Mathematics Job Trends in the South West

Mathematics (Maths)
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 75 91
Rank change year-on-year -108 +16 +59
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 63 101 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.60% 2.82% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 3.43% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 37 33 90
10th Percentile £24,975 £24,570 £36,550
25th Percentile £31,150 £25,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,792 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.20% -18.42% -28.57%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £75,125
England median annual salary £41,000 £43,710 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.20% -20.53% -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,496 2,941 5,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.23% 82.17% 75.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,088 1,827 2,988
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,924 £31,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the South West

Mathematics
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the South West over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the South West

Mathematics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Bristol -42 21 £54,750 -0.45% 23
Gloucestershire -57 14 £40,000 +2.56% 31
Wiltshire -52 12 £36,500 +47.27% 27
Somerset -30 9 £34,500 +15.97% 46
Devon -25 3 £32,500 - 9
Dorset -11 2 £23,132 - 13
Cornwall +5 1 £27,000 +14.62% 9
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (3.17%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.59%) Kinematics
2 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (11.11%) Simulink
4 3 (4.76%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (1.59%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.59%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.52%) AWS
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.35%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Copilot
2 4 (6.35%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 2 (3.17%) ChatGPT
4 2 (3.17%) GCP
4 2 (3.17%) GitHub
4 2 (3.17%) Google Gemini
4 2 (3.17%) Google Sheets
4 2 (3.17%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.76%) Bluetooth
2 3 (4.76%) Wireless
3 1 (1.59%) Firewall
3 1 (1.59%) Internet
3 1 (1.59%) LAN
3 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.59%) VLAN
3 1 (1.59%) VoIP
3 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) Big Data
1 3 (4.76%) ClickHouse
1 3 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Git
2 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) LabVIEW
General
1 26 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (26.98%) Manufacturing
3 10 (15.87%) Electronics
4 9 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 7 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (9.52%) Finance
7 4 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (6.35%) Marketing
8 3 (4.76%) Military
9 1 (1.59%) Games
9 1 (1.59%) Law
9 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (9.52%) Junior
1 6 (9.52%) Senior
2 5 (7.94%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (6.35%) Administrator
3 4 (6.35%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (6.35%) Software Engineer
3 4 (6.35%) Trainer
4 3 (4.76%) Account Manager
4 3 (4.76%) Big Data Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) Data Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) Databricks Data Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) Databricks Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) Kafka Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) Support Engineer
4 3 (4.76%) Technical Administrator
4 3 (4.76%) Technical Support
4 3 (4.76%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (3.17%) Quality Inspector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) Kafka
1 4 (6.35%) PyTorch
2 3 (4.76%) PySpark
3 2 (3.17%) XML
4 1 (1.59%) CSS
4 1 (1.59%) DirectX
4 1 (1.59%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.59%) Flask
4 1 (1.59%) Gradio
4 1 (1.59%) HTML
4 1 (1.59%) OpenGL
4 1 (1.59%) Plotly
4 1 (1.59%) Streamlit
4 1 (1.59%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 6 (9.52%) IoT
3 5 (7.94%) Robotics
3 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.35%) Digital Signage
4 4 (6.35%) EPoS
5 3 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.17%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.59%) Blog
7 1 (1.59%) FPGA
7 1 (1.59%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.59%) NHS
7 1 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.94%) Windows
2 2 (3.17%) Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (26.98%) AI
3 14 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 12 (19.05%) Physics
4 12 (19.05%) Software Engineering
5 10 (15.87%) Machine Learning
5 10 (15.87%) Mentoring
6 9 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 9 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 8 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (12.70%) Validation
8 7 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (11.11%) Mechatronics
9 6 (9.52%) Agile
9 6 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (9.52%) Statistics
10 5 (7.94%) Data Science
10 5 (7.94%) Image Processing
10 5 (7.94%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.40%) Python
2 10 (15.87%) C++
3 9 (14.29%) SQL
4 7 (11.11%) C
4 7 (11.11%) MATLAB
5 4 (6.35%) C#
6 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.17%) VB
8 1 (1.59%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.59%) Java
8 1 (1.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (47.62%) Degree
2 6 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.35%) DBS Check
3 4 (6.35%) Master's Degree
3 4 (6.35%) PhD
4 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.76%) HNC
4 3 (4.76%) HND
5 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.59%) CIPD
6 1 (1.59%) City & Guilds
6 1 (1.59%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) QA
2 3 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.76%) GMP
3 1 (1.59%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Docker
Vendors
1 17 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) Adobe
2 4 (6.35%) OpenAI
3 3 (4.76%) Apple
3 3 (4.76%) Databricks
3 3 (4.76%) Google
4 2 (3.17%) Draytek
4 2 (3.17%) Keysight
5 1 (1.59%) Foundry
5 1 (1.59%) MathWorks
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) SAP
5 1 (1.59%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.59%) Veeam
5 1 (1.59%) VMware
5 1 (1.59%) Workday
5 1 (1.59%) YouTube