Physics
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Physics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 29 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Physics | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 3.54% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.90% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £60 | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £243 | - | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £68.45 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £88.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £80.00 | £59.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.45% | -8.46% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire
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 Bedfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 205 | 158 | 141 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 90.71% | 81.44% | 89.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 96 | 85 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £253 | £281 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £434 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £616 | £568 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £626 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £446 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.11% | -10.80% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 32 | 18 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.90 | £37.88 | £53.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £62.06 | £51.18 | £53.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | £58.45 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.87% | +6.27% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £91.50 | £67.50 | £60.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £69.73 | £61.90 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £19.81 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | +101.92% | -3.37% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Physics.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Physics.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Physics in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | - | 8 | £60 | - | 1 |
| Physics East of England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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: