Mathematics Contracts

Mathematics (Maths)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Mathematics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mathematics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 288 299
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 -10
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 356 551 820
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.92% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.02% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 312 457
10th Percentile £311 £404 £350
25th Percentile £430 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £903 £738
90th Percentile £875 £1,025 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £385 £525 £445
% change year-on-year -26.67% +17.98% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 71 134
10th Percentile £11.77 - -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £19.49 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% +2.58% -15.56%
75th Percentile £24.66 £65.00 £53.74
90th Percentile £60.00 - £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.22 £19.49 £14.50
% change year-on-year -27.07% +34.41% -22.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Mathematics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mathematics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +13 333 £600 -14.29% 2,278
London -9 179 £638 -17.74% 481
UK excluding London +31 150 £385 -26.67% 1,788
Work from Home +65 82 £700 - 385
East of England +38 80 £375 -28.57% 233
South East -14 34 £380 -52.50% 417
North of England +24 11 - - 521
South West +6 10 £538 +13.16% 344
West Midlands +28 8 £550 +10.00% 208
North West +13 8 - - 299
Midlands +12 8 £550 +37.50% 353
Scotland +35 4 £200 -57.89% 37
Yorkshire +16 3 - - 159
Wales +13 2 £465 +24.00% 20
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.37%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.97%) SAS
3 4 (1.12%) Apache
3 4 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 72 (20.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (12.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.81%) Simulink
4 10 (2.81%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.97%) SPSS
6 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.56%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.28%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (1.12%) Loan IQ
2 3 (0.84%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.56%) iTrent
4 1 (0.28%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.28%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.28%) Primavera
4 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.04%) Azure
2 25 (7.02%) AWS
3 20 (5.62%) Power Platform
4 14 (3.93%) GitHub
5 13 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.37%) Snowflake
7 7 (1.97%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.69%) GCP
9 5 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.40%) Serverless
10 4 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (0.84%) Dagster
11 3 (0.84%) dbt
11 3 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.84%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.56%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (2.81%) Internet
3 9 (2.53%) Network Security
4 4 (1.12%) SAN
4 4 (1.12%) WAN
4 4 (1.12%) Wireless
5 3 (0.84%) BGP
5 3 (0.84%) Firewall
5 3 (0.84%) IPsec
5 3 (0.84%) LAN
5 3 (0.84%) MPLS
5 3 (0.84%) OSPF
5 3 (0.84%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.56%) DHCP
6 2 (0.56%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.56%) FCoE
6 2 (0.56%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.56%) ISDN
6 2 (0.56%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.67%) Tableau
2 24 (6.74%) Big Data
3 20 (5.62%) Hadoop
4 17 (4.78%) Power BI
5 13 (3.65%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (3.09%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.69%) Data Mining
10 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.12%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.12%) GIS
11 4 (1.12%) Presto
12 3 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.84%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.84%) Flink
12 3 (0.84%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.84%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 20 (5.62%) Git
2 5 (1.40%) GitLab
2 5 (1.40%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.40%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.12%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.12%) JIRA
3 4 (1.12%) Sourcetree
4 3 (0.84%) Poetry
5 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.56%) Rational Team Concert
5 2 (0.56%) RStudio
6 1 (0.28%) Ant
6 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.28%) ERwin
6 1 (0.28%) git-flow
6 1 (0.28%) Gradle
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
General
1 120 (33.71%) Social Skills
2 103 (28.93%) Finance
3 93 (26.12%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.55%) Front Office
5 25 (7.02%) Banking
6 18 (5.06%) Marketing
7 15 (4.21%) Investment Banking
8 14 (3.93%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.65%) Legal
10 11 (3.09%) Local Government
10 11 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.25%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.69%) Electronics
15 5 (1.40%) Advertising
15 5 (1.40%) German Language
15 5 (1.40%) Retail
16 4 (1.12%) Games
17 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 91 (25.56%) Analyst
2 68 (19.10%) Developer
3 43 (12.08%) Service Analyst
4 40 (11.24%) Data Scientist
4 40 (11.24%) Senior
5 31 (8.71%) Service Desk Analyst
6 27 (7.58%) Customer Analyst
6 27 (7.58%) Customer Service Analyst
7 20 (5.62%) Quantitative Developer
8 18 (5.06%) Python Engineer
9 15 (4.21%) Call Centre Analyst
10 14 (3.93%) C# Developer
11 12 (3.37%) Administrator
11 12 (3.37%) Data Analyst
11 12 (3.37%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.37%) Java Developer
11 12 (3.37%) Qualitative Analyst
11 12 (3.37%) Quantitative Analyst
11 12 (3.37%) Senior Developer
11 12 (3.37%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.08%) Pandas
2 32 (8.99%) NumPy
3 27 (7.58%) SciPy
4 10 (2.81%) HTML
4 10 (2.81%) React
4 10 (2.81%) scikit-learn
5 9 (2.53%) .NET
5 9 (2.53%) CSS
6 7 (1.97%) Matplotlib
7 6 (1.69%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.69%) PyTorch
7 6 (1.69%) TensorFlow
8 5 (1.40%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.40%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (1.40%) Plotly
8 5 (1.40%) PySpark
9 4 (1.12%) D3.js
9 4 (1.12%) DirectX
9 4 (1.12%) Kafka
9 4 (1.12%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.73%) Algorithms
2 49 (13.76%) Derivative
3 28 (7.87%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.34%) Fixed Income
5 18 (5.06%) Credit Risk
6 14 (3.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (3.37%) Equity Derivative
8 11 (3.09%) Data Structures
8 11 (3.09%) Equities
9 10 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.53%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (2.25%) Hedge funds
11 8 (2.25%) Market Risk
12 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.97%) Multi-touch
12 7 (1.97%) Social Media
13 6 (1.69%) Blockchain
13 6 (1.69%) Credit Derivative
14 5 (1.40%) CMDB
15 4 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.30%) Linux
2 9 (2.53%) Unix
3 8 (2.25%) Windows
4 5 (1.40%) Android
5 2 (0.56%) Solaris
6 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (36.52%) Problem-Solving
2 124 (34.83%) Computer Science
3 73 (20.51%) Customer Service
4 69 (19.38%) Data Science
5 67 (18.82%) Statistics
6 64 (17.98%) Analytics
7 56 (15.73%) Incident Management
7 56 (15.73%) Machine Learning
7 56 (15.73%) Software Engineering
8 53 (14.89%) Service Delivery
9 50 (14.04%) Data Analysis
10 44 (12.36%) Data Modelling
10 44 (12.36%) Visualisation
11 41 (11.52%) ITIL
12 40 (11.24%) Agile
13 36 (10.11%) Physics
14 33 (9.27%) Mathematical Modelling
15 29 (8.15%) Data Visualisation
15 29 (8.15%) Decision-Making
16 26 (7.30%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 164 (46.07%) Python
2 80 (22.47%) SQL
3 54 (15.17%) C++
3 54 (15.17%) Java
4 43 (12.08%) R
5 30 (8.43%) C#
6 18 (5.06%) JavaScript
7 15 (4.21%) MATLAB
7 15 (4.21%) Rust
8 14 (3.93%) C
9 11 (3.09%) Shell Script
10 9 (2.53%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.25%) Perl
11 8 (2.25%) Scala
12 4 (1.12%) Clojure
12 4 (1.12%) VBA
13 3 (0.84%) Haskell
13 3 (0.84%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.56%) HLSL
14 2 (0.56%) Korn
Qualifications
1 168 (47.19%) Degree
2 52 (14.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 39 (10.96%) Numerate Degree
4 22 (6.18%) Master's Degree
5 19 (5.34%) MCP
6 15 (4.21%) PhD
7 14 (3.93%) Security Cleared
8 13 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.65%) SC Cleared
9 12 (3.37%) A+ Certification
9 12 (3.37%) MCSA
10 4 (1.12%) APMP
10 4 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.56%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.56%) RHCE
12 2 (0.56%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.30%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.81%) SLA
3 9 (2.53%) QA
4 7 (1.97%) GDPR
5 4 (1.12%) NCSC
5 4 (1.12%) PMO
6 3 (0.84%) GRC
6 3 (0.84%) NIST
7 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) GMP
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 13 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.81%) Docker
3 5 (1.40%) Firmware
4 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.84%) Terraform
3 2 (0.56%) Ansible
3 2 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (0.56%) NetBackup
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle ZFS
3 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (0.56%) yum
4 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 84 (23.60%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.34%) Oracle
3 18 (5.06%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.21%) Citrix
5 11 (3.09%) Alteryx
6 7 (1.97%) SAP
7 6 (1.69%) Cisco
7 6 (1.69%) Databricks
7 6 (1.69%) Google
8 5 (1.40%) Foundry
8 5 (1.40%) Palantir
9 4 (1.12%) Sparx
10 3 (0.84%) Civica
10 3 (0.84%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.84%) NetApp
10 3 (0.84%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.56%) EMC
11 2 (0.56%) MathWorks
11 2 (0.56%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.56%) Veritas