The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Manchester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Physics 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+42.85% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £38.75 £23.75
% change year-on-year
- +63.15%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
221 269 213
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 24.18% 20.68% 20.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 107 87
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £175 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £431 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 20 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.14% +57.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £13.50 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £25.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Physics
North West

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Physics across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Manchester Physics Jobs Demand Trend

Physics
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Physics also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Physics.

1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) WebGL
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Physics also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Physics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) WebGL
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics