Physics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 596 689
Rank change year-on-year +53 +93 -80
Contract jobs citing Physics 57 120 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.23% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 59 86
10th Percentile £313 £146 £140
25th Percentile £413 £592 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £645
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +8.53% +4.03%
75th Percentile £884 £821 £916
90th Percentile £950 £955 £950
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £148 £375
% change year-on-year +157.63% -60.67% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 25 23
10th Percentile - £19.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £54.75 £20.47 £19.52
Median hourly rate £59.75 £52.50 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% +163.69% -45.82%
75th Percentile £67.81 £65.00 £38.75
90th Percentile £68.75 - £48.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £59.50 £53.75 £19.52
% change year-on-year +10.70% +175.36% -53.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,268 53,074 80,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 36,805 56,451
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,749 1,911
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the UK

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in the UK

Physics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Physics over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Physics in the UK

Physics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Physics.

Hourly rate trend for Physics in the UK

Physics
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +63 56 £675 -3.57% 428
London +72 32 £850 +17.24% 153
Work from Home +122 25 £775 +425.42% 162
UK excluding London +40 23 £380 +157.63% 288
South East +10 8 £355 +140.68% 105
West Midlands - 7 £320 - 18
Midlands - 7 £320 - 37
East of England +13 6 - - 72
North of England +32 1 £650 - 28
North West +27 1 £650 - 23
South West +18 1 £700 +55.56% 32

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (12.28%) SAS
2 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Simulink
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (7.02%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (5.26%) SPSS
5 2 (3.51%) MS Visio
5 2 (3.51%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Orchestrade
2 1 (1.75%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.51%) AWS
1 2 (3.51%) Azure
1 2 (3.51%) GCP
2 1 (1.75%) Azure Batch
2 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (5.26%) Tableau
2 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.75%) Big Data
3 1 (1.75%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.75%) MySQL
3 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.02%) Git
3 2 (3.51%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (3.51%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (1.75%) JIRA
4 1 (1.75%) Maven
4 1 (1.75%) Subversion
General
1 22 (38.60%) Finance
2 18 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 15 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (24.56%) Banking
5 11 (19.30%) Front Office
6 9 (15.79%) Investment Banking
7 6 (10.53%) Aerospace
8 4 (7.02%) Automotive
8 4 (7.02%) Electronics
8 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
8 4 (7.02%) Marketing
9 3 (5.26%) Advertising
9 3 (5.26%) Games
9 3 (5.26%) Legal
9 3 (5.26%) Military
9 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (5.26%) Retail
10 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (3.51%) Law
10 2 (3.51%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Analyst
2 11 (19.30%) Developer
2 11 (19.30%) Qualitative Analyst
2 11 (19.30%) Quantitative Analyst
3 6 (10.53%) Credit Analyst
3 6 (10.53%) Quantitative Developer
4 4 (7.02%) React Developer
5 3 (5.26%) Data Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Data Scientist
5 3 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Product Manager
5 3 (5.26%) RF Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Senior
6 2 (3.51%) C++ Developer
6 2 (3.51%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 2 (3.51%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) E-Commerce Manager
6 2 (3.51%) E-Commerce Product Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) CSS
1 5 (8.77%) HTML
2 4 (7.02%) D3.js
2 4 (7.02%) React
3 2 (3.51%) NumPy
3 2 (3.51%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (1.75%) CSS3
4 1 (1.75%) Dask
4 1 (1.75%) GStreamer
4 1 (1.75%) HTML5
4 1 (1.75%) Kafka
4 1 (1.75%) Keras
4 1 (1.75%) OSGi
4 1 (1.75%) Pandas
4 1 (1.75%) PySpark
4 1 (1.75%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.75%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.75%) SciPy
4 1 (1.75%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.75%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Algorithms
1 13 (22.81%) Derivative
2 10 (17.54%) Fixed Income
3 9 (15.79%) Hedge funds
4 8 (14.04%) Distributed Computing
4 8 (14.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (10.53%) Credit Derivative
5 6 (10.53%) Equities
6 4 (7.02%) Credit Risk
6 4 (7.02%) Data Structures
6 4 (7.02%) Infotainment
7 3 (5.26%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
8 2 (3.51%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (3.51%) Mobile Games
9 1 (1.75%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (1.75%) Animation
9 1 (1.75%) Digital TV
9 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.75%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Linux
2 5 (8.77%) Unix
3 4 (7.02%) Windows
4 2 (3.51%) Android
4 2 (3.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.75%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (68.42%) Mathematics
2 20 (35.09%) Computer Science
3 18 (31.58%) Statistics
4 15 (26.32%) Quantitative Finance
5 14 (24.56%) Analytics
6 11 (19.30%) Analytical Modelling
7 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (17.54%) Validation
8 9 (15.79%) Data Science
8 9 (15.79%) Model Validation
9 8 (14.04%) Agile
9 8 (14.04%) Data Analysis
10 7 (12.28%) Product Strategy
11 6 (10.53%) Machine Learning
11 6 (10.53%) Numerical Analysis
12 5 (8.77%) Use Case
13 4 (7.02%) Artificial Intelligence
13 4 (7.02%) Kanban
13 4 (7.02%) Systems Analysis
13 4 (7.02%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 34 (59.65%) Python
2 23 (40.35%) C++
3 14 (24.56%) MATLAB
4 8 (14.04%) Java
4 8 (14.04%) JavaScript
4 8 (14.04%) R
4 8 (14.04%) SQL
5 7 (12.28%) C#
6 5 (8.77%) Shell Script
7 4 (7.02%) C
7 4 (7.02%) Perl
7 4 (7.02%) VBA
8 3 (5.26%) Fortran
9 1 (1.75%) Bash
9 1 (1.75%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.75%) Embedded C++
9 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.75%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (78.95%) Degree
2 19 (33.33%) Numerate Degree
3 9 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 7 (12.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (12.28%) Master's Degree
5 5 (8.77%) PhD
6 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.51%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
1 1 (1.75%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Ansible
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.26%) Keysight
2 2 (3.51%) CA
2 2 (3.51%) MathWorks
3 1 (1.75%) Adobe
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft