Mathematical Modelling Job Trends

Mathematical Modelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Mathematical Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 597 597 684
Rank change year-on-year 0 +87 +245
Permanent jobs citing Mathematical Modelling 47 120 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.22% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.24% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 41 33 12
10th Percentile £55,000 £40,000 £38,539
25th Percentile £58,750 £43,500 £47,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +0.78% +17.27%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,650 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -22.48% +22.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Mathematical Modelling 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Mathematical Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Mathematical Modelling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Mathematical Modelling job vacancy trend in the UK

Mathematical Modelling
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mathematical Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mathematical Modelling

Mathematical Modelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematical Modelling over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Mathematical Modelling in the UK

Mathematical Modelling
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematical Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
England +20 44 £70,000 +40.00% 60
UK excluding London -3 39 £70,000 +40.00% 57
South West -7 12 £60,000 +27.66% 5
South East +28 11 £70,000 - 14
North of England +9 9 £62,500 -31.69% 13
North West +22 8 £62,500 -31.69% 8
London +44 6 £115,000 -8.00% 8
Work from Home +49 3 - - 7
Midlands +21 3 £100,000 +42.86% 10
East Midlands - 3 £100,000 - 4
East of England - 3 - - 11
Yorkshire -3 1 £63,150 +40.33% 4
Scotland -4 1 - - 2

Mathematical Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Simulink
2 5 (10.64%) Mathcad
3 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Git
1 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
1 2 (4.26%) TestRail
General
1 21 (44.68%) Manufacturing
2 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Electronics
4 3 (6.38%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.13%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (42.55%) Mathematician
2 8 (17.02%) Software Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Developer
3 5 (10.64%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Quantitative Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Mathematical Modeller
6 2 (4.26%) Scientific Software Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) C++ Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Consultant
7 1 (2.13%) Data Consultant
7 1 (2.13%) Data Science Consultant
7 1 (2.13%) Physicist
7 1 (2.13%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) Qt
2 2 (4.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.51%) 3D Graphics
2 4 (8.51%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (6.38%) Arduino
3 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
3 3 (6.38%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.13%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.13%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.13%) Robotics
4 1 (2.13%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 12 (25.53%) Software Engineering
3 10 (21.28%) Physics
4 9 (19.15%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (12.77%) AI
5 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.64%) Analytics
6 5 (10.64%) Machine Learning
6 5 (10.64%) Mentoring
6 5 (10.64%) Performance Analysis
6 5 (10.64%) Signal Processing
6 5 (10.64%) Validation
6 5 (10.64%) Verification and Validation
7 4 (8.51%) Backtesting
7 4 (8.51%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.51%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (8.51%) Linear Algebra
7 4 (8.51%) Multithreading
7 4 (8.51%) Pricing Analytics
7 4 (8.51%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) C#
2 15 (31.91%) Python
3 14 (29.79%) C++
4 9 (19.15%) MATLAB
5 7 (14.89%) C
6 6 (12.77%) Java
7 4 (8.51%) Rust
8 3 (6.38%) Assembly Language
8 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
8 3 (6.38%) Objective-C
8 3 (6.38%) Swift
9 2 (4.26%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) Degree
2 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
2 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
3 8 (17.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (17.02%) Master's Degree
4 5 (10.64%) PhD
5 4 (8.51%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) MathWorks
2 1 (2.13%) YouTube