Numerate Degree Job Trends

Numerate Degree (Degree in Mathematics)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Numerate Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 577 595
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +123
Permanent jobs citing Numerate Degree 80 125 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.64% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 22 46 61
10th Percentile - £38,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,487 £60,329 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +9.69% -21.43%
75th Percentile £55,938 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £72,050 £85,000 £137,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £65,000 £47,657
% change year-on-year -36.15% +36.39% +19.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

Numerate Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,397 19,574 17,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.82% 36.70% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7,796 7,637 11,635
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,518 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +6.28% -2.61%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,100 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Numerate Degree
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Numerate Degree job vacancy trend in the UK

Numerate Degree
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Numerate Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Numerate Degree

Numerate Degree
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Numerate Degree over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Numerate Degree in the UK

Numerate Degree
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Numerate Degree within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +44 78 £45,974 -23.38% 27
UK excluding London +21 40 £41,500 -36.15% 23
London +39 39 £58,750 +2.17% 9
Midlands +29 20 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Work from Home +42 19 £41,500 -30.83% 9
East Midlands -4 13 £40,000 -5.88% 3
North West +21 9 £45,487 -17.30% 4
North of England +14 9 £45,487 -17.30% 5
West Midlands +37 7 - -
South East +13 5 £58,760 -21.65% 9
East of England +23 4 - - 3
South West +6 1 £50,000 -
Scotland 0 1 £31,000 - 3

Numerate Degree
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 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.50%) Azure
2 2 (2.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (48.75%) Tableau
2 12 (15.00%) Power BI
3 1 (1.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 44 (55.00%) Analytical Skills
1 44 (55.00%) Finance
2 31 (38.75%) Banking
2 31 (38.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (37.50%) Financial Institution
4 13 (16.25%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (16.25%) Manufacturing
5 12 (15.00%) Legal
5 12 (15.00%) Social Skills
6 10 (12.50%) Marketing
7 4 (5.00%) Electronics
8 3 (3.75%) Dutch Language
8 3 (3.75%) French Language
8 3 (3.75%) Retail
9 2 (2.50%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.50%) Back Office
10 1 (1.25%) Front Office
10 1 (1.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (52.50%) Analyst
2 39 (48.75%) Data Analyst
3 22 (27.50%) Senior
4 10 (12.50%) Developer
5 8 (10.00%) Customer Analyst
5 8 (10.00%) Digital Analyst
5 8 (10.00%) Digital Analytics Analyst
6 7 (8.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 6 (7.50%) Analyst Developer
7 6 (7.50%) Analytics Developer
7 6 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 6 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
7 6 (7.50%) Digital Analytics Developer
7 6 (7.50%) Digital Developer
8 4 (5.00%) Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Machine Learning Consultant
9 3 (3.75%) Risk Manager
10 2 (2.50%) Data Manager
10 2 (2.50%) Senior Manager
10 2 (2.50%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) Google JAX
1 4 (5.00%) JAX
1 4 (5.00%) PyTorch
1 4 (5.00%) TensorFlow
2 2 (2.50%) HTML
2 2 (2.50%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 36 (45.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.00%) CUDA
2 4 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.50%) Derivative
3 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.50%) PMI
3 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.25%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.50%) Linux
1 2 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (81.25%) Mathematics
2 46 (57.50%) Analytics
3 43 (53.75%) Business Intelligence
4 40 (50.00%) Data Science
4 40 (50.00%) Statistics
5 39 (48.75%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (45.00%) Risk Management
7 32 (40.00%) Migration
8 31 (38.75%) Data Analysis
8 31 (38.75%) Stress Testing
9 30 (37.50%) AI
9 30 (37.50%) Asset Management
9 30 (37.50%) Business Strategy
9 30 (37.50%) Portfolio Management
9 30 (37.50%) Risk Analytics
9 30 (37.50%) Scenario Testing
9 30 (37.50%) Statistical Modelling
9 30 (37.50%) Workflow
10 15 (18.75%) Computer Science
11 14 (17.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 48 (60.00%) Python
2 17 (21.25%) SQL
3 3 (3.75%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.50%) Java
4 2 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.50%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.25%) C++
5 1 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.25%) R
5 1 (1.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (100.00%) Degree
2 20 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.25%) HAZOP
Vendors
1 31 (38.75%) Alteryx
2 30 (37.50%) Bloomberg
3 8 (10.00%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.50%) Oracle
6 1 (1.25%) Databricks
6 1 (1.25%) OpenLink