) C++
5 29 (10.25%) C#
6 26 (9.19%) R
7 12 (4.24%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.24%) Rust
8 4 (1.41%) Haskell
8 4 (1.41%) Scala
8 4 (1.41%) VBA
9 3 (1.06%) C
9 3 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.71%) Bash
10 2 (0.71%) Go
10 2 (0.71%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.71%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (38.87%) Degree
2 43 (15.19%) Security Cleared
3 42 (14.84%) Numerate Degree
4 41 (14.49%) SC Cleared
5 29 (10.25%) Master's Degree
6 23 (8.13%) Dell Certification
7 21 (7.42%) A+ Certification
7 21 (7.42%) MCSA
7 21 (7.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (6.71%) PhD
9 13 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.71%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.35%) CISSP
11 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.48%) SLA
2 17 (6.01%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.59%) QA
4 3 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.71%) Basel II
5 2 (0.71%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.35%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.35%) MISRA
6 1 (0.35%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
6 1 (0.35%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (7.42%) Active Directory
1 21 (7.42%) Docker
2 8 (2.83%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 17 (6.01%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.77%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.35%) Nessus
3 1 (0.35%) OpenVAS
3 1 (0.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 83 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.48%) ServiceNow
3 23 (8.13%) Dell
3 23 (8.13%) HP
4 21 (7.42%) Citrix
5 10 (3.53%) Oracle
6 8 (2.83%) Databricks
7 7 (2.47%) Google
8 4 (1.41%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.71%) SAP
9 2 (0.71%) Spotify
9 2 (0.71%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.35%) Ariba
10 1 (0.35%) Carbon Black
10 1 (0.35%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.35%) IBM
10 1 (0.35%) QNX
10 1 (0.35%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.35%) Siebel
10 1 (0.35%) Siemens