Physics Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Physics
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Physics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Physics 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.77% 1.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £243 - £465
% change year-on-year - - -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 338 307 427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 86.89% 84.11% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 109 153
10th Percentile £306 £279 £214
25th Percentile £400 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% -4.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £563
90th Percentile £700 £603 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 83 187
10th Percentile £13.80 - £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £23.61 £21.46 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £46.40 £31.53
East of England median hourly rate £22.00 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.95% -5.02%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Physics job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Physics
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Physics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Physics

Physics
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Physics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Physics

Physics
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
Cambridge -10 1 £425 - 14
Physics
East of England

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) NumPy
1 1 (33.33%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA
1 2 (66.67%) Life Science
1 2 (66.67%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Design
1 2 (66.67%) OpenUP
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Lattice Semiconductor