Mathematics Job Trends in the North of England

Mathematics (Maths)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Mathematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 60 162
Rank change year-on-year -95 +102 -94
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 118 337 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 3.73% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 4.10% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 53 113 101
10th Percentile £26,032 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £25,313 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,101 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -5.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £54,500 £53,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £67,350 £68,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,778 8,227 8,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 79.24% 91.13% 87.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,733 3,664 6,579
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -6.40%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the North of England

Mathematics
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the North of England

Mathematics
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
North West -50 57 £51,250 +27.80% 78
Yorkshire -93 39 £32,500 +26.83% 48
North East +14 22 £40,000 -23.81% 23
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.85%) Jupyter
Applications
1 29 (24.58%) Chatbot
2 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.85%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.85%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.17%) AWS
2 11 (9.32%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.24%) GitHub
3 5 (4.24%) SaaS
3 5 (4.24%) Serverless
4 2 (1.69%) Azure
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Stack
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.69%) Internet
2 1 (0.85%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.32%) Power BI
2 6 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.39%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.54%) Tableau
5 2 (1.69%) MySQL
5 2 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.85%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.85%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.86%) Manufacturing
4 13 (11.02%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (9.32%) Advertising
6 9 (7.63%) Finance
7 8 (6.78%) Retail
8 6 (5.08%) Electronics
8 6 (5.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (3.39%) Aerospace
9 4 (3.39%) Games
10 3 (2.54%) Billing
10 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.69%) Legal
11 2 (1.69%) Marketing
12 1 (0.85%) French Language
12 1 (0.85%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.85%) Local Government
12 1 (0.85%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 29 (24.58%) Trainer
2 16 (13.56%) Support Engineer
3 15 (12.71%) Senior
4 11 (9.32%) Analyst
4 11 (9.32%) Technical Engineer
4 11 (9.32%) Technical Support
4 11 (9.32%) Technical Support Engineer
5 9 (7.63%) Graduate
6 8 (6.78%) Developer
6 8 (6.78%) Mathematician
6 8 (6.78%) Principal Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Linux Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Logistics Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Software Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Software Engineering Graduate
8 5 (4.24%) Applications Support Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.63%) CSS
1 9 (7.63%) HTML
2 6 (5.08%) React
3 5 (4.24%) Django
3 5 (4.24%) FastAPI
3 5 (4.24%) Flask
3 5 (4.24%) Vue
4 4 (3.39%) .NET
5 2 (1.69%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.69%) REST
6 1 (0.85%) Blazor
6 1 (0.85%) Pandas
6 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.95%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.17%) Data Structures
3 11 (9.32%) Renewable Energy
4 7 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.08%) Onboarding
6 5 (4.24%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.54%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.54%) Social Media
8 2 (1.69%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.69%) Online Games
9 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.85%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.85%) EPoS
9 1 (0.85%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.93%) Linux
1 7 (5.93%) Windows
2 6 (5.08%) Android
3 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.29%) Physics
2 38 (32.20%) AI
3 29 (24.58%) Conversational UI
4 25 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (19.49%) Customer Service
6 17 (14.41%) Validation
7 16 (13.56%) Mentoring
7 16 (13.56%) Systems Engineering
8 15 (12.71%) Computer Science
9 13 (11.02%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (11.02%) Customer Experience
10 12 (10.17%) B2B
10 12 (10.17%) Business Development
10 12 (10.17%) Data Analysis
11 11 (9.32%) B2B Sales
11 11 (9.32%) Commercial Awareness
11 11 (9.32%) Data Entry
11 11 (9.32%) Telesales
12 10 (8.47%) Statistical Modelling
13 9 (7.63%) Mathematical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.73%) SQL
2 23 (19.49%) Python
3 10 (8.47%) C#
4 9 (7.63%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.93%) C++
5 7 (5.93%) Java
6 6 (5.08%) C
6 6 (5.08%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.54%) MATLAB
7 3 (2.54%) R
Qualifications
1 74 (62.71%) Degree
2 31 (26.27%) Master's Degree
2 31 (26.27%) PhD
3 20 (16.95%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (10.17%) HNC
5 7 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.93%) RIBA
6 6 (5.08%) Numerate Degree
7 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.24%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.39%) AAT
8 4 (3.39%) ACCA
8 4 (3.39%) CIMA
9 3 (2.54%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.54%) PMP
10 1 (0.85%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.39%) PMO
2 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.24%) Terraform
2 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (24.58%) PayPal
2 25 (21.19%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.24%) Zoho
4 3 (2.54%) Sage
4 3 (2.54%) Siemens
5 2 (1.69%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.85%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.85%) Databricks
6 1 (0.85%) MathWorks
6 1 (0.85%) YouTube