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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 312 354
Rank change year-on-year -72 +42 +116
Contract jobs citing Numerate Degree 16 44 40
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.092% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 1.35% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 35 37
10th Percentile £371 - £305
25th Percentile £575 £725 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,050 £750 £767
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -2.22% +6.16%
75th Percentile - £863 £875
90th Percentile - £1,040 £950
England median daily rate £1,050 £750 £712
% change year-on-year +40.00% +5.34% +35.62%

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 5,007 3,249 4,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.83% 25.58% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,581 2,200 2,929
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £438 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £750 £753 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 60 121
10th Percentile £20.87 £19.20 £14.27
25th Percentile £25.42 £22.27 £20.98
Median hourly rate £38.54 £30.67 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year +25.65% +16.89% -35.21%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.58 £67.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £50.00 £39.96
% change year-on-year -6.00% +25.13% -20.08%

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 April 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (6.25%) IntelliMatch
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) GitHub
1 1 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 15 (93.75%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
3 3 (18.75%) Front Office
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Aviation
5 1 (6.25%) Back Office
5 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) C++ Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
2 6 (37.50%) Senior C++ Developer
2 6 (37.50%) Senior Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Python Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Murex Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack C# Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Graduate
5 1 (6.25%) Management Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Risk Management Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
1 1 (6.25%) Murex MxML
1 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Derivative
2 9 (56.25%) Algorithms
2 9 (56.25%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (56.25%) Equities
2 9 (56.25%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 12 (75.00%) Quantitative Finance
2 12 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 9 (56.25%) CI/CD
4 7 (43.75%) Data Pipeline
5 5 (31.25%) Physics
6 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (18.75%) Economics
7 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
7 3 (18.75%) Validation
8 2 (12.50%) AI
8 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 2 (12.50%) Model Validation
8 2 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (6.25%) Backtesting
9 1 (6.25%) Exploratory Data Analysis
9 1 (6.25%) Front End Development
9 1 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
9 1 (6.25%) Probability Theory
9 1 (6.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) C++
1 11 (68.75%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) R
4 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Postgraduate
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
2 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Murex
2 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg
2 1 (6.25%) FIS