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 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 329 349
Rank change year-on-year -24 +20 +122
Contract jobs citing Numerate Degree 19 34 46
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.94% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 21 36
10th Percentile £448 £400 £342
25th Percentile £875 £413 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,050 £789 £712
Median % change year-on-year +33.08% +10.81% +5.48%
75th Percentile - £850 £800
90th Percentile - £863 £800
England median daily rate £1,050 £723 £712
% change year-on-year +45.33% +1.47% +7.47%

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 4,224 3,616 4,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.45% 25.82% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,951 2,249 2,976
10th Percentile £363 £353 £331
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £657
90th Percentile £750 £775 £771
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 61 103
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% -2.50% -0.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £65.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £85.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%

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 18 January 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
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Numerate Degree within the London region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
Central London +1 1 £750 -25.00% 2
Numerate Degree
England

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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (5.26%) Endur
1 1 (5.26%) IntelliMatch
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Mart
1 1 (5.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 18 (94.74%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Front Office
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Financial Institution
5 2 (10.53%) Back Office
5 2 (10.53%) Banking
5 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Developer
2 9 (47.37%) C++ Developer
3 8 (42.11%) Senior
3 8 (42.11%) Senior C++ Developer
3 8 (42.11%) Senior Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Python Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Murex Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Front Office Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Graduate
6 1 (5.26%) Management Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (5.26%) React Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Management Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) React
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) JSON
2 1 (5.26%) Murex MxML
2 1 (5.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (78.95%) Derivative
2 12 (63.16%) Algorithms
2 12 (63.16%) Equity Derivative
3 11 (57.89%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (57.89%) Equities
4 2 (10.53%) Fixed Income
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
5 1 (5.26%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (5.26%) Grid Computing
5 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Mathematics
2 15 (78.95%) Quantitative Finance
2 15 (78.95%) Risk Management
3 13 (68.42%) CI/CD
4 8 (42.11%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (26.32%) Physics
7 3 (15.79%) Agile
7 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
7 3 (15.79%) Economics
7 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
7 3 (15.79%) Validation
8 2 (10.53%) Analytics
8 2 (10.53%) Design Patterns
8 2 (10.53%) Model Validation
8 2 (10.53%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (5.26%) Architectural Patterns
9 1 (5.26%) Business Strategy
9 1 (5.26%) Containerisation
9 1 (5.26%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) C++
2 13 (68.42%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
4 1 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Postgraduate
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) SLA
2 2 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Murex
2 1 (5.26%) Bloomberg
2 1 (5.26%) FIS