Physics Contracts in the North of England

Physics
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 212 244
Rank change year-on-year +25 +32 -56
Contract jobs citing Physics 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.021% 0.018% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.019% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £293
25th Percentile - - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £475
75th Percentile - - £606
90th Percentile - - £678
England median daily rate £675 £688 £650
% change year-on-year -1.82% +5.77% +4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.25 -
England median hourly rate £59.75 £55.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.14% +57.86% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,995 5,182 6,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.73% 90.78% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,430 3,599 4,626
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 202 253
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.86 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.15 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.21% +57.57% +0.87%
75th Percentile £44.81 £46.51 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.40
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the North of England

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in the North of England

Physics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Physics in the North of England

Physics
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
North West +23 1 £650 - 23
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Batch
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Research Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Research Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Fortran
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft