Choosing a maths degree leads to a large range of interesting and well paid jobs. In fact, a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that Maths Graduates have the third highest average salary out of all degree subjects. A different CMS report also found that there are excellent employment prospects for all maths graduates, including for those Maths Graduates who don’t enter university with a top grade in A Level Maths.
Maths Graduates have the third highest average salary…
So Much Choice…
Maths Graduates work in hundreds of different sectors, meaning that there are career paths to suit a wide range of different interests and skills. Here is a list of 75 Graduate Maths Jobs to help your initial research and to give you some inspiration. Many of these jobs are open to Maths Graduates directly after graduation, whereas some roles will require further study such as a specialist one year Masters Degree or even a PhD.
75 Ideas for Jobs You Can Do With a Maths Degree
(In no particular order…)
- Medical Statistician
- Machine Learning Expert
- Cyber Security Expert
- Accountant
- Environmental Statistician
- Mathematical Modeller
- Science Librarian
- Operational Researcher
- Data Analyst
- Sports Statistician
- Research Associate
- Mathematical Biologist
- Underwriter
- Engineer
- Pure Mathematics Researcher
- Trader
- Software Engineer
- Computer Programmer
- Retail Analyst
- Pilot
- Economist
- Quantity Surveyor
- Actuary
- Scientific Computing Consultant
- Logistics Manager
- Health Economist
- Civil Servant
- Management Consultant
- PhD Student (Funded)
- Science Writer/Journalist
- Charity Sector – Analyst / Statistician
- Astronomer
- Management Accountant
- Statistician
- Games designer
- University Lecturer
- Physicist
- Data Scientist
- Climate Change Scientist
- Technical Analyst
- Primary School Teacher
- Financial Planner
- Patent Attorney
- AI Professional
- Entrepreneur
- Health Informatics Specialist
- Maths Communicator
- Image Analyst / Modeller
- Defence Analyst
- Insurance professional
- Commercial Analyst
- Researcher in Mathematics Education
- Quantitative Analyst (Quant)
- Meteorologist
- Cryptographer
- Nuclear Scientist
- Computational Scientist
- Teacher
- Space Professional
- Business Analyst
- Applied Mathematics Researcher
- Market Research Statistician
- Project Manager
- Energy Industry – Data/Tech
- Banker
- Further Education Teacher
- Auditor
- Mathematician
- University Sector – Professional and Managerial Roles
- Transport Planner
- Risk Manager
- Epidemic Modeller
- Investment Analyst
- Secondary School Teacher
- Historian of Mathematics