Mathematics Contracts in the Thames Valley

Mathematics (Maths)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 87 130 134
Rank change year-on-year +43 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 15 15 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.99% 0.56% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.64% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile £204 £187 £341
25th Percentile £315 £264 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £323 £525
Median % change year-on-year +55.04% -38.57% +31.25%
75th Percentile £563 £354 £575
90th Percentile £600 £370 £598
South East median daily rate £368 £380 £625
% change year-on-year -3.29% -39.20% +60.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.08
Median hourly rate £14.30 - £28.16
75th Percentile - - £30.24
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £14.08 £7.43 £19.98
% change year-on-year +89.43% -62.81% +2.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in the Thames Valley

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in the Thames Valley

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in the Thames Valley

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in the Thames Valley

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +30 14 £500 +55.04% 70
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 40
Mathematics
South East

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (13.33%) LightWave 3D
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (13.33%) Analyst
1 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
1 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
1 2 (13.33%) Service Analyst
1 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (6.67%) Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (6.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Test Consultant
2 1 (6.67%) Trainee
2 1 (6.67%) Trainee Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Algorithms
2 6 (40.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Data Modelling
2 8 (53.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 8 (53.33%) Optimization Problems
2 8 (53.33%) Scenario Testing
2 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
3 7 (46.67%) Data Collection
4 6 (40.00%) Functional Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Agile
5 4 (26.67%) Physics
6 3 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
7 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
7 2 (13.33%) ITIL
7 2 (13.33%) Use Case
8 1 (6.67%) Customer Experience
8 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
8 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
8 1 (6.67%) Operations Research
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
1 6 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
2 2 (13.33%) MCSA
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Dell Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PhD
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Citrix
2 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Dell
3 1 (6.67%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) OpenAI
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce