Mathematics (Maths)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 34 137
Rank change year-on-year -64 +103 +13
Permanent jobs citing Mathematics 2,693 6,947 4,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.70% 7.01% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 7.33% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 1,057 1,670
10th Percentile £20,750 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £38,066 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £105,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -1.10% -4.21%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mathematics over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Mathematics in the UK

Mathematics
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mathematics within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England -70 2,251 £45,000 -28.00% 2,225
UK excluding London -79 1,950 £40,000 -11.11% 1,685
Work from Home +39 741 £51,528 -20.73% 436
London +21 686 £70,000 -15.15% 578
South East -45 619 £45,000 -18.18% 442
Midlands -53 394 £28,000 -26.32% 347
Scotland -30 340 £52,500 +10.53% 20
West Midlands -41 259 £30,000 -23.08% 190
North of England -161 230 £35,000 -12.50% 445
South West -106 197 £47,657 -33.11% 302
North West -133 146 £37,500 -16.67% 214
East Midlands -49 135 £27,500 +14.58% 158
East of England -108 121 £29,500 -50.83% 209
Yorkshire -124 69 £35,000 -12.50% 173
Wales -36 44 £45,000 -33.33% 29
North East -100 15 £30,000 -20.00% 62
Northern Ireland -1 5 £70,000 - 9
Channel Islands - 1 £67,500 - 1

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 62 (2.30%) Apache Spark
2 61 (2.27%) SAS
3 21 (0.78%) Apache
4 17 (0.63%) Cloud Foundry
5 15 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.41%) Confluence
7 10 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.37%) CMS
8 7 (0.26%) SharePoint
9 6 (0.22%) Drupal
10 5 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 4 (0.15%) Moodle
11 4 (0.15%) Site Server
12 3 (0.11%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.074%) Luigi
13 2 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 252 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
2 215 (7.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (1.34%) Simulink
5 27 (1.00%) AutoCAD
6 19 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 15 (0.56%) SPSS
8 10 (0.37%) GNU Octave
9 7 (0.26%) MS Visio
10 6 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 4 (0.15%) Solid Edge
11 4 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
12 3 (0.11%) Revit
13 2 (0.074%) EViews
13 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
14 1 (0.037%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
14 1 (0.037%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 4 (0.15%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.15%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.074%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.037%) Demantra
5 1 (0.037%) Maximo
5 1 (0.037%) Oracle ASCP
5 1 (0.037%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.037%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.037%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.037%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.037%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 365 (13.55%) AWS
2 173 (6.42%) Azure
3 169 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 85 (3.16%) GCP
5 76 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (0.93%) GitHub
7 22 (0.82%) SaaS
8 19 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (0.48%) Serverless
11 11 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (0.37%) Snowflake
13 8 (0.30%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.30%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.22%) Amazon Kinesis
15 6 (0.22%) BlazeMeter
15 6 (0.22%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 74 (2.75%) Wireless
2 21 (0.78%) Firewall
3 20 (0.74%) Internet
4 19 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.63%) Kerberos
7 13 (0.48%) LAN
8 12 (0.45%) Broadband
9 9 (0.33%) Network Security
10 7 (0.26%) Link 16
10 7 (0.26%) VPN
11 6 (0.22%) 5G
11 6 (0.22%) VLAN
12 5 (0.19%) Intranet
12 5 (0.19%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.19%) VoIP
13 4 (0.15%) 3GPP
13 4 (0.15%) DNS
13 4 (0.15%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (11.07%) Tableau
2 161 (5.98%) Power BI
3 86 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 76 (2.82%) NoSQL
5 47 (1.75%) Data Mining
6 41 (1.52%) Hadoop
7 40 (1.49%) Big Data
7 40 (1.49%) MySQL
8 37 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
10 30 (1.11%) Data Lake
10 30 (1.11%) Relational Database
11 25 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
12 24 (0.89%) Redis
13 20 (0.74%) Apache Ignite
14 18 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
15 17 (0.63%) CockroachDB
16 13 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
17 12 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 256 (9.51%) Git
2 29 (1.08%) JIRA
3 27 (1.00%) Subversion
4 23 (0.85%) CMake
5 21 (0.78%) Visual Studio
6 12 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 9 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.26%) JUnit
9 7 (0.26%) TestRail
10 6 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.19%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.19%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.19%) Xcode
12 4 (0.15%) GitLab
12 4 (0.15%) Gradle
12 4 (0.15%) Katalon Studio
12 4 (0.15%) Maven
12 4 (0.15%) Postman
General
1 1,044 (38.77%) Social Skills
2 709 (26.33%) Analytical Skills
3 655 (24.32%) Finance
4 508 (18.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 311 (11.55%) Marketing
6 289 (10.73%) Law
7 271 (10.06%) Retail
8 224 (8.32%) Organisational Skills
8 224 (8.32%) Presentation Skills
9 150 (5.57%) Financial Institution
10 129 (4.79%) Influencing Skills
11 121 (4.49%) Games
12 116 (4.31%) Banking
13 97 (3.60%) Legal
14 81 (3.01%) Investment Banking
15 71 (2.64%) Electronics
15 71 (2.64%) Military
16 67 (2.49%) Manufacturing
17 65 (2.41%) Local Government
18 57 (2.12%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 575 (21.35%) Analyst
2 574 (21.31%) Senior
3 280 (10.40%) Software Engineer
4 249 (9.25%) Data Scientist
5 227 (8.43%) Data Analyst
6 216 (8.02%) Developer
7 195 (7.24%) Senior Analyst
8 171 (6.35%) Lead
9 163 (6.05%) Engineering Manager
9 163 (6.05%) Software Engineering Manager
10 129 (4.79%) Graduate
11 124 (4.60%) Product Analyst
11 124 (4.60%) Sales Analyst
12 108 (4.01%) Senior Data Analyst
13 90 (3.34%) Senior Data Scientist
14 82 (3.04%) Senior Software Engineer
15 73 (2.71%) IT Support
16 66 (2.45%) Senior Manager
17 63 (2.34%) Junior
18 61 (2.27%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (4.79%) Pandas
2 125 (4.64%) .NET
3 93 (3.45%) NumPy
4 92 (3.42%) TensorFlow
5 81 (3.01%) Spring
6 73 (2.71%) Kafka
7 58 (2.15%) scikit-learn
8 56 (2.08%) Spring Boot
9 54 (2.01%) RESTful
10 52 (1.93%) PySpark
11 48 (1.78%) HTML
11 48 (1.78%) PyTorch
12 42 (1.56%) Qt
13 41 (1.52%) XML
14 32 (1.19%) REST
15 31 (1.15%) CSS
15 31 (1.15%) React
16 21 (0.78%) HTML5
16 21 (0.78%) WPF
17 20 (0.74%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 475 (17.64%) Algorithms
2 243 (9.02%) Cloud Native
3 141 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
4 100 (3.71%) Onboarding
5 97 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 95 (3.53%) Driving Licence
7 65 (2.41%) Market Risk
8 57 (2.12%) Data Structures
9 51 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 49 (1.82%) Distributed Applications
11 41 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
12 33 (1.23%) CUDA
13 30 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
14 26 (0.97%) Housing Association
14 26 (0.97%) PMI
15 25 (0.93%) Credit Risk
16 24 (0.89%) Life Science
17 23 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 22 (0.82%) Product Ownership
19 21 (0.78%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 186 (6.91%) Linux
2 152 (5.64%) Windows
3 48 (1.78%) Android
4 37 (1.37%) Apple iOS
5 36 (1.34%) Unix
6 23 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 14 (0.52%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
8 11 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.33%) Debian
10 6 (0.22%) CentOS
11 5 (0.19%) Windows Server
11 5 (0.19%) Windows Vista
12 4 (0.15%) SUSE
12 4 (0.15%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.074%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.074%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.037%) Scientific Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,048 (38.92%) Computer Science
2 962 (35.72%) Problem-Solving
3 664 (24.66%) Software Engineering
4 516 (19.16%) Physics
5 494 (18.34%) Statistics
6 475 (17.64%) Data Analysis
7 466 (17.30%) Agile
8 461 (17.12%) Analytics
9 417 (15.48%) Decision-Making
10 411 (15.26%) Data Science
11 348 (12.92%) Machine Learning
12 321 (11.92%) Visualisation
13 287 (10.66%) Artificial Intelligence
14 286 (10.62%) Customer Service
15 269 (9.99%) Mentoring
16 268 (9.95%) Coaching
17 240 (8.91%) Actionable Insight
18 214 (7.95%) SDLC
19 204 (7.58%) Business Strategy
20 203 (7.54%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 843 (31.30%) Python
2 622 (23.10%) SQL
3 285 (10.58%) Java
4 257 (9.54%) C++
5 235 (8.73%) C#
6 218 (8.10%) C
7 141 (5.24%) R
8 101 (3.75%) JavaScript
9 91 (3.38%) MATLAB
10 61 (2.27%) Fortran
11 42 (1.56%) Embedded C
12 41 (1.52%) VBA
13 35 (1.30%) Bash
14 30 (1.11%) TypeScript
15 26 (0.97%) Go
16 24 (0.89%) Haskell
17 21 (0.78%) PowerShell
18 19 (0.71%) T-SQL
19 15 (0.56%) GLSL
20 12 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,595 (59.23%) Degree
2 284 (10.55%) Master's Degree
3 219 (8.13%) DBS Check
4 214 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 204 (7.58%) PhD
6 187 (6.94%) Security Cleared
7 96 (3.56%) Numerate Degree
8 68 (2.53%) HNC
9 57 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 54 (2.01%) SC Cleared
11 41 (1.52%) HND
12 35 (1.30%) DV Cleared
13 31 (1.15%) PMI Certification
14 17 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
15 16 (0.59%) MBA
15 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.45%) Azure Certification
17 11 (0.41%) CCNA
17 11 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
18 10 (0.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (3.82%) QA
2 69 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 39 (1.45%) GDPR
4 33 (1.23%) SLA
5 29 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 29 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 21 (0.78%) CDISC
7 14 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
7 14 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (0.48%) IFRS
8 13 (0.48%) IFRS 9
8 13 (0.48%) ISO 9002
9 12 (0.45%) CRD IV
9 12 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 10 (0.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 9 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 9 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.30%) PMO
13 6 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (1.97%) Firmware
2 43 (1.60%) Docker
3 25 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 17 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
5 16 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.15%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.11%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) IAG
9 2 (0.074%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.037%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.74%) Terraform
3 6 (0.22%) Grafana
4 4 (0.15%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.11%) Puppet
6 2 (0.074%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.037%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.037%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.037%) SCCM
7 1 (0.037%) yum
Vendors
1 365 (13.55%) Microsoft
2 194 (7.20%) Databricks
3 74 (2.75%) Google
4 31 (1.15%) Apple
5 24 (0.89%) Oracle
5 24 (0.89%) SAP
6 18 (0.67%) OpenAI
7 13 (0.48%) Alteryx
7 13 (0.48%) Cisco
8 10 (0.37%) IFS
9 9 (0.33%) ServiceNow
9 9 (0.33%) VMware
10 8 (0.30%) CA
10 8 (0.30%) Cadence
11 7 (0.26%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.26%) Veeam
12 6 (0.22%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.22%) Sophos
12 6 (0.22%) Splunk
12 6 (0.22%) Xilinx