Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mathematician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mathematician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Mathematicians study and deepen existing mathematical theories in order to expand the knowledge and find new paradigms within the field. They can apply this knowledge to challenges presented in engineering and scientific projects in order to assure that measurements, quantities, and mathematic laws prove their viability.

Also known as logic research scientist, mathematicians, mathematics science researcher, logic researcher, logic science researcher, mathematics scholar, mathematics research scientist, mathematics scientist, logician, logic scholar, mathematics researcher, logic scientist.

Professionals 80 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: seismologist, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
seismologist 77% covered demographer 77% covered astronomer 77% covered religion scientific researcher 76% covered statistician 75% covered mathematician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mathematician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mathematician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A mathematician needs 44 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • algebra natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • study the relationships between quantities information skills
  • communicate mathematical information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • numerical sequences natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • Monte Carlo simulation natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • scientific modelling information and communication technologies (icts)
  • digital data processing working with computers
  • mathematical modelling natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • conduct quantitative research information skills
  • apply scientific methods information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mathematician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Mathematician is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mathematician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.