Mathematics Job Trends in the West Midlands

Mathematics (Maths)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Mathematics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 85 42
Rank change year-on-year -74 -43 -14
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 40 91 292
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.47% 2.64% 4.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 3.10% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 24 41 43
10th Percentile £24,725 - £22,325
25th Percentile £29,750 £15,000 £25,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £30,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -33.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £43,750 £33,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £49,000 £53,750 £69,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,010 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.17% -15.98% -23.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,895 2,936 5,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.12% 85.05% 78.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,424 1,888 3,088
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,200 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.42% -2.48% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,603
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Mathematics job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Mathematics
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Mathematics

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the West Midlands

Mathematics
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Birmingham -16 13 £35,000 -39.13% 4
Warwickshire -20 11 £31,500 +5.00% 11
Staffordshire -12 8 £42,500 -19.05% 10
Worcestershire -32 4 £37,250 +148.33% 6
Shropshire -23 2 £30,500 -44.55% 5
Mathematics
England

Mathematics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (7.50%) IIS
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.50%) ALPHACAM
2 3 (7.50%) Photoshop
3 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.50%) LaTeX
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.50%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.50%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (2.50%) Broadband
2 1 (2.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) MySQL
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (5.00%) Tableau
3 1 (2.50%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 13 (32.50%) Finance
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Legal
5 4 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Games
6 2 (5.00%) iGaming
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
7 1 (2.50%) Social Housing
7 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Senior
2 7 (17.50%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Junior
4 5 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Junior Data Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) IT Support
5 4 (10.00%) Mechanical Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Programmer
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Support
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) IT Support Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Junior IT Support
6 3 (7.50%) Junior IT Support Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Junior Support Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) JSON
2 3 (7.50%) CSS
2 3 (7.50%) HTML
3 1 (2.50%) PySpark
3 1 (2.50%) React
3 1 (2.50%) REST
3 1 (2.50%) XML
3 1 (2.50%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (7.50%) Social Media
4 1 (2.50%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.50%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.50%) FMCG
4 1 (2.50%) Online Games
4 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
1 3 (7.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Data Science
1 10 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (22.50%) Computer Science
3 8 (20.00%) Agile
4 7 (17.50%) Mentoring
5 6 (15.00%) Coaching
5 6 (15.00%) Internal Audit
6 5 (12.50%) Applied Mathematics
6 5 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 5 (12.50%) Business Transformation
6 5 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 5 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 5 (12.50%) Informatics
7 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.00%) Statistics
8 3 (7.50%) Analytics
8 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (7.50%) Social Media Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) SQL
2 5 (12.50%) Python
3 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.50%) PHP
4 3 (7.50%) VBA
5 2 (5.00%) R
6 1 (2.50%) Java
6 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) Degree
2 7 (17.50%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (10.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.50%) HNC
5 1 (2.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.50%) GMP
3 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Adobe
3 1 (2.50%) Calypso