Physics Contracts in London

Physics
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 412 500
Rank change year-on-year +46 +88 -79
Contract jobs citing Physics 35 83 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.32% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.36% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 54 60
10th Percentile £410 £481 £523
25th Percentile £538 £595 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £700 £821
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -14.76% +9.50%
75th Percentile £950 £834 £950
90th Percentile £970 £984 £951
England median daily rate £700 £675 £725
% change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £32.50
25th Percentile £66.25 - £33.44
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £37.50
75th Percentile £68.75 - £43.91
90th Percentile - - £47.19
England median hourly rate £59.50 £55.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.94% +57.50% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,405 23,301 35,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.53% 90.84% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,053 16,834 26,090
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 268 416
10th Percentile £15.90 £18.35 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.83 £39.21 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.04% +9.68% +11.72%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.06 £50.15
90th Percentile £66.78 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +10.23%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in London

Physics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in London

Physics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Physics in London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Physics in London

Physics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Physics in London

Physics
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Central London +10 2 - - 11
South London - 1 £800 -
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.43%) SAS
2 2 (5.71%) Jupyter
2 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.86%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.71%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) AWS
2 2 (5.71%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.86%) Big Data
2 1 (2.86%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Git
1 6 (17.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (62.86%) Finance
2 14 (40.00%) Banking
3 13 (37.14%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
5 10 (28.57%) Front Office
5 10 (28.57%) Investment Banking
6 5 (14.29%) Marketing
7 3 (8.57%) Advertising
7 3 (8.57%) Games
7 3 (8.57%) Legal
8 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (5.71%) Retail
8 2 (5.71%) Retail Finance
9 1 (2.86%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
2 11 (31.43%) Developer
3 10 (28.57%) Qualitative Analyst
3 10 (28.57%) Quantitative Analyst
4 7 (20.00%) Quantitative Developer
5 6 (17.14%) Credit Analyst
6 4 (11.43%) React Developer
7 3 (8.57%) Data Scientist
7 3 (8.57%) Product Manager
7 3 (8.57%) Senior
8 2 (5.71%) C++ Developer
8 2 (5.71%) C++ Quantitative Developer
8 2 (5.71%) Credit Risk Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) E-Commerce Manager
8 2 (5.71%) E-Commerce Product Manager
8 2 (5.71%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Senior Data Scientist
9 1 (2.86%) Data Validation Consultant
9 1 (2.86%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Quantitative Analyst Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) CSS
1 4 (11.43%) HTML
1 4 (11.43%) React
2 2 (5.71%) Matplotlib
2 2 (5.71%) Pandas
2 2 (5.71%) Plotly
2 2 (5.71%) pytest
2 2 (5.71%) PyTorch
2 2 (5.71%) scikit-learn
2 2 (5.71%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.86%) Kafka
3 1 (2.86%) NumPy
3 1 (2.86%) SciPy
3 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.86%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Derivative
2 11 (31.43%) Fixed Income
3 10 (28.57%) Hedge funds
4 9 (25.71%) Algorithms
5 8 (22.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (20.00%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (17.14%) Credit Derivative
7 6 (17.14%) Equities
8 4 (11.43%) Credit Risk
8 4 (11.43%) Data Structures
9 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
10 2 (5.71%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (5.71%) Mobile Games
11 1 (2.86%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (2.86%) Animation
11 1 (2.86%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
11 1 (2.86%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Linux
1 4 (11.43%) Unix
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Android
2 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (85.71%) Mathematics
2 16 (45.71%) Quantitative Finance
3 15 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 13 (37.14%) Statistics
5 12 (34.29%) Analytics
6 9 (25.71%) Model Validation
7 8 (22.86%) Data Science
7 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (17.14%) Analytical Modelling
8 6 (17.14%) Numerical Analysis
9 5 (14.29%) Data Analysis
9 5 (14.29%) Machine Learning
10 4 (11.43%) Agile
10 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
10 4 (11.43%) Data Analytics
10 4 (11.43%) Design Patterns
10 4 (11.43%) Kanban
10 4 (11.43%) Mathematical Modelling
10 4 (11.43%) OOP
10 4 (11.43%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 28 (80.00%) Python
2 18 (51.43%) C++
3 8 (22.86%) Java
4 6 (17.14%) C#
4 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
5 5 (14.29%) SQL
6 4 (11.43%) Perl
6 4 (11.43%) R
6 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
6 4 (11.43%) VBA
7 2 (5.71%) Bash
7 2 (5.71%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (82.86%) Degree
2 18 (51.43%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.43%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.71%) MBA
5 2 (5.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.71%) CA
1 2 (5.71%) Databricks