Physics Contract Job Trends in Luton

Physics
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Physics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Physics 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 4.40% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £60 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £60 - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.00 - -
Median hourly rate £84.00 - -
75th Percentile £88.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £84.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 79 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 94.34% 92.94% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 42 94
10th Percentile £318 £145 £441
25th Percentile £425 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £595 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £550 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 3
10th Percentile £67.50 £50.94 £53.00
25th Percentile £78.13 £55.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £87.75 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.40% +13.64% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £60.25
90th Percentile £92.40 £67.90 £61.90
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £84.75 £58.45 £55.00
% change year-on-year +45.00% +6.27% +0.64%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Physics job vacancy trend in Luton

Physics
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Physics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Physics

Physics
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Physics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Physics

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 (100.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 7 (100.00%) Electronics
2 6 (85.71%) Games
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Firmware Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) FPGA
1 7 (100.00%) PCIe
2 6 (85.71%) Algorithms
2 6 (85.71%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) AI
1 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
1 6 (85.71%) Cryptography
1 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
1 6 (85.71%) UVM
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) MATLAB
2 6 (85.71%) SystemVerilog
2 6 (85.71%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) HNC
1 7 (100.00%) HND
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Actel
1 6 (85.71%) Altera
1 6 (85.71%) Intel
1 6 (85.71%) Microsemi
1 6 (85.71%) Xilinx