Physics Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Physics
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Physics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 87 108
Rank change year-on-year -3 +21 +23
Contract jobs citing Physics 11 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.81% 0.41% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.50% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £95 - £413
25th Percentile £148 - £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 - £465
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.00%
75th Percentile £343 - £498
90th Percentile £400 - £517
England median daily rate £700 £750 £700
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £62.50 - -
25th Percentile £66.88 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile £86.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
England median hourly rate £76.25 £21.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +254.65% -66.92% +46.61%

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 1,215 1,196 1,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.73% 81.47% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 467 865
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £379 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £554 £625
90th Percentile £683 £638 £738
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 290 371
10th Percentile £14.32 £14.84 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.28 £29.17 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -27.05% +47.25% -5.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +38.38%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Physics job vacancy trend in the East of England

Physics
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Physics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Physics

Physics
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Physics in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Physics in the East of England

Physics
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Physics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Physics

Physics
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 12 October 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 12 October 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 - 7 £60 -
Cambridgeshire -3 3 £425 - 12
Hertfordshire - 1 - - 16
Physics
England

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Ethernet
General
1 8 (72.73%) Electronics
2 6 (54.55%) Games
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Firmware Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) FPGA Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Design Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Hardware Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) NumPy
1 1 (9.09%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) FPGA
2 7 (63.64%) PCIe
2 7 (63.64%) Verilog
3 6 (54.55%) Algorithms
4 3 (27.27%) VHDL
5 2 (18.18%) Life Science
6 1 (9.09%) ASIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Computer Science
2 6 (54.55%) AI
2 6 (54.55%) Cryptography
2 6 (54.55%) Machine Learning
2 6 (54.55%) UVM
3 4 (36.36%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) FPGA Design
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) OpenUP
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Signal Processing
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) MATLAB
2 6 (54.55%) SystemVerilog
2 6 (54.55%) Tcl
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) HNC
2 7 (63.64%) HND
3 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Actel
1 6 (54.55%) Altera
1 6 (54.55%) Intel
1 6 (54.55%) Microsemi
1 6 (54.55%) Xilinx
2 2 (18.18%) Lattice Semiconductor