Physics Contracts in Hertfordshire

Physics
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Physics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Physics over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 65 75
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -15
Contract jobs citing Physics 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.36% 0.74% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.86% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - £475
% change year-on-year - - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £59.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -8.46% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Physics 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 advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 749 701 684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.35% 86.44% 87.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 373 404
10th Percentile £237 £238 £202
25th Percentile £318 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £597 £675 £625
90th Percentile £701 £788 £688
East of England median daily rate £465 £475 £468
% change year-on-year -2.11% +1.50% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 154 83
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £20.20
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.27 £39.53
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +27.83% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -11.93%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Hertfordshire

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in Hertfordshire

Physics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Physics in Hertfordshire

Physics
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Stevenage -10 2 - - 7
Hertford - 1 - - 2
Physics
East of England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Simulink
1 2 (66.67%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DVB
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (66.67%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Digital TV
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Vision
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) Fortran
1 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) MathWorks