Physics Contract Job Trends in East London

Physics
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Physics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Physics 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 4.46% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - -
London median daily rate £700 £800 £740
% change year-on-year -12.50% +8.11% -12.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 106 150 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 94.64% 97.40% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 131 209
10th Percentile £190 £300 £202
25th Percentile £313 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £589 £598 £650
90th Percentile £706 £720 £750
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £23.33 £21.11 £14.98
25th Percentile £23.79 £21.13 £16.18
Median hourly rate £28.58 £21.80 £17.89
Median % change year-on-year +31.11% +21.83% -33.69%
75th Percentile £54.88 £23.09 £23.20
90th Percentile £84.82 £23.48 £30.88
London median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +7.47%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in East London

Physics
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Physics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Physics

Physics
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Physics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Physics

Physics
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tower Hamlets - 5 £1,000 -
Physics
London

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 5 (100.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Quantitative Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Equities
1 5 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Sophis