Hybrid/Remote Numerate Degree Contract Job Trends

Numerate Degree (Degree in Mathematics)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for Numerate Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 288 368
Rank change year-on-year -25 +80 +164
Contract jobs citing Numerate Degree 5 28 23
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.23% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.90% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 16
10th Percentile £570 £335 £425
25th Percentile - £413 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £438 £585
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -25.18% -31.21%
75th Percentile - £494 £718
90th Percentile - £514 £744
UK median daily rate £750 £650 £712
% change year-on-year +15.38% -8.71% +9.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +45.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Numerate Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,433 3,126 4,890
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.71% 25.76% 27.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,342 1,950 3,146
10th Percentile £343 £330 £350
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 93 201
10th Percentile £29.61 £17.70 £21.64
25th Percentile £35.21 £22.00 £33.44
Median hourly rate £45.46 £39.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.56% -32.17% -11.54%
75th Percentile £65.25 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £96.75 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -19.05% +16.67%

Numerate Degree
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Numerate Degree and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Numerate Degree job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Numerate Degree
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Numerate Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Numerate Degree

Numerate Degree
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Numerate Degree over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Numerate Degree daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Numerate Degree
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Numerate Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Numerate Degree

Numerate Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (80.00%) Redis
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 4 (80.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Java Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Lead
1 4 (80.00%) Lead Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Lead Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) ActiveMQ
1 4 (80.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Architectural Design
2 4 (80.00%) BDD
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Economics
2 4 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) HND
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR