Mathematics Job Trends

Mathematics (Maths)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Mathematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 105 154
Rank change year-on-year -7 +49 -43
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 1,311 1,597 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.50% 2.37% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.89% 2.86% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 430 596 685
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £29,813 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,532 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74,750 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,064 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -19.87% -2.91% +21.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,363 55,823 49,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.65% 82.88% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 26,894 29,023 37,931
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,532 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the UK

Mathematics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mathematics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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 -3 1,165 £47,500 -17.39% 985
UK excluding London -3 935 £40,064 -19.87% 619
Work from Home +107 587 £50,000 -16.67% 351
North of England +17 373 £40,000 -5.88% 152
London +15 291 £95,000 +26.67% 392
North West +56 265 £54,500 +28.24% 90
South East -20 207 £43,750 -16.67% 188
Midlands -13 128 £35,000 -12.50% 98
South West -5 104 £40,127 -30.82% 97
Yorkshire -34 72 £25,000 -58.33% 38
West Midlands -22 68 £31,000 -22.50% 53
East Midlands +19 60 £35,000 -17.65% 42
East of England -16 60 £40,000 -42.86% 79
Scotland -13 50 £27,500 -51.33% 21
North East +5 36 £40,000 -4.76% 24
Wales +6 12 £40,000 +23.08% 4
Northern Ireland -5 1 £26,000 -4.59% 9

Mathematics
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 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.46%) CMS
3 6 (0.46%) Jupyter
4 5 (0.38%) SAS
5 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Confluence
7 2 (0.15%) R Markdown
8 1 (0.076%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.076%) IIS
Applications
1 234 (17.85%) Chatbot
2 144 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 99 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
4 28 (2.14%) Simulink
5 21 (1.60%) Maya
6 13 (0.99%) Mathcad
7 10 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.53%) Blender
9 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.23%) GNU Octave
10 3 (0.23%) Stata
11 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.076%) 3ds Max
12 1 (0.076%) Abaqus
12 1 (0.076%) CATIA
12 1 (0.076%) MicroStation
12 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.076%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.61%) SAP FS
3 2 (0.15%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.076%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.076%) Primavera
4 1 (0.076%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.076%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 98 (7.48%) Power Platform
2 79 (6.03%) AWS
3 49 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (3.36%) Azure
5 31 (2.36%) GCP
6 16 (1.22%) GitHub
7 15 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (0.92%) Boomi
8 12 (0.92%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 10 (0.76%) IaaS
10 9 (0.69%) PaaS
10 9 (0.69%) SaaS
11 8 (0.61%) Serverless
12 5 (0.38%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.38%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.31%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (0.31%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.31%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 193 (14.72%) VPN
2 191 (14.57%) Cisco IOS
3 10 (0.76%) Multicast
4 8 (0.61%) WAN
5 6 (0.46%) 5G
5 6 (0.46%) SD-WAN
5 6 (0.46%) VLAN
6 5 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
6 5 (0.38%) VoIP
7 4 (0.31%) DNS
7 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.23%) Internet
8 3 (0.23%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.15%) DHCP
9 2 (0.15%) Firewall
9 2 (0.15%) LAN
10 1 (0.076%) Broadband
10 1 (0.076%) HTTP
10 1 (0.076%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.076%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (7.48%) Power BI
2 64 (4.88%) Tableau
3 31 (2.36%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (1.37%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.30%) Data Mining
7 17 (1.30%) KDB
8 12 (0.92%) Big Data
8 12 (0.92%) Kdb+
8 12 (0.92%) Power Query
8 12 (0.92%) SQL Server
9 10 (0.76%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.61%) MySQL
11 6 (0.46%) GIS
11 6 (0.46%) QGIS
12 5 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 25 (1.91%) JIRA
2 23 (1.75%) Git
3 14 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.31%) GitLab
5 4 (0.31%) Maven
5 4 (0.31%) Selenium
5 4 (0.31%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.23%) RStudio
6 3 (0.23%) TestRail
7 2 (0.15%) MLflow
7 2 (0.15%) Plastic SCM
7 2 (0.15%) Subversion
8 1 (0.076%) gulp
8 1 (0.076%) PostCSS
8 1 (0.076%) rollup.js
8 1 (0.076%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.076%) Vite
General
1 439 (33.49%) Analytical Skills
2 329 (25.10%) Social Skills
3 312 (23.80%) Finance
4 307 (23.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 131 (9.99%) Law
6 103 (7.86%) Banking
7 75 (5.72%) Manufacturing
7 75 (5.72%) Marketing
8 68 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
9 59 (4.50%) Games
10 58 (4.42%) Legal
11 47 (3.59%) Retail
12 45 (3.43%) Financial Institution
13 40 (3.05%) Front Office
14 31 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (2.14%) Electronics
16 27 (2.06%) French Language
17 26 (1.98%) Dutch Language
18 20 (1.53%) Advertising
18 20 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 243 (18.54%) Trainer
2 194 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 135 (10.30%) Senior
4 123 (9.38%) Analyst
5 114 (8.70%) Software Engineer
6 97 (7.40%) Lead
7 73 (5.57%) Support Engineer
8 70 (5.34%) Developer
9 66 (5.03%) Technical Support
10 59 (4.50%) Systems Engineer
11 57 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
11 57 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
12 52 (3.97%) Lead Software Engineer
13 51 (3.89%) IT Support
14 50 (3.81%) Data Analyst
15 43 (3.28%) Senior Software Engineer
16 36 (2.75%) Data Scientist
17 34 (2.59%) Mathematician
18 31 (2.36%) Python Engineer
18 31 (2.36%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (14.57%) Elastic Stack
2 33 (2.52%) React
3 29 (2.21%) .NET
4 20 (1.53%) Kafka
5 18 (1.37%) FIX Protocol
6 16 (1.22%) CSS
7 15 (1.14%) HTML
7 15 (1.14%) Pandas
8 13 (0.99%) pytest
8 13 (0.99%) PyTorch
9 12 (0.92%) TensorFlow
9 12 (0.92%) Vue
10 11 (0.84%) REST
10 11 (0.84%) scikit-learn
10 11 (0.84%) Web Services
11 10 (0.76%) Blazor
11 10 (0.76%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 10 (0.76%) WPF
12 9 (0.69%) RESTful
13 8 (0.61%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 195 (14.87%) Cyberattack
2 96 (7.32%) Algorithms
3 87 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
4 84 (6.41%) Driving Licence
5 59 (4.50%) Cloud Native
6 45 (3.43%) Derivative
7 44 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (3.28%) Data Structures
9 41 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 35 (2.67%) Equities
11 28 (2.14%) e-Learning
11 28 (2.14%) Social Media
12 23 (1.75%) Management Information System
13 22 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
14 21 (1.60%) Onboarding
15 15 (1.14%) Fixed Income
15 15 (1.14%) FMCG
16 14 (1.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 13 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
18 12 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 248 (18.92%) Windows
2 241 (18.38%) Linux
3 196 (14.95%) Android
4 12 (0.92%) Unix
4 12 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.53%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.076%) SafeRTOS
9 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.076%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (36.92%) Problem-Solving
2 417 (31.81%) AI
3 368 (28.07%) Computer Science
4 285 (21.74%) Physics
5 259 (19.76%) Risk Management
6 245 (18.69%) DevOps
7 238 (18.15%) Statistics
8 234 (17.85%) Conversational UI
9 227 (17.32%) Line Management
10 198 (15.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 196 (14.95%) Task Automation
12 194 (14.80%) Platform Engineering
13 193 (14.72%) Storage Management
14 172 (13.12%) Analytics
15 163 (12.43%) Software Engineering
16 152 (11.59%) Agile
17 148 (11.29%) Machine Learning
18 130 (9.92%) Data Analysis
19 128 (9.76%) Decision-Making
20 126 (9.61%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 503 (38.37%) Python
2 200 (15.26%) Bash
3 193 (14.72%) PowerShell
4 142 (10.83%) SQL
5 85 (6.48%) Java
6 79 (6.03%) C++
7 74 (5.64%) C#
8 45 (3.43%) MATLAB
9 37 (2.82%) JavaScript
10 30 (2.29%) R
11 27 (2.06%) C
12 17 (1.30%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 12 (0.92%) Scala
14 11 (0.84%) VBA
15 5 (0.38%) Rust
15 5 (0.38%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.31%) Fortran
16 4 (0.31%) Haskell
16 4 (0.31%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 723 (55.15%) Degree
2 339 (25.86%) Master's Degree
3 302 (23.04%) PhD
4 109 (8.31%) Security Cleared
5 71 (5.42%) SC Cleared
6 68 (5.19%) Numerate Degree
7 61 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 49 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (3.20%) DV Cleared
10 41 (3.13%) DBS Check
11 26 (1.98%) HNC
12 16 (1.22%) Postgraduate
13 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.46%) AAT
14 6 (0.46%) ACCA
14 6 (0.46%) CIMA
14 6 (0.46%) HND
14 6 (0.46%) RIBA
15 4 (0.31%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.05%) Data Quality
2 27 (2.06%) QA
3 21 (1.60%) GDPR
4 19 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 11 (0.84%) PMO
6 9 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.69%) IFRS
6 9 (0.69%) IFRS 17
6 9 (0.69%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.61%) SLA
8 1 (0.076%) CDISC
8 1 (0.076%) DICOM
8 1 (0.076%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.076%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.076%) HL7
8 1 (0.076%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.076%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.076%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 217 (16.55%) Docker
2 196 (14.95%) Hyper-V
3 191 (14.57%) VMware NSX
3 191 (14.57%) vSphere
4 20 (1.53%) Active Directory
5 11 (0.84%) Firmware
6 5 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 224 (17.09%) Terraform
2 192 (14.65%) Ansible
3 17 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.46%) Grafana
5 4 (0.31%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.31%) Netcool
5 4 (0.31%) Netcool/OMNIbus
5 4 (0.31%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.15%) FTK
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.076%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 234 (17.85%) PayPal
2 195 (14.87%) Splunk
3 191 (14.57%) 3PAR
3 191 (14.57%) Cisco
3 191 (14.57%) Juniper
4 152 (11.59%) Microsoft
5 52 (3.97%) SAP
6 31 (2.36%) Alteryx
7 26 (1.98%) Oracle
8 24 (1.83%) Bloomberg
9 15 (1.14%) Adobe
10 14 (1.07%) MathWorks
11 13 (0.99%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.92%) Dell
12 12 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 11 (0.84%) IBM
14 9 (0.69%) Databricks
15 8 (0.61%) Duck Creek
15 8 (0.61%) Guidewire
16 7 (0.53%) Google