Mathematics Contract Job Trends in the South West

Mathematics (Maths)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Mathematics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 118 134
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -2
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 19 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.82% 0.52% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.60% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 8
10th Percentile - £350 £463
25th Percentile £170 £350 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £598
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -24.69% -8.08%
75th Percentile £994 £550 £669
90th Percentile £1,038 £565 £791
England median daily rate £625 £516 £625
% change year-on-year +21.07% -17.40% -9.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £48.87 - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +422.28% -77.91%
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile £74.25 - -
England median hourly rate £26.96 £16.23 £14.16
% change year-on-year +66.10% +14.62% -75.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,945 1,839 2,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.73% 86.83% 86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,134 1,716
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £412 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £729 £719
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 127 268
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.15 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.75 £45.75
Median hourly rate £31.25 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mathematics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the South West

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mathematics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the South West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in the South West

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mathematics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mathematics in the South West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Mathematics in the South West

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Bristol -1 10 £185 -47.18% 27
Wiltshire -9 6 £992 +120.44% 10
Devon +10 1 - - 3
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 16
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (31.58%) Simulink
1 6 (31.58%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Looker
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
1 1 (5.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Rational DOORS
1 6 (31.58%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 6 (31.58%) Aerospace
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Aviation
4 3 (15.79%) Military
5 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (5.26%) Analyst
1 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
1 1 (5.26%) Head of Strategy
1 1 (5.26%) Information Officer
1 1 (5.26%) Lead
1 1 (5.26%) Python Engineer
1 1 (5.26%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (5.26%) Scientific Software Engineer
1 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
1 1 (5.26%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) OpenMP
1 1 (5.26%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Computer Science
2 7 (36.84%) Analytics
2 7 (36.84%) Data Science
3 6 (31.58%) AI
3 6 (31.58%) Data Analytics
3 6 (31.58%) Data Governance
3 6 (31.58%) Data Strategy
3 6 (31.58%) Requirements Management
4 5 (26.32%) Agile
4 5 (26.32%) Data Management
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) Storytelling
4 5 (26.32%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (21.05%) Coaching
5 4 (21.05%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (21.05%) Critical Thinking
5 4 (21.05%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 4 (21.05%) Integration Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Systems Thinking
5 4 (21.05%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) C
1 7 (36.84%) Fortran
2 6 (31.58%) Ada
2 6 (31.58%) MATLAB
3 2 (10.53%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) C++
4 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Security Cleared
2 11 (57.89%) SC Cleared
3 10 (52.63%) Degree
4 3 (15.79%) DBS Check
5 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) MathWorks
2 1 (5.26%) ForgeRock
2 1 (5.26%) Micro Focus
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) NetIQ
2 1 (5.26%) Okta