Applied Mathematics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Applied Mathematics (Applied Maths)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Applied Mathematics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 371 428
Rank change year-on-year +7 +57 +84
Contract jobs citing Applied Mathematics 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.023% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.028% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £570
25th Percentile £1,050 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,100 - £900
Median % change year-on-year - - +108.70%
75th Percentile £1,150 - £950
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £383 £838
% change year-on-year +56.86% -54.33% +39.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.36 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.68 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Applied 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,880 14,466 18,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.43% 83.30% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,353 8,158 12,537
10th Percentile £226 £239 £260
25th Percentile £365 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,497 1,101 1,284
10th Percentile £14.11 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.19 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +73.47%
75th Percentile £40.65 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £74.44 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +44.07%

Applied Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Applied Mathematics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Applied Mathematics in the UK excluding London

Applied Mathematics
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Applied Mathematics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Applied Mathematics

Applied Mathematics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Applied Mathematics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Applied Mathematics

Applied Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applied Mathematics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
South West - 1 £1,100 - 1
Applied Mathematics
UK

Applied Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of AI
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Data Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision Tree
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared