Physics Contracts in the City of London

Physics
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 146 178
Rank change year-on-year +27 +32 -10
Contract jobs citing Physics 8 4 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.38% 0.14% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.16% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £638 £410 -
25th Percentile £694 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £750 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +66.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £848 £975 £588
90th Percentile £866 £1,110 £835
Central London median daily rate £788 £750 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +66.67% -40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,941 2,497 4,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.43% 89.92% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,193 1,754 2,734
10th Percentile £375 £363 £363
25th Percentile £470 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £690 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 51
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.00 £21.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.67% -35.15% +49.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £52.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.25 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.75 £43.24
% change year-on-year +6.87% -24.26% +26.25%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Physics in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Physics in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Physics in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Physics in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (50.00%) Jupyter
2 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
1 1 (12.50%) KDB
1 1 (12.50%) Kdb+
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Front Office
2 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Data Scientist
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Data Scientist
3 3 (37.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (12.50%) KDB Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Matplotlib
1 4 (50.00%) Pandas
1 4 (50.00%) Plotly
1 4 (50.00%) pytest
1 4 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 4 (50.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (12.50%) FpML
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) Seaborn
2 1 (12.50%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (25.00%) Derivative
1 2 (25.00%) Fixed Income
1 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
1 7 (87.50%) Mathematics
2 5 (62.50%) Actionable Insight
2 5 (62.50%) Data Science
2 5 (62.50%) Machine Learning
2 5 (62.50%) Propensity Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 4 (50.00%) Functional Programming
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Predictive Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) OO
5 1 (12.50%) Algorithmic Trading
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Operations Research
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Statistics
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) Bash
4 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Calypso
2 1 (12.50%) Murex
2 1 (12.50%) Wallstreet Suite