Physics Contracts in England

Physics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 475 509
Rank change year-on-year +38 +34 +122
Contract jobs citing Physics 34 62 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.17% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.20% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 43 68
10th Percentile £363 £313 £149
25th Percentile £401 £413 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £874 £881 £818
90th Percentile £963 £950 £958
UK median daily rate £675 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 20
10th Percentile £42.17 £20.91 £19.00
25th Percentile £61.63 £46.38 £20.47
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £55.13
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +7.94% +57.50%
75th Percentile £84.00 £65.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +13.33% +166.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,908 31,369 43,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.13% 90.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,318 20,561 30,212
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,271 1,523
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.97 £16.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -23.29% -2.14% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.61% - +40.19%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in England

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in England

Physics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Physics in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Physics in England

Physics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Physics in England

Physics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Physics in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Physics in England

Physics
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 24 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
London +46 20 £700 -17.65% 476
East of England +24 6 - - 271
South East +40 4 £625 +76.06% 565
South West +43 2 £525 -25.00% 225
Midlands +3 1 £75 -76.56% 256
East Midlands - 1 £75 - 101
Physics
UK

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) SAS
2 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (14.71%) Simulink
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (5.88%) LightWave 3D
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Bankmaster
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.88%) Power Automate
3 2 (5.88%) PowerApps
3 2 (5.88%) SaaS
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Power BI
1 4 (11.76%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.88%) Data Mining
2 2 (5.88%) PowerPivot
2 2 (5.88%) Tableau
3 1 (2.94%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.94%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (2.94%) NetBeans
General
1 14 (41.18%) Finance
2 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Front Office
4 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Electronics
5 7 (20.59%) Banking
6 6 (17.65%) Investment Banking
7 4 (11.76%) Games
8 3 (8.82%) Marketing
9 2 (5.88%) Financial Institution
10 1 (2.94%) Legal
10 1 (2.94%) Local Government
10 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
10 1 (2.94%) Retail
10 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Developer
2 5 (14.71%) Analyst
2 5 (14.71%) Data Scientist
3 4 (11.76%) FPGA Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Qualitative Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Quantitative Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Quantitative Developer
4 3 (8.82%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) C# Developer
5 2 (5.88%) C++ Developer
5 2 (5.88%) C++ Quantitative Developer
5 2 (5.88%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.88%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Design Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) GUI Developer
5 2 (5.88%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) WPF
2 1 (2.94%) Pandas
2 1 (2.94%) POSIX
2 1 (2.94%) Protocol Buffers
2 1 (2.94%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Algorithms
1 6 (17.65%) FPGA
2 5 (14.71%) Derivative
3 4 (11.76%) PCIe
3 4 (11.76%) Verilog
4 3 (8.82%) Grid Computing
5 2 (5.88%) Data Structures
5 2 (5.88%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (5.88%) Equities
5 2 (5.88%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (5.88%) Life Science
5 2 (5.88%) VHDL
6 1 (2.94%) Acoustics
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.94%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.94%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (2.94%) IoT
6 1 (2.94%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Mathematics
2 15 (44.12%) Computer Science
3 8 (23.53%) Analytics
3 8 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (23.53%) Data Analysis
3 8 (23.53%) Machine Learning
4 7 (20.59%) Data Modelling
4 7 (20.59%) Data Science
4 7 (20.59%) Software Engineering
5 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (17.65%) PnL Attribution
5 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.65%) Quantitative Finance
6 5 (14.71%) Agile
6 5 (14.71%) Economics
6 5 (14.71%) Quantitative Analysis
6 5 (14.71%) Statistics
6 5 (14.71%) Validation
7 4 (11.76%) Cryptography
7 4 (11.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (50.00%) Python
2 12 (35.29%) SQL
3 9 (26.47%) C++
4 6 (17.65%) MATLAB
5 5 (14.71%) C#
6 4 (11.76%) SystemVerilog
6 4 (11.76%) Tcl
7 3 (8.82%) VBA
8 2 (5.88%) C
8 2 (5.88%) Java
8 2 (5.88%) R
9 1 (2.94%) PHP
9 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (73.53%) Degree
2 10 (29.41%) Master's Degree
3 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 4 (11.76%) HNC
4 4 (11.76%) HND
4 4 (11.76%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (11.76%) PhD
5 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.88%) MBA
6 1 (2.94%) CISA
6 1 (2.94%) CISM
6 1 (2.94%) CISSP
6 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.94%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) DO-254
1 4 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) IEC 61508
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) MISRA
2 1 (2.94%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
2 1 (2.94%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Actel
2 4 (11.76%) Altera
2 4 (11.76%) Intel
2 4 (11.76%) Microsemi
2 4 (11.76%) Xilinx
3 2 (5.88%) Databricks
3 2 (5.88%) Lattice Semiconductor
4 1 (2.94%) Google
4 1 (2.94%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle
4 1 (2.94%) QNX
4 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Spotify