Mathematics Job Trends in the East Midlands

Mathematics (Maths)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Mathematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 83 99
Rank change year-on-year -18 +16 -29
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 41 47 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.62% 2.05% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 2.32% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 17 17 15
10th Percentile £15,704 £28,084 £24,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -15.00% +43.37%
75th Percentile - £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £59,000 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,015 2,022 1,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.68% 88.07% 88.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 856 1,112
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,875 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,563
90th Percentile £75,270 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Mathematics
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mathematics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the East Midlands

Mathematics
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +2 13 £35,000 -6.67% 21
Nottinghamshire +16 12 £87,500 +105.88% 22
Northamptonshire +8 9 - - 20
Derbyshire -11 5 £75,000 +50.00% 39
Lincolnshire -19 2 £45,000 -30.77% 18
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (14.63%) Chatbot
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.44%) Abaqus
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.76%) Power BI
3 2 (4.88%) Data Mining
3 2 (4.88%) Tableau
General
1 8 (19.51%) Manufacturing
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Games
4 5 (12.20%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Legal
5 4 (9.76%) Finance
6 3 (7.32%) Marketing
7 1 (2.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Senior
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) C# Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Senior C# Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Senior Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Support Technician
2 6 (14.63%) Trainer
3 5 (12.20%) Help Desk Support
3 5 (12.20%) Help Desk Support Technician
3 5 (12.20%) Help Desk Technician
4 3 (7.32%) 3D Developer
5 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (4.88%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) IT Support
5 2 (4.88%) Research Scientist
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Data Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Trainee
6 1 (2.44%) Statistician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) .NET
1 6 (14.63%) .NET Core
1 6 (14.63%) DirectX
1 6 (14.63%) OpenGL
2 2 (4.88%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (12.20%) Driving Licence
3 4 (9.76%) Algorithms
3 4 (9.76%) Data Structures
4 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.88%) Credit Risk
6 1 (2.44%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Physics
2 8 (19.51%) AI
3 6 (14.63%) CAD
3 6 (14.63%) Conversational UI
3 6 (14.63%) Economics
3 6 (14.63%) Software Engineering
3 6 (14.63%) Statistical Modelling
4 5 (12.20%) Statistics
5 4 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.76%) Data Science
6 3 (7.32%) Analytics
6 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (7.32%) Computer Science
6 3 (7.32%) Customer Experience
6 3 (7.32%) Data Analytics
6 3 (7.32%) Data Management
6 3 (7.32%) E-Commerce
6 3 (7.32%) Information Security
6 3 (7.32%) Mathematical Modelling
6 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) SQL
2 9 (21.95%) Python
3 6 (14.63%) C#
3 6 (14.63%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (60.98%) Degree
2 10 (24.39%) Master's Degree
3 7 (17.07%) PhD
4 6 (14.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (12.20%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) PayPal
3 2 (4.88%) Databricks
4 1 (2.44%) ANSYS