Physics Contracts in London

Physics
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Physics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Physics over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 420 487
Rank change year-on-year +59 +67 -69
Contract jobs citing Physics 34 74 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.29% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.31% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 46 58
10th Percentile £410 £509 £518
25th Percentile £538 £613 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £725 £809
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -10.36% +11.55%
75th Percentile £950 £866 £944
90th Percentile £970 £1,006 £950
England median daily rate £700 £700 £713
% change year-on-year - -1.75% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - £32.50
25th Percentile £66.25 - £34.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £37.50
75th Percentile £68.75 - £42.19
90th Percentile - - £46.88
England median hourly rate £59.50 £55.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.94% +57.50% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Physics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,492 23,515 35,613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.89% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,111 16,974 26,028
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 266 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.25 £17.18
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.43 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.17 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.10% +0.46% +13.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.38 £67.88
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 2024. 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 +25 1 - - 7
South London - 1 £800 -
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 4 (11.76%) SAS
2 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.94%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.88%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) GCP
2 1 (2.94%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.94%) Big Data
2 1 (2.94%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.94%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Visual Studio
2 5 (14.71%) Git
General
1 22 (64.71%) Finance
2 14 (41.18%) Banking
3 13 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
5 10 (29.41%) Front Office
5 10 (29.41%) Investment Banking
6 4 (11.76%) Marketing
7 3 (8.82%) Advertising
7 3 (8.82%) Games
7 3 (8.82%) Legal
8 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (5.88%) Retail
8 2 (5.88%) Retail Finance
9 1 (2.94%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Analyst
2 11 (32.35%) Developer
3 10 (29.41%) Qualitative Analyst
3 10 (29.41%) Quantitative Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Quantitative Developer
5 6 (17.65%) Credit Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) React Developer
7 3 (8.82%) Product Manager
8 2 (5.88%) C++ Developer
8 2 (5.88%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Credit Risk Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Data Scientist
8 2 (5.88%) E-Commerce Manager
8 2 (5.88%) E-Commerce Product Manager
8 2 (5.88%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Senior
9 1 (2.94%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Quantitative Analyst Developer
9 1 (2.94%) Senior Data Scientist
9 1 (2.94%) Validation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) CSS
1 4 (11.76%) HTML
1 4 (11.76%) React
2 2 (5.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.94%) Kafka
3 1 (2.94%) Matplotlib
3 1 (2.94%) NumPy
3 1 (2.94%) Pandas
3 1 (2.94%) Plotly
3 1 (2.94%) pytest
3 1 (2.94%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.94%) scikit-learn
3 1 (2.94%) SciPy
3 1 (2.94%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.94%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Derivative
2 11 (32.35%) Fixed Income
3 10 (29.41%) Hedge funds
4 9 (26.47%) Algorithms
5 8 (23.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (20.59%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (17.65%) Credit Derivative
7 6 (17.65%) Equities
8 4 (11.76%) Credit Risk
8 4 (11.76%) Data Structures
9 3 (8.82%) Management Information System
10 2 (5.88%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (5.88%) Mobile Games
11 1 (2.94%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (2.94%) Animation
11 1 (2.94%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (2.94%) Mobile App
11 1 (2.94%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
1 4 (11.76%) Unix
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Android
2 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) Mathematics
2 16 (47.06%) Quantitative Finance
3 14 (41.18%) Computer Science
4 13 (38.24%) Statistics
5 12 (35.29%) Analytics
6 9 (26.47%) Model Validation
7 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (20.59%) Data Science
9 6 (17.65%) Analytical Modelling
9 6 (17.65%) Numerical Analysis
10 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
11 4 (11.76%) Agile
11 4 (11.76%) Data Analytics
11 4 (11.76%) Design Patterns
11 4 (11.76%) Kanban
11 4 (11.76%) Machine Learning
11 4 (11.76%) Mathematical Modelling
11 4 (11.76%) OOP
11 4 (11.76%) Scrum
12 3 (8.82%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 27 (79.41%) Python
2 18 (52.94%) C++
3 8 (23.53%) Java
4 6 (17.65%) C#
4 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
5 4 (11.76%) Perl
5 4 (11.76%) R
5 4 (11.76%) Shell Script
5 4 (11.76%) SQL
5 4 (11.76%) VBA
6 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.94%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (85.29%) Degree
2 18 (52.94%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (14.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.76%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.88%) MBA
5 2 (5.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) CA
2 1 (2.94%) Databricks