Physics Jobs in the South East

Physics
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Physics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Physics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 282 243
Rank change year-on-year +100 -39 +36
Permanent jobs citing Physics 254 111 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.43% 0.81% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 0.86% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 205 45 135
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,875 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £79,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,818 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.20% +4.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Physics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,794 12,976 19,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.07% 94.36% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10,162 7,675 11,832
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,396 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the South East

Physics
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in the South East.

Salary trend for Physics in the South East

Physics
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the South East

Physics
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +115 177 £52,500 +21.39% 53
Berkshire +81 97 £55,000 +27.17% 21
Oxfordshire +64 74 £52,500 -10.64% 25
Surrey -15 40 £47,500 - 14
West Sussex +40 14 £60,000 -
Kent +2 11 £37,000 +23.33% 7
Hampshire -36 11 £75,000 +25.00% 21
Buckinghamshire -19 6 £70,000 -15.15% 8
East Sussex +5 1 £35,000 -50.00% 6
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.79%) CMS
3 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.79%) Simulink
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.54%) AWS
2 7 (2.76%) Azure
3 6 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.54%) Network Security
2 5 (1.97%) Firewall
2 5 (1.97%) Internet
2 5 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (1.97%) VPN
3 4 (1.57%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.18%) Modbus
4 3 (1.18%) ZigBee
5 2 (0.79%) Wireless
6 1 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.76%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 1 (0.39%) Big Data
3 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (9.06%) Git
2 20 (7.87%) GitLab
3 17 (6.69%) Visual Studio
4 10 (3.94%) Subversion
5 8 (3.15%) CMake
5 8 (3.15%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.15%) JIRA
5 8 (3.15%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (3.15%) TestRail
6 3 (1.18%) gulp
6 3 (1.18%) PostCSS
6 3 (1.18%) rollup.js
6 3 (1.18%) Vite
7 2 (0.79%) GDB
8 1 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
General
1 76 (29.92%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (16.14%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.20%) Electronics
4 17 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (6.30%) Games
6 11 (4.33%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.15%) Finance
8 5 (1.97%) Military
9 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.79%) Law
11 2 (0.79%) Legal
12 1 (0.39%) Advertising
12 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Publishing
12 1 (0.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (28.74%) Software Engineer
2 42 (16.54%) Senior
3 34 (13.39%) Architect
4 29 (11.42%) Software Architect
5 26 (10.24%) Developer
6 21 (8.27%) Graduate
7 18 (7.09%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 17 (6.69%) Junior
9 13 (5.12%) Research Engineer
10 12 (4.72%) Physicist
10 12 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
11 11 (4.33%) Development Engineer
11 11 (4.33%) Programmer
12 10 (3.94%) Analyst
12 10 (3.94%) Research Software Engineer
12 10 (3.94%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (3.54%) Computer Scientist
13 9 (3.54%) Research Scientist
13 9 (3.54%) Software Developer
14 8 (3.15%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.87%) OpenMP
2 14 (5.51%) HTML
2 14 (5.51%) OpenACC
3 13 (5.12%) HTML5
3 13 (5.12%) Unreal Engine
4 11 (4.33%) OpenGL
4 11 (4.33%) Qt
5 10 (3.94%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 9 (3.54%) .NET
6 9 (3.54%) OpenCL
7 8 (3.15%) QML
7 8 (3.15%) VTK
7 8 (3.15%) Vulkan
7 8 (3.15%) WinForms
7 8 (3.15%) WPF
8 5 (1.97%) Web Services
9 3 (1.18%) CSS
9 3 (1.18%) DirectX
9 3 (1.18%) EDI
9 3 (1.18%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 102 (40.16%) Algorithms
2 30 (11.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 30 (11.81%) CUDA
3 17 (6.69%) Data Structures
4 16 (6.30%) FPGA
5 14 (5.51%) Management Information System
6 13 (5.12%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (5.12%) VHDL
7 12 (4.72%) Analogue Electronics
8 9 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.36%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.97%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.57%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.18%) Animation
12 3 (1.18%) Arduino
12 3 (1.18%) CAN bus
12 3 (1.18%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 65 (25.59%) Linux
2 42 (16.54%) Unix
3 16 (6.30%) Windows
4 5 (1.97%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (66.93%) Mathematics
2 151 (59.45%) Computer Science
3 98 (38.58%) Software Engineering
4 90 (35.43%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (22.05%) Parallel Programming
6 51 (20.08%) Software Testing
7 40 (15.75%) Agile
8 38 (14.96%) Chemistry
9 37 (14.57%) Machine Learning
10 26 (10.24%) Artificial Intelligence
11 23 (9.06%) Signal Processing
12 22 (8.66%) Monte Carlo Method
13 20 (7.87%) Open Source
13 20 (7.87%) Validation
14 19 (7.48%) Performance Analysis
15 17 (6.69%) Complexity Analysis
15 17 (6.69%) OO
15 17 (6.69%) OOD
15 17 (6.69%) SDLC
16 16 (6.30%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 151 (59.45%) Python
2 112 (44.09%) C++
3 103 (40.55%) Fortran
4 102 (40.16%) C
5 53 (20.87%) C#
6 36 (14.17%) Bash
7 26 (10.24%) Java
8 23 (9.06%) SQL
9 20 (7.87%) MATLAB
10 13 (5.12%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.54%) JavaScript
12 8 (3.15%) C-shell
13 6 (2.36%) Perl
14 5 (1.97%) Ada
15 4 (1.57%) Go
15 4 (1.57%) TypeScript
16 3 (1.18%) Embedded C
16 3 (1.18%) Haskell
16 3 (1.18%) Rust
16 3 (1.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 219 (86.22%) Degree
2 112 (44.09%) PhD
3 79 (31.10%) Security Cleared
4 78 (30.71%) Master's Degree
5 39 (15.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.30%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.12%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.97%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.97%) CISSP
9 4 (1.57%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 5 (1.97%) NIST
1 5 (1.97%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.79%) PMO
3 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) Firmware
1 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.97%) Suricata
Vendors
1 58 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.97%) Cisco
2 5 (1.97%) Juniper
2 5 (1.97%) Palo Alto
2 5 (1.97%) Splunk
3 4 (1.57%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.18%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.18%) Thales
5 1 (0.39%) EMC
5 1 (0.39%) Google
5 1 (0.39%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.39%) Qubit
5 1 (0.39%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.39%) YouTube