Mathematics Contracts in the Midlands

Mathematics (Maths)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 125 148
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 +44
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 5 8 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.29% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.35% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 12
10th Percentile £122 £219 £375
25th Percentile £192 £359 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -42.55% +37.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £324 £608 £431
90th Percentile - £610 £568
England median daily rate £725 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £16.11 £15.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - -
England median hourly rate £16.23 £14.80 £19.49
% change year-on-year +9.66% -24.06% +25.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in the Midlands

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in the Midlands

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in the Midlands

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in the Midlands

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
East Midlands - 4 £316 - 110
West Midlands +7 1 - - 117
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (20.00%) NetBeans
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Games
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Animator
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (20.00%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Animation
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Game Development
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Dell Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (20.00%) MISRA
1 1 (20.00%) MISRA C
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
1 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) QNX