Physics Contracts in London

Physics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 321 367 412
Rank change year-on-year +46 +45 +88
Contract jobs citing Physics 20 35 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.20% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.23% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 54
10th Percentile £363 £410 £481
25th Percentile £412 £538 £595
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £850 £700
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -14.76%
75th Percentile £931 £950 £834
90th Percentile £974 £970 £984
England median daily rate £675 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £67.50 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £55.13
% change year-on-year +9.24% +7.94% +57.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,263 15,405 23,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.18% 88.53% 90.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,597 11,053 16,838
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 310 268
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.90 £18.35
25th Percentile £23.33 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.83 £39.21
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% -29.04% +9.68%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £63.35 £66.78 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -23.29% -2.14% +49.20%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in London

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in London

Physics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Physics in London

Physics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Physics in London

Physics
Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London +13 3 £815 - 31
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Bankmaster
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
2 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
1 4 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (10.00%) PowerPivot
2 2 (10.00%) Tableau
3 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Front Office
3 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (35.00%) Banking
5 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (30.00%) Investment Banking
6 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
6 2 (10.00%) Marketing
7 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Developer
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Data Scientist
3 4 (20.00%) Qualitative Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Quantitative Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Quantitative Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) C# Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C# GUI Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C# WPF Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C++ Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C++ Quantitative Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) GUI Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Data Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) WPF Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Machine Learning Scientist
6 1 (5.00%) Security Compliance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) WPF
2 1 (5.00%) Pandas
2 1 (5.00%) Protocol Buffers
2 1 (5.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Derivative
2 3 (15.00%) Grid Computing
3 2 (10.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (10.00%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (10.00%) Equities
3 2 (10.00%) Equity Derivative
3 2 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (5.00%) Fixed Income
4 1 (5.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (5.00%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 10 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (35.00%) Analytics
4 6 (30.00%) Data Science
4 6 (30.00%) PnL Attribution
4 6 (30.00%) Quantitative Finance
4 6 (30.00%) Software Engineering
5 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (25.00%) Quantitative Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Statistics
6 4 (20.00%) Agile
6 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 4 (20.00%) Economics
6 4 (20.00%) Validation
7 3 (15.00%) Data Visualisation
7 3 (15.00%) Greeks
7 3 (15.00%) Numerical Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (75.00%) Python
2 10 (50.00%) SQL
3 7 (35.00%) C++
4 5 (25.00%) C#
5 3 (15.00%) VBA
6 2 (10.00%) Java
7 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
7 1 (5.00%) PHP
7 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) Degree
2 8 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (20.00%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.00%) MBA
4 2 (10.00%) PhD
5 1 (5.00%) CISA
5 1 (5.00%) CISM
5 1 (5.00%) CISSP
5 1 (5.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Databricks
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) Spotify