The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 24 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 Solihull 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
24 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 Solihull - - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.71% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- +66.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
10 14 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 17.24% 17.72% 19.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
Average daily rate £425 £183 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+132.87% -8.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £8.50 £8.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Physics
West Midlands

Physics
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC