The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 22 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 South West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank - 133 119
Contract jobs citing Physics 0 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.182% 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.917% 0.201%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+42.85% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £48.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £41.50 £23.75
% change year-on-year
- +74.73%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
408 654 497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 19.80% 19.80% 17.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 351 208
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £262 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 45 57
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
Physics
England

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Physics Jobs Demand Trend

Physics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Physics across the South West region.

South West Physics Daily Rate Trend

Physics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Physics across the South West region.

South West Physics Hourly Rate Trend

Physics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Delphi
2 2 (33.33%) PhD
2 2 (33.33%) Borland
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) LabVIEW
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) SIMUL8
3 1 (16.67%) OpenGL
3 1 (16.67%) Biometrics
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VBA
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (16.67%) OpenGL
1 1 (16.67%) OpenCV
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Biometrics
2 1 (16.67%) Open Source
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Signal Processing
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Delphi
3 1 (16.67%) C
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VBA
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Borland
2 1 (16.67%) SIMUL8
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft