Physics Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Physics
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring Physics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Physics 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon - - 6.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Essex median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £54.75
Median hourly rate - - £59.50
75th Percentile - - £64.25
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate - - £59.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basildon

Physics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37 18 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 94.87% 94.74% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 14
10th Percentile £341 £315 £102
25th Percentile £500 £320 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +30.63% -30.43% +14.43%
75th Percentile £600 £487 £600
90th Percentile - £488 £653
Essex median daily rate £420 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% -15.79% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 26
10th Percentile £12.55 £32.00 £52.50
25th Percentile £31.90 £35.00 £54.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -50.00% +27.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £45.00 -
90th Percentile £67.00 £48.00 -
Essex median hourly rate £18.25 £30.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -39.17% -45.45% +27.91%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Physics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Physics job vacancy trend in Basildon