Physics Contracts in the East of England

Physics
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 106 113
Rank change year-on-year +27 +7 +30
Contract jobs citing Physics 3 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.32% 0.31% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.36% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £675 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £66.20 - £51.25
25th Percentile £74.38 £54.75 £61.56
Median hourly rate £88.00 £59.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.90% -8.46% -
75th Percentile - £64.44 -
90th Percentile - £64.78 -
England median hourly rate £74.75 £59.75 £60.13
% change year-on-year +25.10% -0.62% +71.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 837 1,644 1,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.23% 86.12% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 703 1,064
10th Percentile £225 £207 £200
25th Percentile £400 £339 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 607 340
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the East of England

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Physics in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Physics in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Physics in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Physics in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Physics in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Physics in the East of England

Physics
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bedfordshire - 3 - - 21
Physics
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Games
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) FPGA
1 3 (100.00%) PCIe
1 3 (100.00%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 3 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 3 (100.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) HND
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Actel
1 3 (100.00%) Altera
1 3 (100.00%) Intel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsemi
1 3 (100.00%) Xilinx