Mathematics Contracts in Essex

Mathematics (Maths)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 21 38
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Mathematics 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.59% 1.56% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 1.89% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £123 -
25th Percentile £450 £129 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £141 £525
Median % change year-on-year +255.81% -73.23% -8.70%
75th Percentile £550 £152 £538
90th Percentile - £158 -
East of England median daily rate £500 £161 £398
% change year-on-year +210.27% -59.54% -27.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 106 106 219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 91.38% 82.81% 82.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 47 137
10th Percentile £199 £182 £210
25th Percentile £309 £263 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.36% -30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £491 £525 £575
90th Percentile £538 £575 £647
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 30 17
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.60 £21.77
25th Percentile - £29.17 £24.62
Median hourly rate £18.87 £75.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -74.84% +71.90% +9.08%
75th Percentile £42.46 £80.00 £76.00
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.70
East of England median hourly rate £31.57 £41.25 £19.81
% change year-on-year -23.48% +108.23% -3.37%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in Essex

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Mathematics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Mathematics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) LabVIEW
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematical Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance