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 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 330 367
Rank change year-on-year -29 +37 +144
Contract jobs citing Numerate Degree 20 43 56
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.28% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 1.09% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 30 44
10th Percentile £743 £309 £454
25th Percentile - £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -1.67% -13.37%
75th Percentile £1,050 £850 £800
90th Percentile - - £800
England median daily rate £750 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +50.00% -9.09% -15.38%

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 3,787 3,961 4,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.48% 25.36% 23.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,597 2,522 3,167
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £650 £675
90th Percentile £741 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 55 100
10th Percentile £19.46 £20.20 £18.99
25th Percentile - £31.44 £21.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.99% -21.30% +18.33%
75th Percentile £41.56 £64.13 £69.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.54 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 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
Central London +3 1 £750 +15.38% 13
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:

Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) AWS
2 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (40.00%) Redis
2 1 (5.00%) Data Mart
2 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (55.00%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Banking
2 9 (45.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Front Office
4 2 (10.00%) Back Office
5 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Developer
2 8 (40.00%) Java Developer
2 8 (40.00%) Lead
2 8 (40.00%) Lead Developer
2 8 (40.00%) Lead Java Developer
3 5 (25.00%) C++ Developer
4 4 (20.00%) Quantitative Developer
4 4 (20.00%) Senior
4 4 (20.00%) Senior C++ Developer
4 4 (20.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Endur Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Front Office Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Murex Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) OpenLink Architect
5 1 (5.00%) React Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (40.00%) ActiveMQ
1 8 (40.00%) Kafka
2 2 (10.00%) React
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (5.00%) JSON
3 1 (5.00%) Murex MxML
3 1 (5.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Derivative
2 8 (40.00%) Equity Derivative
3 7 (35.00%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (35.00%) Equities
4 5 (25.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (5.00%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (5.00%) Fixed Income
5 1 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (5.00%) Grid Computing
5 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Mathematics
2 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (50.00%) Agile
3 10 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 10 (50.00%) Economics
4 9 (45.00%) CI/CD
4 9 (45.00%) DevOps
4 9 (45.00%) Risk Management
4 9 (45.00%) TDD
5 8 (40.00%) Architectural Design
5 8 (40.00%) BDD
6 7 (35.00%) Data Pipeline
7 6 (30.00%) Quantitative Finance
8 3 (15.00%) Physics
9 2 (10.00%) Design Patterns
10 1 (5.00%) Architectural Patterns
10 1 (5.00%) Business Strategy
10 1 (5.00%) Collateral Management
10 1 (5.00%) Containerisation
10 1 (5.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) Java
2 8 (40.00%) C++
2 8 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) C#
3 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Ansible
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Murex