Mathematics Jobs in Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Mathematics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mathematics over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Mathematics (Maths) UK / Scotland
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	91	119	98
Rank change year-on-year	+28	-21
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics	58	44	67
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland	2.15%	1.54%	2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.35%	1.68%	2.38%
Number of salaries quoted	28	24	46
Median salary	£40,000	£27,500	£39,750
Median salary % change year-on-year	+45.45%	-30.81%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£26,200	£30,750
10% offered a salary of more than	£62,500	£48,000	£55,750
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£40,000	£38,500
% change year-on-year	-6.25%	+3.89%

Mathematics is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Scotland
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	2463	2613	2818
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland	91.49%	91.43%	89.95%
Number of salaries quoted	1567	1476	1771
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£43,913
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+2.47%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,500	£30,000	£32,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£60,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Scotland citing Mathematics as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in Scotland

Mathematics
Salary Trend in Scotland

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Mathematics in Scotland.

Salary trend for Mathematics in Scotland

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Mathematics in Scotland over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in Scotland

Mathematics
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Edinburgh	+24	48	£42,500	+6.25%	5
Glasgow	-6	9	£40,000	+50.94%	7
Dundee	-8	2	£46,250	+68.18%
South Lanarkshire	-	1	£55,000	-
Mathematics UK

Mathematics
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing Mathematics also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Mathematics.

1	56 (66.67%)	Degree
2	39 (46.43%)	Computer Science
2	39 (46.43%)	Python
3	33 (39.29%)	Software Engineering
4	29 (34.52%)	SQL
5	26 (30.95%)	Agile Software Development
5	26 (30.95%)	Machine Learning
6	25 (29.76%)	Statistics
6	25 (29.76%)	Physics
7	23 (27.38%)	Linux
8	22 (26.19%)	C++
8	22 (26.19%)	PostgreSQL
9	21 (25.00%)	C#
10	20 (23.81%)	Numerate Degree
11	19 (22.62%)	MongoDB

12	18 (21.43%)	Analytics
13	15 (17.86%)	Java
13	15 (17.86%)	JavaScript
14	14 (16.67%)	Finance
14	14 (16.67%)	Analytical Skills
14	14 (16.67%)	R
15	13 (15.48%)	ETL
16	12 (14.29%)	Applied Mathematics
16	12 (14.29%)	Visualisation
17	11 (13.10%)	AngularJS
17	11 (13.10%)	Operations Research
17	11 (13.10%)	PhD
18	10 (11.90%)	.NET
18	10 (11.90%)	Requirements Analysis
18	10 (11.90%)	Statistical Analysis

Mathematics
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	8 (9.52%)	Apache Spark
1	8 (9.52%)	SAS

Applications
1	5 (5.95%)	Microsoft Excel
2	2 (2.38%)	Microsoft Office

Cloud Services
1	7 (8.33%)	Amazon AWS
2	3 (3.57%)	Google Cloud Platform
2	3 (3.57%)	Microsoft Azure
3	2 (2.38%)	Cloud Computing
4	1 (1.19%)	GitHub
4	1 (1.19%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	2 (2.38%)	HTTP
2	1 (1.19%)	AMQP
2	1 (1.19%)	HTTPS
2	1 (1.19%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	22 (26.19%)	PostgreSQL
2	19 (22.62%)	MongoDB
3	7 (8.33%)	Hadoop
4	6 (7.14%)	Big Data
5	5 (5.95%)	Data Warehouse
5	5 (5.95%)	NoSQL
6	4 (4.76%)	Relational Database
7	3 (3.57%)	BigQuery
8	2 (2.38%)	QlikView
8	2 (2.38%)	RDBMS
8	2 (2.38%)	Spotfire
8	2 (2.38%)	SQL Server
9	1 (1.19%)	Amazon Redshift
9	1 (1.19%)	Base SAS
9	1 (1.19%)	Data Mining
9	1 (1.19%)	GIS
9	1 (1.19%)	MySQL
9	1 (1.19%)	SAS Enterprise Guide

Development Applications
1	4 (4.76%)	Eclipse
1	4 (4.76%)	Maven
1	4 (4.76%)	NetBeans
1	4 (4.76%)	Visual Studio
2	2 (2.38%)	Travis CI
3	1 (1.19%)	Git (software)

General
1	14 (16.67%)	Finance
2	5 (5.95%)	Electronics
3	4 (4.76%)	Games
3	4 (4.76%)	Retail
4	2 (2.38%)	Banking
4	2 (2.38%)	Manufacturing
4	2 (2.38%)	Marketing

Job Titles
1	20 (23.81%)	Data Scientist
2	19 (22.62%)	Software Engineer
3	18 (21.43%)	Developer
4	17 (20.24%)	Analyst
5	12 (14.29%)	C++ Software Engineer
6	11 (13.10%)	Data Analyst
7	10 (11.90%)	Linux Engineer
8	6 (7.14%)	Graduate
9	5 (5.95%)	Graduate Developer
9	5 (5.95%)	Service Analyst
10	4 (4.76%)	C# Developer
10	4 (4.76%)	Junior
10	4 (4.76%)	Research Analyst
10	4 (4.76%)	Senior Developer
11	3 (3.57%)	Java Developer
11	3 (3.57%)	Junior Developer
11	3 (3.57%)	Senior Analyst
11	3 (3.57%)	Senior Java Developer
11	3 (3.57%)	Senior Software Engineer
11	3 (3.57%)	Software Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	11 (13.10%)	AngularJS
2	10 (11.90%)	.NET
3	7 (8.33%)	D3.js
3	7 (8.33%)	Django
3	7 (8.33%)	NumPy
4	6 (7.14%)	MLlib
5	5 (5.95%)	.NET Framework
5	5 (5.95%)	Ruby on Rails
5	5 (5.95%)	SciPy
6	4 (4.76%)	HTML
6	4 (4.76%)	Node.js
6	4 (4.76%)	Qt
6	4 (4.76%)	Web Services
7	3 (3.57%)	CSS
7	3 (3.57%)	Natural Language Processing
8	2 (2.38%)	Backbone.js
8	2 (2.38%)	REST
8	2 (2.38%)	TensorFlow
9	1 (1.19%)	React
9	1 (1.19%)	WebRTC

Miscellaneous
1	39 (46.43%)	Computer Science
2	14 (16.67%)	Analytical Skills
3	8 (9.52%)	Algorithms
4	3 (3.57%)	Equities
4	3 (3.57%)	Fixed Income
4	3 (3.57%)	Greenfield Project
4	3 (3.57%)	Virtual Team
5	2 (2.38%)	Credit Risk
5	2 (2.38%)	Data Structures
5	2 (2.38%)	Reference Data
6	1 (1.19%)	3D Graphics
6	1 (1.19%)	Enterprise Software
6	1 (1.19%)	Mainframe
6	1 (1.19%)	Mobile App
6	1 (1.19%)	Mobile Games
6	1 (1.19%)	PACS
6	1 (1.19%)	Streaming Music
6	1 (1.19%)	Xbox

Operating Systems
1	23 (27.38%)	Linux
2	5 (5.95%)	Windows
3	2 (2.38%)	Android
3	2 (2.38%)	Apple iOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	33 (39.29%)	Software Engineering
2	26 (30.95%)	Agile Software Development
2	26 (30.95%)	Machine Learning
3	25 (29.76%)	Physics
3	25 (29.76%)	Statistics
4	18 (21.43%)	Analytics
5	13 (15.48%)	ETL
6	12 (14.29%)	Applied Mathematics
6	12 (14.29%)	Visualisation
7	11 (13.10%)	Operations Research
8	10 (11.90%)	Data Analysis
8	10 (11.90%)	Requirements Analysis
8	10 (11.90%)	Statistical Analysis
9	6 (7.14%)	OO
9	6 (7.14%)	Prototyping
10	5 (5.95%)	Statistical Modelling
10	5 (5.95%)	Web Development
11	4 (4.76%)	Actionable Insight
11	4 (4.76%)	Mentoring
11	4 (4.76%)	Software Testing

Programming Languages
1	39 (46.43%)	Python
2	29 (34.52%)	SQL
3	22 (26.19%)	C++
4	21 (25.00%)	C#
5	15 (17.86%)	Java
5	15 (17.86%)	JavaScript
6	14 (16.67%)	R
7	9 (10.71%)	MATLAB
8	8 (9.52%)	Scala
9	6 (7.14%)	Ruby
10	3 (3.57%)	VBA
11	1 (1.19%)	C
11	1 (1.19%)	Clojure
11	1 (1.19%)	Haskell
11	1 (1.19%)	Objective-C
11	1 (1.19%)	TypeScript
11	1 (1.19%)	VB