Physics Contracts in South London

Physics
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 38 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Physics 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 1.76% 0.46% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 0.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £775 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% - -
75th Percentile £756 £825 -
90th Percentile £828 - -
London median daily rate £700 £850 £725
% change year-on-year -17.65% +17.24% -12.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 148 207 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 87.06% 94.95% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 147 261
10th Percentile £315 £323 £313
25th Percentile £463 £413 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £567 £649
90th Percentile £787 £630 £760
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 12
10th Percentile - £17.00 £18.75
25th Percentile - £20.25 £19.69
Median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% -53.39% +13.79%
75th Percentile £20.38 £77.19 £51.06
90th Percentile £73.96 £83.75 £55.50
London median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £39.63
% change year-on-year +14.29% -29.34% +11.62%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in South London

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in South London

Physics
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Physics in South London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Physics in South London

Physics
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Bromley -2 3 £625 -21.88% 3
Physics
London

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (100.00%) FpML
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
1 3 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 3 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree