Mathematics Jobs in Scotland

Mathematics (Maths)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Mathematics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mathematics over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 45 153
Rank change year-on-year -31 +108 -35
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 336 274 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.98% 6.02% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.42% 6.38% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 71 36 40
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,096 £23,184
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,733 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -17.39% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £75,000
90th Percentile - £72,500 £77,201
UK median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -28.00% +4.17% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,194 4,298 5,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 91.80% 94.48% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 2,120 2,834
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £41,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in Scotland

Mathematics
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mathematics in Scotland.

Salary trend for Mathematics in Scotland

Mathematics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in Scotland

Mathematics
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -37 267 £24,699 -27.04% 6
Edinburgh +12 38 £60,000 +26.32% 6
Aberdeen -19 18 £35,000 - 2
Stirling - 4 - -
Aberdeenshire -1 1 £35,000 -
Mathematics
UK

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 17 (5.06%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.30%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 101 (30.06%) AWS
2 35 (10.42%) Azure
3 22 (6.55%) GCP
4 6 (1.79%) BlazeMeter
5 4 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.19%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.89%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.89%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.89%) Power Automate
6 3 (0.89%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.60%) IaaS
7 2 (0.60%) PaaS
7 2 (0.60%) SaaS
8 1 (0.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.71%) Wireless
2 17 (5.06%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.56%) NoSQL
2 17 (5.06%) Amazon Aurora
2 17 (5.06%) CockroachDB
3 6 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.19%) Power BI
5 3 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 6 (1.79%) JUnit
2 1 (0.30%) Git
General
1 291 (86.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 248 (73.81%) Finance
3 247 (73.51%) Law
4 197 (58.63%) Marketing
5 141 (41.96%) Financial Institution
6 70 (20.83%) Banking
7 64 (19.05%) Investment Banking
8 54 (16.07%) Social Skills
9 20 (5.95%) Games
9 20 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (2.08%) Retail
12 6 (1.79%) Private Banking
13 4 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.30%) Back Office
15 1 (0.30%) Electronics
15 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 159 (47.32%) Engineering Manager
1 159 (47.32%) Software Engineering Manager
2 83 (24.70%) Senior
3 79 (23.51%) Software Engineer
4 45 (13.39%) Senior Manager
5 36 (10.71%) Embedded Engineer
6 34 (10.12%) Senior Software Engineer
7 33 (9.82%) Lead
7 33 (9.82%) Lead Software Engineer
8 30 (8.93%) Graduate
9 29 (8.63%) Software Engineering Director
10 27 (8.04%) Python Engineer
10 27 (8.04%) Python Software Engineer
11 23 (6.85%) Junior
11 23 (6.85%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 20 (5.95%) Principal Engineer
12 20 (5.95%) Principal Software Engineer
13 19 (5.65%) Java Engineer
13 19 (5.65%) Java Software Engineer
14 17 (5.06%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (21.43%) Spring
2 59 (17.56%) NumPy
2 59 (17.56%) Pandas
3 55 (16.37%) Spring Boot
4 49 (14.58%) RESTful
5 23 (6.85%) REST
6 17 (5.06%) GraphQL
6 17 (5.06%) Kafka
6 17 (5.06%) OAuth
6 17 (5.06%) React
7 15 (4.46%) WebGL
8 2 (0.60%) CSS
8 2 (0.60%) HTML
9 1 (0.30%) .NET
9 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.30%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 238 (70.83%) Cloud Native
2 59 (17.56%) Market Risk
3 49 (14.58%) Distributed Applications
4 17 (5.06%) Public Cloud
5 11 (3.27%) Life Science
6 10 (2.98%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.19%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.30%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.30%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.89%) Linux
1 3 (0.89%) Windows
2 2 (0.60%) Unix
3 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (92.26%) Computer Science
2 309 (91.96%) Software Engineering
3 199 (59.23%) Agile
4 169 (50.30%) SDLC
5 128 (38.10%) CI/CD
6 81 (24.11%) Analytics
7 67 (19.94%) Continuous Delivery
7 67 (19.94%) Decision-Making
8 65 (19.35%) Coaching
9 64 (19.05%) Machine Learning
10 61 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (17.26%) Artificial Intelligence
11 58 (17.26%) Physics
12 57 (16.96%) Operational Stability
13 56 (16.67%) Microservices
14 42 (12.50%) Observability
15 33 (9.82%) Tech Ops
16 32 (9.52%) Asset Management
17 30 (8.93%) Wealth Management
18 28 (8.33%) Data Ingestion
Programming Languages
1 126 (37.50%) Java
2 105 (31.25%) Python
3 90 (26.79%) SQL
4 42 (12.50%) C
5 36 (10.71%) Embedded C
6 15 (4.46%) C#
6 15 (4.46%) GLSL
6 15 (4.46%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.79%) C++
7 6 (1.79%) Haskell
7 6 (1.79%) Rust
8 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.60%) PHP
8 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.60%) Ruby
9 1 (0.30%) Go
9 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 62 (18.45%) Degree
2 9 (2.68%) PhD
3 8 (2.38%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.30%) BICSI Certification
6 1 (0.30%) BICSI RCDD
6 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.30%) PMP
6 1 (0.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.08%) SLA
2 4 (1.19%) QA
3 2 (0.60%) GRC
System Software
1 36 (10.71%) Firmware
2 13 (3.87%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.19%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.06%) Terraform
3 6 (1.79%) Grafana
4 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 17 (5.06%) Google
2 11 (3.27%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.08%) Splunk
4 6 (1.79%) Dynatrace
5 4 (1.19%) Databricks
6 2 (0.60%) Apple
7 1 (0.30%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.30%) Thales
7 1 (0.30%) YouTube