Mathematics Job Trends in Portsmouth

Mathematics (Maths)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Mathematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 21 28
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +34
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 3 24 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.93% 8.14% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 9.20% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £39,780 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% -40.00% +20.75%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,125 £82,500
90th Percentile - £82,500 -
Hampshire median annual salary £42,500 £62,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year -32.00% +51.52% +3.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 294 261 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 90.74% 88.47% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 186 155 162
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,645 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% -6.10% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £79,875 £78,250 £78,625
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Mathematics
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Mathematics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GNU Octave
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Graduate Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Economics
2 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) TestOps
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ANSYS
1 1 (33.33%) Keysight
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft