Mathematics Contracts

Mathematics (Maths)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 282 312
Rank change year-on-year +17 +30 -27
Contract jobs citing Mathematics 375 516 770
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 0.92% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.03% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 302 446
10th Percentile £278 £400 £350
25th Percentile £416 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £775 £875 £750
90th Percentile £875 £1,025 £913
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -24.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 63 110
10th Percentile £11.77 - £13.25
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.29
Median hourly rate £15.00 £19.49 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.04% +12.99% -28.13%
75th Percentile £20.35 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £52.35 - £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.80 £15.90 £14.50
% change year-on-year -6.92% +9.66% -22.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Mathematics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mathematics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mathematics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -1 348 £600 -14.29% 1,891
London -8 179 £638 -15.00% 476
UK excluding London +37 169 £380 -24.00% 1,392
East of England +40 97 £375 -28.57% 175
Work from Home +48 76 £700 +3.70% 308
South East -13 31 £390 -37.60% 322
North of England +16 15 £406 -15.52% 383
North West +20 10 £650 +62.50% 193
South West -9 9 £600 +26.32% 255
Scotland +38 7 £200 -68.00% 17
Yorkshire +14 5 £161 -66.45% 147
Midlands +9 5 £550 +37.50% 307
Wales +19 4 £465 -19.13% 17
West Midlands +8 4 £550 -4.35% 162
East Midlands +5 1 - - 148
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 12

Mathematics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (4.27%) SAS
2 8 (2.13%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.33%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.07%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 92 (24.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (16.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.93%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (2.67%) Simulink
6 7 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.87%) SPSS
7 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.53%) Stata
7 2 (0.53%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.27%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.80%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (0.80%) iTrent
1 3 (0.80%) Orchestrade
1 3 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.27%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.27%) Primavera
2 1 (0.27%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.27%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.20%) Azure
2 30 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 27 (7.20%) AWS
4 19 (5.07%) Snowflake
5 14 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.93%) GitHub
7 5 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (1.33%) GCP
7 5 (1.33%) PaaS
7 5 (1.33%) SaaS
7 5 (1.33%) Serverless
8 4 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.07%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.07%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.53%) Google Docs
9 2 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.47%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (2.40%) Network Security
3 8 (2.13%) Internet
4 4 (1.07%) Wireless
5 3 (0.80%) Firewall
5 3 (0.80%) SAN
6 2 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.53%) WAN
7 1 (0.27%) BGP
7 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.27%) DDNS
7 1 (0.27%) DSL
7 1 (0.27%) DVB
7 1 (0.27%) FCoE
7 1 (0.27%) Junos
7 1 (0.27%) MPLS
7 1 (0.27%) OSPF
7 1 (0.27%) SSL
7 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (12.27%) Tableau
2 27 (7.20%) Power BI
3 23 (6.13%) Big Data
4 20 (5.33%) Hadoop
5 14 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.47%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.87%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.33%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.33%) GIS
9 5 (1.33%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.33%) Tableau Server
10 4 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.07%) Presto
11 3 (0.80%) Apache Hive
11 3 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.80%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.27%) MySQL
13 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (7.47%) Git
2 8 (2.13%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.60%) JIRA
4 5 (1.33%) GitLab
4 5 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.07%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.07%) Sourcetree
6 3 (0.80%) RStudio
7 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.53%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.27%) Ant
8 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.27%) ERwin
8 1 (0.27%) git-flow
8 1 (0.27%) Gradle
8 1 (0.27%) JUnit
8 1 (0.27%) Maven
8 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 141 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 110 (29.33%) Analytical Skills
3 107 (28.53%) Finance
4 31 (8.27%) Front Office
5 28 (7.47%) Banking
6 17 (4.53%) Marketing
7 14 (3.73%) Investment Banking
7 14 (3.73%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.47%) Legal
9 12 (3.20%) German Language
10 11 (2.93%) Local Government
11 10 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.40%) Retail
13 7 (1.87%) Hungarian Language
13 7 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.60%) Advertising
14 6 (1.60%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.33%) Electronics
15 5 (1.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 99 (26.40%) Analyst
2 65 (17.33%) Developer
3 46 (12.27%) Senior
4 41 (10.93%) Service Analyst
5 39 (10.40%) Data Scientist
6 28 (7.47%) Service Desk Analyst
7 24 (6.40%) Customer Analyst
7 24 (6.40%) Customer Service Analyst
8 23 (6.13%) Quantitative Developer
9 17 (4.53%) Python Engineer
10 15 (4.00%) Data Analyst
11 14 (3.73%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.47%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
12 13 (3.47%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.47%) Lead
13 12 (3.20%) Administrator
13 12 (3.20%) C# Developer
13 12 (3.20%) Java Developer
13 12 (3.20%) Qualitative Analyst
13 12 (3.20%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (9.33%) Pandas
2 31 (8.27%) NumPy
3 24 (6.40%) SciPy
4 12 (3.20%) .NET
5 10 (2.67%) CSS
5 10 (2.67%) HTML
5 10 (2.67%) React
6 9 (2.40%) PyTorch
6 9 (2.40%) scikit-learn
7 7 (1.87%) .NET Framework
7 7 (1.87%) Matplotlib
7 7 (1.87%) TensorFlow
8 5 (1.33%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.33%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.33%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (1.33%) PySpark
9 4 (1.07%) D3.js
9 4 (1.07%) DirectX
9 4 (1.07%) OpenGL
9 4 (1.07%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.67%) Algorithms
2 43 (11.47%) Derivative
3 27 (7.20%) Management Information System
4 22 (5.87%) Credit Risk
5 17 (4.53%) Fixed Income
6 13 (3.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (3.20%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.93%) Equities
9 10 (2.67%) Distributed Computing
9 10 (2.67%) Equity Derivative
9 10 (2.67%) Hedge funds
10 8 (2.13%) Market Risk
10 8 (2.13%) Social Media
11 7 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.60%) Blockchain
12 6 (1.60%) Credit Derivative
13 5 (1.33%) CMDB
14 4 (1.07%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.13%) Linux
2 10 (2.67%) Windows
3 9 (2.40%) Unix
4 5 (1.33%) Android
5 2 (0.53%) Solaris
6 1 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (40.27%) Problem-Solving
2 136 (36.27%) Computer Science
3 88 (23.47%) Customer Service
4 84 (22.40%) Statistics
5 75 (20.00%) Analytics
6 72 (19.20%) Data Science
6 72 (19.20%) Incident Management
7 69 (18.40%) Service Delivery
8 55 (14.67%) Data Analysis
9 53 (14.13%) Software Engineering
10 51 (13.60%) Machine Learning
11 48 (12.80%) Physics
12 43 (11.47%) Agile
13 42 (11.20%) Data Modelling
14 41 (10.93%) Visualisation
15 36 (9.60%) ITIL
16 35 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
16 35 (9.33%) Mathematical Modelling
17 30 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence
18 29 (7.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 163 (43.47%) Python
2 88 (23.47%) SQL
3 52 (13.87%) C++
4 51 (13.60%) Java
5 44 (11.73%) R
6 30 (8.00%) C#
7 17 (4.53%) JavaScript
8 14 (3.73%) Rust
9 13 (3.47%) C
10 11 (2.93%) MATLAB
11 10 (2.67%) PowerShell
12 9 (2.40%) Perl
13 8 (2.13%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.60%) Scala
15 5 (1.33%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.33%) VBA
16 4 (1.07%) Clojure
17 3 (0.80%) Bash
17 3 (0.80%) Haskell
17 3 (0.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 183 (48.80%) Degree
2 49 (13.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (11.73%) Numerate Degree
4 31 (8.27%) Master's Degree
5 21 (5.60%) PhD
6 15 (4.00%) MCP
6 15 (4.00%) Security Cleared
7 14 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (3.73%) SC Cleared
8 13 (3.47%) A+ Certification
8 13 (3.47%) MCSA
9 6 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.07%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.80%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.53%) HNC
12 2 (0.53%) MBA
12 2 (0.53%) RHCE
12 2 (0.53%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.87%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.67%) SLA
3 8 (2.13%) QA
4 7 (1.87%) GDPR
5 4 (1.07%) NCSC
6 3 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.80%) GRC
6 3 (0.80%) NIST
7 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.27%) GMP
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 16 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.40%) Docker
3 5 (1.33%) Firmware
4 3 (0.80%) HDFS
5 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.80%) SCCM
2 3 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.53%) Ansible
3 2 (0.53%) NetBackup
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle ZFS
3 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (0.53%) WSUS
3 2 (0.53%) yum
4 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.27%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.27%) Nessus
4 1 (0.27%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 101 (26.93%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.40%) ServiceNow
3 19 (5.07%) Oracle
4 16 (4.27%) Citrix
5 15 (4.00%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.13%) Databricks
7 6 (1.60%) SAP
8 5 (1.33%) Cisco
8 5 (1.33%) Cloudera
8 5 (1.33%) Foundry
8 5 (1.33%) Palantir
8 5 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.07%) Google
9 4 (1.07%) Sparx
10 3 (0.80%) Adobe
10 3 (0.80%) Civica
10 3 (0.80%) NetApp
11 2 (0.53%) CA
11 2 (0.53%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.53%) Veritas