Mathematics Contracts in England

Mathematics (Maths)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Mathematics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mathematics over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 259 280
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -13
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 332 505 683
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.90% 1.03% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.14% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 291 381
10th Percentile £344 £400 £350
25th Percentile £453 £508 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £763 £888 £800
90th Percentile £875 £1,025 £925
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 67 118
10th Percentile £11.77 £13.36 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.80 £19.49 £16.39
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% +18.91% -27.16%
75th Percentile £16.85 £65.00 £57.04
90th Percentile £60.00 - £60.00
UK median hourly rate £14.84 £19.49 £19.00
% change year-on-year -23.86% +2.58% -9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Mathematics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,794 44,158 63,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,826 30,977 45,197
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,739
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Mathematics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in England.

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mathematics in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mathematics in England

Mathematics
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -5 178 £638 -17.74% 466
East of England +38 88 £375 -28.57% 196
South East -17 29 £420 -38.91% 369
North of England +23 11 - - 401
North West +20 8 - - 194
South West +2 8 £600 +26.32% 274
West Midlands +14 7 £550 +2.33% 184
Midlands +13 7 £550 +37.50% 311
Yorkshire +14 3 - - 152
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.41%) SAS
2 7 (2.11%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.60%) Apache
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.60%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 81 (24.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (15.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (3.01%) Simulink
4 10 (3.01%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.20%) SPSS
6 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.60%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.30%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Loan IQ
2 3 (0.90%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.90%) Orchestrade
3 1 (0.30%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.30%) Primavera
3 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 39 (11.75%) Azure
2 18 (5.42%) AWS
3 15 (4.52%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (3.92%) GitHub
6 12 (3.61%) Snowflake
7 6 (1.81%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.51%) Serverless
9 4 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.90%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.60%) Amazon Kinesis
11 2 (0.60%) dbt
11 2 (0.60%) GCP
11 2 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.60%) Google Docs
11 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (2.71%) Internet
3 6 (1.81%) Network Security
4 3 (0.90%) SAN
4 3 (0.90%) WAN
4 3 (0.90%) Wireless
5 2 (0.60%) BGP
5 2 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.60%) Firewall
5 2 (0.60%) IPsec
5 2 (0.60%) LAN
5 2 (0.60%) MPLS
5 2 (0.60%) OSPF
5 2 (0.60%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.30%) DDNS
6 1 (0.30%) DSL
6 1 (0.30%) FCoE
6 1 (0.30%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.45%) Tableau
2 23 (6.93%) Big Data
3 20 (6.02%) Hadoop
4 15 (4.52%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (4.52%) Power BI
5 13 (3.92%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.71%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.51%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.20%) GIS
10 4 (1.20%) Presto
11 3 (0.90%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.90%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.90%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.60%) Flink
13 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
13 1 (0.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (5.72%) Git
2 7 (2.11%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.51%) GitLab
3 5 (1.51%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (1.20%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.20%) JIRA
4 4 (1.20%) Sourcetree
5 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.60%) Poetry
5 2 (0.60%) Rational Team Concert
5 2 (0.60%) RStudio
6 1 (0.30%) Ant
6 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.30%) ERwin
6 1 (0.30%) git-flow
6 1 (0.30%) Gradle
6 1 (0.30%) JUnit
6 1 (0.30%) Maven
6 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 117 (35.24%) Social Skills
2 105 (31.63%) Finance
3 92 (27.71%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.24%) Front Office
5 29 (8.73%) Banking
6 16 (4.82%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.92%) Legal
8 12 (3.61%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.31%) Marketing
9 11 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.71%) German Language
10 9 (2.71%) Local Government
11 8 (2.41%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.11%) Retail
13 6 (1.81%) Advertising
14 5 (1.51%) Electronics
14 5 (1.51%) Games
15 4 (1.20%) Hungarian Language
15 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 95 (28.61%) Analyst
2 66 (19.88%) Developer
3 43 (12.95%) Service Analyst
4 37 (11.14%) Senior
5 30 (9.04%) Service Desk Analyst
6 28 (8.43%) Data Scientist
7 26 (7.83%) Customer Analyst
7 26 (7.83%) Customer Service Analyst
8 21 (6.33%) Quantitative Developer
9 17 (5.12%) Python Engineer
10 14 (4.22%) C# Developer
11 13 (3.92%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
11 13 (3.92%) Call Centre Analyst
12 12 (3.61%) Data Engineer
12 12 (3.61%) Java Developer
12 12 (3.61%) Qualitative Analyst
12 12 (3.61%) Quantitative Analyst
12 12 (3.61%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.31%) Data Analyst
13 11 (3.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.94%) Pandas
2 29 (8.73%) NumPy
3 25 (7.53%) SciPy
4 11 (3.31%) .NET
5 10 (3.01%) HTML
5 10 (3.01%) React
6 9 (2.71%) CSS
7 7 (2.11%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.51%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.51%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.51%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (1.51%) Matplotlib
8 5 (1.51%) PySpark
8 5 (1.51%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.20%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.20%) DirectX
9 4 (1.20%) Kafka
9 4 (1.20%) OpenGL
9 4 (1.20%) OpenGL ES
9 4 (1.20%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 53 (15.96%) Algorithms
2 46 (13.86%) Derivative
3 21 (6.33%) Fixed Income
4 20 (6.02%) Credit Risk
5 19 (5.72%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (3.31%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.31%) Equity Derivative
8 10 (3.01%) Equities
8 10 (3.01%) Hedge funds
9 9 (2.71%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (2.41%) Market Risk
11 7 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.81%) Credit Derivative
13 5 (1.51%) CMDB
13 5 (1.51%) Social Media
14 4 (1.20%) Product Ownership
15 3 (0.90%) CBDC
15 3 (0.90%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.23%) Linux
2 9 (2.71%) Windows
3 8 (2.41%) Unix
4 5 (1.51%) Android
5 2 (0.60%) Solaris
6 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (39.76%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (32.53%) Computer Science
3 80 (24.10%) Customer Service
4 63 (18.98%) Incident Management
5 61 (18.37%) Statistics
6 60 (18.07%) Service Delivery
7 57 (17.17%) Analytics
8 52 (15.66%) Data Science
9 48 (14.46%) Software Engineering
10 46 (13.86%) Data Analysis
11 42 (12.65%) Machine Learning
12 40 (12.05%) Physics
13 39 (11.75%) ITIL
13 39 (11.75%) Visualisation
14 37 (11.14%) Agile
14 37 (11.14%) Data Modelling
15 32 (9.64%) Mathematical Modelling
16 26 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (7.83%) Data Visualisation
17 25 (7.53%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 142 (42.77%) Python
2 70 (21.08%) SQL
3 51 (15.36%) C++
4 50 (15.06%) Java
5 32 (9.64%) C#
5 32 (9.64%) R
6 15 (4.52%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.92%) C
7 13 (3.92%) MATLAB
8 12 (3.61%) Rust
9 10 (3.01%) Shell Script
10 9 (2.71%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.11%) Perl
11 7 (2.11%) Scala
12 5 (1.51%) VBA
13 3 (0.90%) Haskell
14 2 (0.60%) Bourne shell
14 2 (0.60%) GLSL
14 2 (0.60%) Korn
14 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 155 (46.69%) Degree
2 43 (12.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (11.14%) Numerate Degree
4 25 (7.53%) Master's Degree
5 17 (5.12%) MCP
6 16 (4.82%) PhD
7 14 (4.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (3.92%) A+ Certification
8 13 (3.92%) MCSA
9 10 (3.01%) Security Cleared
10 9 (2.71%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.20%) APMP
12 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.60%) MBA
13 2 (0.60%) RHCE
13 2 (0.60%) RHCSA
14 1 (0.30%) CISM
14 1 (0.30%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.93%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.31%) SLA
3 8 (2.41%) QA
4 7 (2.11%) GDPR
5 4 (1.20%) PMO
6 3 (0.90%) GRC
6 3 (0.90%) NIST
7 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) GMP
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.30%) NCSC
8 1 (0.30%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (4.22%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.71%) Docker
3 5 (1.51%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.60%) Ansible
3 2 (0.60%) NetBackup
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle ZFS
3 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (0.60%) Terraform
3 2 (0.60%) yum
4 1 (0.30%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.30%) SCCM
4 1 (0.30%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 86 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.72%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.82%) Citrix
3 16 (4.82%) Oracle
4 11 (3.31%) Alteryx
5 7 (2.11%) SAP
6 6 (1.81%) Databricks
7 5 (1.51%) Cisco
7 5 (1.51%) Foundry
7 5 (1.51%) Palantir
8 3 (0.90%) Civica
8 3 (0.90%) Google
8 3 (0.90%) NetApp
9 2 (0.60%) Adobe
9 2 (0.60%) Ariba
9 2 (0.60%) Cadence
9 2 (0.60%) EMC
9 2 (0.60%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.60%) Veritas