Physics Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Physics
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Physics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 - 186
Rank change year-on-year - - +63
Contract jobs citing Physics 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.097% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £700 £750 £700
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
England median hourly rate £76.25 £21.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +254.65% -66.92% +46.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,679 3,504 4,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.84% 84.39% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,414 1,927 2,997
10th Percentile £250 £294 £285
25th Percentile £369 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £563 £575 £600
90th Percentile £674 £650 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 180 211
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.75 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.48 £17.63 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.38 £35.00 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -30.34% +23.67% +34.22%
75th Percentile £41.46 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £63.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +38.38%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Physics job vacancy trend in the North of England

Physics
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Physics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Physics

Physics
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Physics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Physics

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 12 October 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
North West - 3 £425 - 16
Yorkshire - 1 £425 - 12
Physics
England

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Simulink
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Aeronautics
2 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 2 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Pandas
1 2 (50.00%) pytest
1 2 (50.00%) scikit-learn
1 2 (50.00%) TensorFlow
1 2 (50.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) API Development
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (50.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Neural Network
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) SysML
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) MathWorks
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft