Mathematics Contracts

Mathematics (Maths)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 261 277
Rank change year-on-year +20 +16 +45
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 332 395 512
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 0.91% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.07% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 165 310
10th Percentile £363 £239 £399
25th Percentile £490 £396 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% -17.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £775 £788 £875
90th Percentile £1,015 £853 £1,003
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £370 £513
% change year-on-year +33.78% -27.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 146 59
10th Percentile £14.27 £12.13 -
25th Percentile £14.88 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.44 £15.07 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% -22.68% +12.99%
75th Percentile £25.60 £20.35 £63.75
90th Percentile £45.65 £55.63 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.14 £15.00 £13.66
% change year-on-year +0.93% +9.81% -5.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,664 36,951 49,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.07% 85.22% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,463 23,545 34,312
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,330 2,544 1,686
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.71 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.95 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

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 June 2025.

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 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Top 16 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 June 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
England +29 304 £725 +24.73% 2,456
London +44 189 £750 +17.65% 1,179
UK excluding London -2 128 £495 +33.78% 1,402
Work from Home +34 77 £638 +4.08% 814
East of England -13 44 £500 +102.74% 185
South West +57 24 £813 +35.42% 179
South East +32 21 £365 -13.10% 413
North of England +6 17 £520 +222.94% 346
North West +15 13 £520 -20.00% 177
Scotland +13 12 £550 +175.00% 53
Midlands +9 5 £316 -2.77% 232
East Midlands +4 4 £316 - 90
Yorkshire -5 4 £496 +208.04% 119
Northern Ireland -6 3 - - 24
Wales -1 2 - - 25
West Midlands +9 1 - - 138

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 38 (11.45%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.41%) Apache
2 8 (2.41%) GemFire
2 8 (2.41%) Oracle Coherence
2 8 (2.41%) SAS
3 6 (1.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.60%) Luigi
5 1 (0.30%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 81 (24.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (17.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.90%) Simulink
5 2 (0.60%) LightWave 3D
6 1 (0.30%) Revit
6 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Bankmaster
2 2 (0.60%) iTrent
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.08%) Azure
2 57 (17.17%) AWS
3 22 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.82%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.01%) GCP
7 6 (1.81%) Serverless
8 5 (1.51%) Azure Machine Learning
9 4 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.20%) Azure AI
9 4 (1.20%) Google Gemini
9 4 (1.20%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.90%) Amazon SageMaker
11 2 (0.60%) GitHub
11 2 (0.60%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.30%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.81%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.60%) 3G
3 2 (0.60%) GPRS
3 2 (0.60%) Internet
3 2 (0.60%) LAN
3 2 (0.60%) WAN
4 1 (0.30%) tcpdump
4 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.63%) Hadoop
2 18 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (5.12%) Big Data
4 16 (4.82%) Power BI
5 15 (4.52%) Redis
5 15 (4.52%) Tableau
6 14 (4.22%) Relational Database
7 11 (3.31%) SQL Server
8 9 (2.71%) Data Mining
9 8 (2.41%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.11%) Apache Hive
11 5 (1.51%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (1.51%) GIS
11 5 (1.51%) Metadata
11 5 (1.51%) QGIS
12 4 (1.20%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.90%) MySQL
14 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (10.54%) Git
2 7 (2.11%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.11%) JIRA
3 6 (1.81%) Bitbucket
3 6 (1.81%) Selenium
3 6 (1.81%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.51%) MLflow
5 2 (0.60%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.30%) Gradle
6 1 (0.30%) JUnit
6 1 (0.30%) Maven
6 1 (0.30%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.30%) Mockito
6 1 (0.30%) NetBeans
6 1 (0.30%) ReSharper
6 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.30%) TensorBoard
6 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 139 (41.87%) Finance
2 123 (37.05%) Social Skills
3 86 (25.90%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (20.48%) Banking
5 51 (15.36%) Investment Banking
6 38 (11.45%) Front Office
7 16 (4.82%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.92%) Marketing
9 10 (3.01%) German Language
10 8 (2.41%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.11%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.81%) Legal
13 5 (1.51%) Games
13 5 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.51%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.20%) Electronics
14 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 102 (30.72%) Developer
2 66 (19.88%) Analyst
3 35 (10.54%) Data Scientist
4 34 (10.24%) Senior
5 31 (9.34%) Java Developer
6 29 (8.73%) Service Analyst
7 27 (8.13%) Python Developer
8 23 (6.93%) Desktop Engineer
8 23 (6.93%) Desktop Support
8 23 (6.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 23 (6.93%) Quantitative Developer
8 23 (6.93%) Support Engineer
9 22 (6.63%) Lead
10 19 (5.72%) Service Desk Analyst
11 17 (5.12%) C# Developer
12 16 (4.82%) Lead Developer
12 16 (4.82%) Technical Analyst
12 16 (4.82%) Technical Services Analyst
13 15 (4.52%) Lead Java Developer
13 15 (4.52%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.43%) Pandas
2 23 (6.93%) AngularJS
3 21 (6.33%) Kafka
4 18 (5.42%) NumPy
4 18 (5.42%) TensorFlow
5 16 (4.82%) .NET
5 16 (4.82%) React
5 16 (4.82%) SciPy
6 15 (4.52%) ActiveMQ
6 15 (4.52%) FastAPI
6 15 (4.52%) Flask
6 15 (4.52%) Polars
6 15 (4.52%) Vue
7 12 (3.61%) PySpark
8 11 (3.31%) PyTorch
9 8 (2.41%) ASP.NET
9 8 (2.41%) Spark Streaming
9 8 (2.41%) WPF
10 6 (1.81%) Middleware
10 6 (1.81%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.16%) Derivative
2 46 (13.86%) Algorithms
3 27 (8.13%) Driving Licence
4 24 (7.23%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (6.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 19 (5.72%) Distributed Computing
7 18 (5.42%) Equities
7 18 (5.42%) Equity Derivative
8 16 (4.82%) Hedge funds
8 16 (4.82%) Market Risk
9 11 (3.31%) Multi-touch
10 10 (3.01%) Credit Risk
11 9 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (2.41%) Data Structures
12 8 (2.41%) Fixed Income
12 8 (2.41%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.81%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.51%) Animation
15 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.02%) Linux
2 1 (0.30%) Android
2 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (38.25%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (29.82%) Computer Science
3 57 (17.17%) Machine Learning
4 56 (16.87%) Data Science
5 52 (15.66%) Statistics
6 50 (15.06%) Agile
6 50 (15.06%) Analytics
7 49 (14.76%) Customer Service
7 49 (14.76%) Service Delivery
8 47 (14.16%) Data Analysis
8 47 (14.16%) Software Engineering
9 46 (13.86%) CI/CD
10 44 (13.25%) Incident Management
10 44 (13.25%) Risk Management
11 39 (11.75%) Physics
12 36 (10.84%) Artificial Intelligence
13 34 (10.24%) Decision-Making
14 31 (9.34%) DevOps
15 30 (9.04%) Data Pipeline
15 30 (9.04%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 172 (51.81%) Python
2 85 (25.60%) SQL
3 64 (19.28%) Java
4 55 (16.57%) C++
5 42 (12.65%) C#
6 31 (9.34%) R
7 18 (5.42%) JavaScript
8 14 (4.22%) Rust
9 7 (2.11%) MATLAB
9 7 (2.11%) VBA
10 5 (1.51%) Scala
11 4 (1.20%) Haskell
12 3 (0.90%) Bash
12 3 (0.90%) C
13 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.30%) XAML
Qualifications
1 140 (42.17%) Degree
2 47 (14.16%) Numerate Degree
3 45 (13.55%) Security Cleared
4 43 (12.95%) Master's Degree
5 41 (12.35%) SC Cleared
6 32 (9.64%) PhD
7 23 (6.93%) Dell Certification
8 19 (5.72%) A+ Certification
8 19 (5.72%) MCSA
8 19 (5.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.81%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.81%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.30%) CISSP
11 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.30%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.53%) SLA
2 17 (5.12%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.52%) QA
4 5 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.90%) NIST
5 3 (0.90%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.60%) Basel II
6 2 (0.60%) GDPR
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.30%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.30%) MISRA
7 1 (0.30%) MISRA C
System Software
1 25 (7.53%) Docker
2 19 (5.72%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.41%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 22 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.41%) Terraform
3 2 (0.60%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.30%) Nessus
4 1 (0.30%) OpenVAS
4 1 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 90 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.93%) Dell
2 23 (6.93%) HP
3 22 (6.63%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.72%) Citrix
5 10 (3.01%) Databricks
5 10 (3.01%) Oracle
6 7 (2.11%) Google
7 4 (1.20%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.60%) MathWorks
8 2 (0.60%) Spotify
9 1 (0.30%) Ariba
9 1 (0.30%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.30%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.30%) FIS
9 1 (0.30%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.30%) QNX
9 1 (0.30%) SAP
9 1 (0.30%) Siebel
9 1 (0.30%) Siemens