Mathematics Job Trends in the South East

Mathematics (Maths)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Mathematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 106 64
Rank change year-on-year -56 -42 -39
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 147 208 658
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.01% 2.65% 3.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 2.93% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 85 129 423
10th Percentile £24,875 £26,127 £21,550
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £66,300 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £73,000 £81,000
England median annual salary £48,373 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.84% +11.76% -32.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,428 7,088 14,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.87% 90.33% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,190 3,389 10,273
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
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 South East

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the South East

Mathematics
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the South East

Mathematics
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Kent -19 45 £52,500 -4.55% 11
Surrey -13 38 £55,000 -21.43% 23
Hampshire -38 26 £33,500 -36.19% 20
Thames Valley -49 24 £38,508 -8.31% 44
Berkshire -8 12 £70,000 +60.15% 19
West Sussex -19 7 £15,600 - 6
Isle of Wight -7 6 £66,300 +20.55% 2
Oxfordshire -17 6 £33,754 -48.07% 11
Buckinghamshire -49 6 £30,000 -28.57% 15
East Sussex -15 1 £32,500 - 2
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (6.12%) IIS
2 4 (2.72%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (23.13%) Simulink
2 10 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.08%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.48%) Azure
2 10 (6.80%) AWS
3 6 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.40%) GCP
4 5 (3.40%) SaaS
4 5 (3.40%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.72%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 4 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.72%) Mimecast
5 4 (2.72%) Prefect
6 3 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.04%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.36%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.36%) Azure API Management
7 2 (1.36%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.36%) Datadog
7 2 (1.36%) Figma
7 2 (1.36%) GitHub
7 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.72%) Broadband
1 4 (2.72%) Remote Desktop
1 4 (2.72%) VoIP
1 4 (2.72%) VPN
2 2 (1.36%) DNS
2 2 (1.36%) LAN
2 2 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.12%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.40%) Big Data
2 5 (3.40%) Data Mining
2 5 (3.40%) Hadoop
2 5 (3.40%) Tableau
3 4 (2.72%) Apache Cassandra
3 4 (2.72%) GIS
3 4 (2.72%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.72%) MySQL
3 4 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.72%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.72%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.04%) Power BI
5 2 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.36%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 43 (29.25%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (4.76%) Git
3 2 (1.36%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.36%) MSI
3 2 (1.36%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (25.85%) Social Skills
2 34 (23.13%) Electronics
2 34 (23.13%) Finance
3 33 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (19.73%) Aerospace
4 29 (19.73%) Military
5 12 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (7.48%) Marketing
7 8 (5.44%) Retail
8 6 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.72%) Law
11 3 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.04%) Legal
11 3 (2.04%) Local Government
12 2 (1.36%) Games
13 1 (0.68%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.68%) Aviation
13 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (30.61%) Systems Engineer
2 41 (27.89%) Senior
3 25 (17.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 17 (11.56%) Analyst
4 17 (11.56%) Lead
5 14 (9.52%) Software Engineer
6 10 (6.80%) Team Leader
7 9 (6.12%) Developer
8 8 (5.44%) Graduate
8 8 (5.44%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) IT Support
9 7 (4.76%) Support Analyst
10 6 (4.08%) Android Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Android Software Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Data Analyst
10 6 (4.08%) Graduate Analyst
10 6 (4.08%) Graduate Support Analyst
10 6 (4.08%) Graphics Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) IT Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.44%) HTML
2 6 (4.08%) DirectX
2 6 (4.08%) Middleware
2 6 (4.08%) OpenGL
2 6 (4.08%) OpenGL ES
2 6 (4.08%) Vulkan
3 5 (3.40%) Play Framework
4 4 (2.72%) CSS
4 4 (2.72%) YAML
5 3 (2.04%) JSON
6 2 (1.36%) .NET
6 2 (1.36%) ADO
6 2 (1.36%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.36%) Jest
6 2 (1.36%) NestJS
6 2 (1.36%) NgRx
6 2 (1.36%) Node.js
6 2 (1.36%) Playwright
6 2 (1.36%) Sass
6 2 (1.36%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.80%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.08%) Acoustics
3 6 (4.08%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.72%) Hackathon
5 4 (2.72%) PMI
6 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.04%) Robotics
6 3 (2.04%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (1.36%) CCTV
7 2 (1.36%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.36%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.68%) ASIC
8 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.68%) Lidar
8 1 (0.68%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.93%) Windows
2 8 (5.44%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.08%) Android
4 3 (2.04%) Linux
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (40.14%) Physics
2 53 (36.05%) Systems Engineering
3 38 (25.85%) Agile
4 36 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (21.09%) Requirements Management
6 30 (20.41%) Computer Science
7 29 (19.73%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (15.65%) Information Assurance
9 22 (14.97%) Software Engineering
10 21 (14.29%) Coaching
10 21 (14.29%) SysML
11 20 (13.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 17 (11.56%) Customer Service
12 17 (11.56%) Decision-Making
12 17 (11.56%) Technical Leadership
13 16 (10.88%) Mentoring
14 14 (9.52%) Analytics
15 12 (8.16%) Data Science
16 11 (7.48%) AI
16 11 (7.48%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.85%) MATLAB
2 23 (15.65%) Python
2 23 (15.65%) SQL
3 13 (8.84%) Java
4 10 (6.80%) C++
5 9 (6.12%) Scala
6 8 (5.44%) C#
7 6 (4.08%) C
7 6 (4.08%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.08%) R
8 4 (2.72%) Embedded C
8 4 (2.72%) Embedded C++
9 3 (2.04%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.04%) VBA
10 2 (1.36%) Bash
10 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.36%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.68%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.68%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 94 (63.95%) Degree
2 43 (29.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (11.56%) Security Cleared
4 10 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (6.80%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.12%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.08%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (3.40%) DBS Check
7 5 (3.40%) MBA
8 4 (2.72%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (2.72%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.36%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.68%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.80%) Data Quality
1 10 (6.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (4.76%) QA
3 5 (3.40%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (3.40%) Def Stans
4 3 (2.04%) GDPR
5 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.36%) ISO 14001
5 2 (1.36%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.36%) NCSC
5 2 (1.36%) WCAG
6 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.68%) DO-254
6 1 (0.68%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (3.40%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.40%) Firmware
2 2 (1.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.36%) Argo
1 2 (1.36%) Grafana
1 2 (1.36%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.36%) Prometheus
1 2 (1.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (22.45%) Microsoft
1 33 (22.45%) Siemens
2 7 (4.76%) Facebook
2 7 (4.76%) IBM
2 7 (4.76%) Instagram
3 5 (3.40%) BT
3 5 (3.40%) Databricks
4 4 (2.72%) CA Agile Central
4 4 (2.72%) Citrix
4 4 (2.72%) EMC
4 4 (2.72%) Sophos
4 4 (2.72%) Veeam
5 3 (2.04%) Oracle
6 2 (1.36%) Google
6 2 (1.36%) SAP
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco
7 1 (0.68%) Juniper
7 1 (0.68%) Xero