Mathematics Job Trends in Bristol

Mathematics (Maths)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Mathematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 23 82
Rank change year-on-year -63 +59 -3
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 15 105 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.73% 7.58% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 8.52% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7 76 46
10th Percentile - £25,536 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £40,000 £46,543
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - £67,150
South West median annual salary £40,127 £52,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.71% -12.33% -5.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Mathematics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,323 1,233 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 63.97% 88.96% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 663 1,350
10th Percentile £28,925 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,075 £85,000 £88,875
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mathematics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Mathematics job vacancy trend in Bristol

Mathematics
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Mathematics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (13.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Big Data
1 1 (6.67%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
2 3 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 7 (46.67%) Manufacturing
2 4 (26.67%) Aerospace
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Mathematician
2 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Graduate
3 2 (13.33%) Trainer
4 1 (6.67%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.67%) Design Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Graduate Design Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Graduate Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (6.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Mathematical Modelling
2 6 (40.00%) AI
3 5 (33.33%) Physics
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Vision
5 3 (20.00%) Deep Learning
5 3 (20.00%) LLM
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (13.33%) Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Conversational UI
6 2 (13.33%) Machine Learning
7 1 (6.67%) Big Data Analytics
7 1 (6.67%) Chemistry
7 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
7 1 (6.67%) Statistical Modelling
7 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) C#
2 5 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) C++
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
5 2 (13.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) PayPal