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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 114 55
Rank change year-on-year -20 -59 -3
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 143 228 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.38% 2.54% 4.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 2.88% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 72 102 148
10th Percentile £21,238 £35,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +17.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

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 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Thames Valley -27 41 £47,520 -15.14% 62
Surrey -13 33 £77,500 +55.00% 18
Hampshire +4 30 £42,500 -34.62% 26
Berkshire -20 25 £47,520 -27.79% 38
Kent -11 21 £52,500 -4.55% 16
West Sussex +8 15 - - 9
Oxfordshire -2 15 £52,500 - 15
East Sussex +5 1 £32,500 - 8
Buckinghamshire +2 1 £33,000 -49.62% 9
Isle of Wight -8 1 - - 5
Middlesex - 1 - -
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 5 (3.50%) IIS
2 4 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.70%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.70%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) SAS
Applications
1 54 (37.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (6.99%) Simulink
4 8 (5.59%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.70%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.78%) Power Platform
2 11 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.29%) AWS
4 5 (3.50%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.80%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.80%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.10%) Azure
6 3 (2.10%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.40%) GCP
8 1 (0.70%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.40%) VPN
2 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.70%) VLAN
2 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (16.78%) Power BI
2 8 (5.59%) Tableau
3 7 (4.90%) Data Mining
4 6 (4.20%) Big Data
5 5 (3.50%) Hadoop
5 5 (3.50%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.40%) GIS
7 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (6.99%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.80%) JIRA
2 4 (2.80%) Selenium
2 4 (2.80%) SpecFlow
3 2 (1.40%) Git
3 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.40%) TestRail
4 1 (0.70%) MLflow
4 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (43.36%) Social Skills
2 37 (25.87%) Finance
3 29 (20.28%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (18.18%) Marketing
5 16 (11.19%) Electronics
6 12 (8.39%) Military
7 11 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 9 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.90%) Legal
10 6 (4.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (3.50%) Retail
12 3 (2.10%) Aeronautics
12 3 (2.10%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.10%) Banking
12 3 (2.10%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.40%) Automotive
14 1 (0.70%) Advertising
14 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (23.78%) Analyst
2 25 (17.48%) Systems Engineer
3 22 (15.38%) Senior
4 17 (11.89%) Technical Support
5 16 (11.19%) Support Engineer
6 15 (10.49%) Technical Engineer
6 15 (10.49%) Technical Support Engineer
7 14 (9.79%) Data Analyst
7 14 (9.79%) Software Engineer
7 14 (9.79%) Systems Support
7 14 (9.79%) Systems Support Engineer
8 12 (8.39%) Commercial Analyst
8 12 (8.39%) Commercial Data Analyst
8 12 (8.39%) Procurement Analyst
9 10 (6.99%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) IT Support
11 8 (5.59%) IT Analyst
11 8 (5.59%) IT Support Analyst
11 8 (5.59%) Support Analyst
11 8 (5.59%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.39%) .NET
2 9 (6.29%) WPF
3 8 (5.59%) Blazor
4 7 (4.90%) REST
4 7 (4.90%) WinForms
5 5 (3.50%) Play Framework
6 4 (2.80%) Gherkin
6 4 (2.80%) Qt
7 3 (2.10%) CSS
7 3 (2.10%) React
8 2 (1.40%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.40%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.40%) DirectX
8 2 (1.40%) HTML
8 2 (1.40%) JSON
8 2 (1.40%) Middleware
8 2 (1.40%) OpenGL
8 2 (1.40%) OpenGL ES
8 2 (1.40%) Vue
8 2 (1.40%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.59%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.79%) Algorithms
3 12 (8.39%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (8.39%) FMCG
3 12 (8.39%) Onboarding
4 11 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (6.29%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.80%) 3D Graphics
7 4 (2.80%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.80%) Robotics
8 3 (2.10%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.40%) PMI
10 1 (0.70%) AS400
10 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.70%) GNSS
10 1 (0.70%) IoT
10 1 (0.70%) Lidar
10 1 (0.70%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.69%) Windows
2 6 (4.20%) Linux
2 6 (4.20%) Unix
3 2 (1.40%) Android
4 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.17%) AI
2 42 (29.37%) Computer Science
3 37 (25.87%) Machine Learning
4 33 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 32 (22.38%) Physics
6 29 (20.28%) Agile
7 28 (19.58%) Analytics
8 27 (18.88%) Data Analysis
9 24 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (16.08%) Visualisation
11 21 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (14.69%) Data Visualisation
12 20 (13.99%) Actionable Insight
12 20 (13.99%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (13.99%) Economics
12 20 (13.99%) Software Engineering
13 17 (11.89%) Data Science
13 17 (11.89%) LLM
14 14 (9.79%) Coaching
15 13 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.58%) Python
2 19 (13.29%) C#
3 16 (11.19%) SQL
4 13 (9.09%) MATLAB
5 12 (8.39%) C++
6 9 (6.29%) Java
6 9 (6.29%) R
7 6 (4.20%) Bash
8 5 (3.50%) Scala
9 4 (2.80%) C
9 4 (2.80%) Fortran
9 4 (2.80%) VBA
10 3 (2.10%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.40%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 97 (67.83%) Degree
2 29 (20.28%) Master's Degree
3 28 (19.58%) Security Cleared
4 16 (11.19%) PhD
5 13 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (7.69%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.50%) MBA
8 4 (2.80%) ISEB
8 4 (2.80%) ISTQB
8 4 (2.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (2.80%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.40%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.40%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (1.40%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.70%) HNC
10 1 (0.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.50%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (2.80%) PMO
2 4 (2.80%) QA
3 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.70%) GDPR
4 1 (0.70%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.49%) SAP
3 10 (6.99%) Siemens
4 8 (5.59%) PayPal
5 5 (3.50%) BT
5 5 (3.50%) Databricks
6 4 (2.80%) Alteryx
7 3 (2.10%) Google
8 2 (1.40%) Oracle
9 1 (0.70%) ANSYS
9 1 (0.70%) EMC
9 1 (0.70%) Keysight