Numerical Analysis Contracts in England

Numerical Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Numerical Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Numerical Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 537 650
Rank change year-on-year +59 +113 +127
Contract jobs citing Numerical Analysis 7 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.016% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £781 - £420
25th Percentile £809 £825 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £850 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.91% +88.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £969 £900 £500
90th Percentile £1,003 £930 £530
UK median daily rate £875 £850 £450
% change year-on-year +2.91% +88.89% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Numerical Analysis 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Numerical Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Numerical Analysis in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Numerical Analysis in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Numerical Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Numerical Analysis in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Numerical Analysis in England

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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 Numerical Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +40 7 £875 +2.91% 9
Numerical Analysis
UK

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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 1 (14.29%) SAS
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 7 (100.00%) Banking
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Investment Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Quantitative Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Qualitative Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Quantitative Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Quantitative Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Credit Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analyst Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Derivative
1 5 (71.43%) Equity Derivative
2 4 (57.14%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (42.86%) Equities
4 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
4 1 (14.29%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Mathematics
1 6 (85.71%) Quantitative Finance
2 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
2 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Physics
3 3 (42.86%) PnL Attribution
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Black-Scholes
5 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Data Management
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Mathematical Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Statistics
5 1 (14.29%) Stochastic Volatility
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google