Physics Contracts in Central London

Physics
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Physics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Physics over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 125 154
Rank change year-on-year -10 +29 +38
Contract jobs citing Physics 3 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% 0.35% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.38% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 9
10th Percentile £554 £638 £665
25th Percentile £649 £694 £750
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £815 £788 £825
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -4.55% +83.33%
75th Percentile £908 £848 £875
90th Percentile £960 £866 £1,030
London median daily rate £700 £838 £750
% change year-on-year -16.42% +11.67% -11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,921 2,105 3,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.84% 91.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,268 1,431 2,171
10th Percentile £325 £375 £350
25th Percentile £423 £472 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 17
10th Percentile £19.14 £15.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.43 £15.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -23.49% -16.67%
75th Percentile £49.22 £65.63 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
London median hourly rate £29.07 £35.00 £39.92
% change year-on-year -16.94% -12.31% +10.88%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Central London

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Physics in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Physics in Central London

Physics
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Physics in Central London over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Physics in Central London

Physics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Physics in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Physics in Central London

Physics
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Central London region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
City of London -5 3 £815 +3.49% 26
Physics
London

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) KDB
1 1 (33.33%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) QUnit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# GUI Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# WPF Developer
2 1 (33.33%) GUI Developer
2 1 (33.33%) KDB Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Exotic Derivative
1 1 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 1 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Complexity Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Flow Trading
3 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) PhD
2 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft