Numerate Degree Contract Job Trends in London

Numerate Degree (Degree in Mathematics)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Numerate Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 311 348
Rank change year-on-year -93 +37 +108
Contract jobs citing Numerate Degree 14 44 37
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.078% 0.35% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 1.38% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 37 36
10th Percentile £575 £725 £306
25th Percentile £663 £745 £614
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,050 £750 £800
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £874 £913
90th Percentile - £1,050 £950
England median daily rate £1,050 £750 £712
% change year-on-year +40.00% +5.34% +46.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Numerate Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,084 3,200 4,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.24% 25.80% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,635 2,158 2,817
10th Percentile £363 £356 £325
25th Percentile £445 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £740 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 57 107
10th Percentile £20.61 £16.78 £14.17
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.27 £19.74
Median hourly rate £54.50 £29.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.48% +16.28% -47.37%
75th Percentile £76.58 £56.25 £42.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £72.61 £64.25
England median hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -23.81%

Numerate Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Numerate Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Numerate Degree job vacancy trend in London

Numerate Degree
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Numerate Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Numerate Degree

Numerate Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Numerate Degree in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Numerate Degree in London

Numerate Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Numerate Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Numerate Degree

Numerate Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (7.14%) IntelliMatch
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub Copilot
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 2 (14.29%) Front Office
6 1 (7.14%) Aviation
6 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
6 1 (7.14%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) C++ Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior
3 4 (28.57%) Senior C++ Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Python Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Angular Developer
6 1 (7.14%) C# Developer
6 1 (7.14%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Data Scientist
6 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Graduate Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Graduate Management Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Murex Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) SQL Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) AngularJS
1 1 (7.14%) PyTorch
1 1 (7.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Derivative
2 7 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 7 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (50.00%) Equities
2 7 (50.00%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (7.14%) Credit Derivative
3 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Unix
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 10 (71.43%) Quantitative Finance
3 9 (64.29%) Risk Management
4 8 (57.14%) CI/CD
5 6 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (28.57%) Physics
7 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
7 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (14.29%) AI
8 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 2 (14.29%) Economics
8 2 (14.29%) Model Validation
8 2 (14.29%) Validation
9 1 (7.14%) Agile
9 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
9 1 (7.14%) Data Management
9 1 (7.14%) Feature Engineering
9 1 (7.14%) Generative AI
9 1 (7.14%) Project Management
9 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) C++
2 9 (64.29%) Python
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 2 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.14%) R
5 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
2 2 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Bloomberg
1 1 (7.14%) FIS
1 1 (7.14%) Murex