Mathematics Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Mathematics (Maths)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Mathematics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 116 119
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +56
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 13 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.75% 0.46% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.53% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 10
10th Percentile £130 £225 £463
25th Percentile £301 £275 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £315 £575
Median % change year-on-year +23.41% -45.22% +91.67%
75th Percentile £440 £434 £825
90th Percentile £463 £500 £953
South East median daily rate £425 £320 £525
% change year-on-year +32.81% -39.05% +134.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.66
25th Percentile - - £23.16
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £32.32
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £14.00 £20.24 £55.00
% change year-on-year -30.81% -63.21% +146.09%

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 1,567 1,875 2,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.37% 86.69% 90.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 1,071 1,618
10th Percentile £268 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 71 98
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £53.24
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +8.00% +176.58%
75th Percentile £42.67 £62.85 £67.63
90th Percentile £74.70 £74.87 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £53.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +8.97% +50.87%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mathematics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in the Thames Valley

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mathematics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Mathematics

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 19 October 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 +26 13 £389 +23.41% 45
Mathematics
South East

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) IT Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Service Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Ada Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Assembler Developer
2 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
2 2 (15.38%) C# Software Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Trainee
2 2 (15.38%) Trainee Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Data Scientist
3 1 (7.69%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Matplotlib
1 1 (7.69%) Pandas
1 1 (7.69%) Plotly
1 1 (7.69%) PyTorch
1 1 (7.69%) scikit-learn
1 1 (7.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
3 4 (30.77%) Data Collection
3 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
3 4 (30.77%) Optimization Problems
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Functional Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) Physics
5 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (15.38%) Computer Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Data Science
5 2 (15.38%) Exploratory Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (15.38%) SDLC
5 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Predictive Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Ada
2 2 (15.38%) Assembly Language
2 2 (15.38%) C
2 2 (15.38%) C#
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) MATLAB
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) A+ Certification
2 3 (23.08%) MCSA
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Citrix
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow