Mathematics Job Trends in the East of England

Mathematics (Maths)
England > East of England

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 98 116
Rank change year-on-year -56 +18 -109
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 28 75 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.45% 2.50% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 2.70% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 20 13 62
10th Percentile £18,000 £31,250 £17,050
25th Percentile £26,500 £37,574 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +60.00% -46.81%
75th Percentile £56,000 £58,000 £49,313
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,160 £61,925
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,642 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.07% +7.39% -32.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,345 2,779 5,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.60% 92.48% 77.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,974 1,394 3,933
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the East of England

Mathematics
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mathematics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the East of England

Mathematics
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
Cambridgeshire -41 17 £47,500 -5.00% 23
Essex -25 4 £27,000 -49.77% 11
Hertfordshire -25 4 £18,000 -68.97% 12
Norfolk -24 2 £56,000 +39.65% 6
Suffolk +22 1 £42,500 -35.41% 2
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) WordPress
2 2 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (7.14%) Luigi
3 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Google Ads
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub
4 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Firewall
2 3 (10.71%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) Internet
2 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.71%) VPN
2 3 (10.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (10.71%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (10.71%) Power BI
1 3 (10.71%) Redis
2 2 (7.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
1 1 (3.57%) Plastic SCM
1 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.57%) Electronics
4 1 (3.57%) Games
4 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Junior
2 5 (17.86%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Quantitative Researcher
3 4 (14.29%) Senior
3 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (10.71%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Support
4 3 (10.71%) JavaScript Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Research Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Software Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) UI Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) UX Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Data Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Machine Learning Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Scientific Software Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Technical Sales Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) Google JAX
1 5 (17.86%) JAX
1 5 (17.86%) PyTorch
1 5 (17.86%) TensorFlow
2 3 (10.71%) .NET
2 3 (10.71%) AngularJS
2 3 (10.71%) Node.js
2 3 (10.71%) React
2 3 (10.71%) Vue
3 1 (3.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) CUDA
2 4 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (10.71%) Driving Licence
4 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 2 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.57%) Animation
5 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Apple iOS
2 3 (10.71%) Mac OS
2 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (46.43%) Physics
3 12 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 10 (35.71%) AI
4 10 (35.71%) Machine Learning
5 5 (17.86%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (17.86%) DevOps
5 5 (17.86%) Prototyping
5 5 (17.86%) Rapid Prototyping
5 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
6 4 (14.29%) Automated Trading
6 4 (14.29%) Low Latency
6 4 (14.29%) Presales
6 4 (14.29%) Proprietary Trading
6 4 (14.29%) Quantitative Research
6 4 (14.29%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 4 (14.29%) User Experience
7 3 (10.71%) Analytics
7 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
7 3 (10.71%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (46.43%) Python
2 6 (21.43%) SQL
3 5 (17.86%) C++
4 4 (14.29%) C#
5 3 (10.71%) Java
5 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
6 2 (7.14%) Scala
7 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (3.57%) MATLAB
7 1 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.71%) CCNA
3 3 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
3 3 (10.71%) MCDST
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (10.71%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (10.71%) Postgraduate
3 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
2 3 (10.71%) SLA
3 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Apple
2 3 (10.71%) Google
2 3 (10.71%) Meraki
2 3 (10.71%) Sophos
3 2 (7.14%) Databricks