Physics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Physics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 421 383
Rank change year-on-year +84 -38 -27
Permanent jobs citing Physics 558 340 654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.61% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.64% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 414 104 205
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,580 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £35,733 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,344 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +3.91% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,715 53,455 71,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.19% 95.50% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 43,312 28,495 41,629
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the UK excluding London

Physics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Physics in the UK excluding London

Physics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the UK excluding London

Physics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East +99 265 £50,000 +5.26% 112
South West +4 86 £44,000 -26.67% 37
East of England +29 62 £52,500 -30.00% 47
Scotland -35 59 £52,500 +22.52% 22
Midlands -12 50 £52,500 +37.25% 31
North of England +19 32 £55,000 +24.03% 34
East Midlands -11 32 £31,250 -35.90% 10
North West +11 26 £51,500 -19.22% 23
West Midlands -9 18 £62,500 +115.52% 20
Yorkshire +44 4 £70,000 +72.75% 7
Northern Ireland +20 3 £70,000 - 2
North East -15 2 £55,000 +120.00% 4
Wales -14 1 £70,000 +116.38% 10
Physics
UK

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 7 (1.25%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.08%) SAS
3 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.36%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Apache
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (3.76%) Simulink
2 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.90%) OrCAD
3 5 (0.90%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.18%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.18%) Revit
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (5.91%) Azure
2 31 (5.56%) AWS
3 26 (4.66%) Power Platform
4 11 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.61%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.61%) IaaS
5 9 (1.61%) PaaS
6 7 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.08%) Power Automate
7 6 (1.08%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon Neptune
10 1 (0.18%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.99%) Wireless
2 12 (2.15%) RS-232
3 11 (1.97%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.61%) DHCP
4 9 (1.61%) DNS
4 9 (1.61%) LAN
4 9 (1.61%) Network Security
4 9 (1.61%) WAN
4 9 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.25%) Link 16
6 5 (0.90%) Firewall
6 5 (0.90%) Internet
6 5 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.90%) VPN
7 3 (0.54%) Modbus
7 3 (0.54%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.54%) ZigBee
8 2 (0.36%) Broadband
8 2 (0.36%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.69%) Power BI
3 4 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.54%) Tableau
5 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.36%) Redis
6 1 (0.18%) Big Data
6 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.18%) MySQL
6 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (4.84%) Git
2 21 (3.76%) Visual Studio
3 20 (3.58%) GitLab
4 16 (2.87%) JIRA
5 10 (1.79%) Subversion
6 9 (1.61%) Rational DOORS
7 8 (1.43%) CMake
7 8 (1.43%) Jenkins
7 8 (1.43%) LabVIEW
7 8 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.43%) TestRail
8 4 (0.72%) Rational Rhapsody
8 4 (0.72%) Xcode
9 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.54%) gulp
9 3 (0.54%) PostCSS
9 3 (0.54%) rollup.js
9 3 (0.54%) Vite
10 2 (0.36%) GDB
10 2 (0.36%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 132 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 122 (21.86%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (12.37%) Electronics
4 44 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (7.53%) Aerospace
6 30 (5.38%) Games
6 30 (5.38%) Military
7 28 (5.02%) Manufacturing
8 22 (3.94%) Retail
9 19 (3.41%) Finance
10 18 (3.23%) Automotive
10 18 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.43%) Law
13 7 (1.25%) Avionics
13 7 (1.25%) Italian Language
14 6 (1.08%) Banking
14 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.90%) Aviation
16 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (23.30%) Software Engineer
2 77 (13.80%) Senior
3 75 (13.44%) Graduate
4 60 (10.75%) Systems Engineer
5 48 (8.60%) Developer
6 43 (7.71%) Embedded Engineer
7 40 (7.17%) Junior
8 38 (6.81%) Architect
9 29 (5.20%) Software Architect
10 27 (4.84%) Analyst
11 24 (4.30%) Lead
12 22 (3.94%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 22 (3.94%) Junior Embedded Engineer
13 15 (2.69%) Software Developer
14 13 (2.33%) Firmware Engineer
14 13 (2.33%) Physicist
14 13 (2.33%) Research Engineer
14 13 (2.33%) Senior Software Engineer
15 12 (2.15%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 12 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.30%) .NET
2 20 (3.58%) OpenMP
3 19 (3.41%) Unreal Engine
4 18 (3.23%) WebGL
5 17 (3.05%) React
6 16 (2.87%) HTML
6 16 (2.87%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 14 (2.51%) OpenACC
7 14 (2.51%) OpenGL
7 14 (2.51%) WinForms
7 14 (2.51%) WPF
8 13 (2.33%) HTML5
9 11 (1.97%) Qt
9 11 (1.97%) Vulkan
10 9 (1.61%) DirectX
10 9 (1.61%) OpenCL
11 8 (1.43%) QML
11 8 (1.43%) VTK
12 7 (1.25%) Web Services
13 6 (1.08%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 139 (24.91%) Algorithms
2 46 (8.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 38 (6.81%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (5.38%) CUDA
4 30 (5.38%) Management Information System
5 29 (5.20%) Greenfield Project
6 27 (4.84%) FPGA
7 26 (4.66%) Analogue Electronics
8 23 (4.12%) Driving Licence
9 18 (3.23%) VHDL
10 17 (3.05%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.97%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.79%) Blockchain
12 10 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (1.25%) Robotics
14 6 (1.08%) 3D Graphics
14 6 (1.08%) Ray Tracing
14 6 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
16 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 96 (17.20%) Linux
2 42 (7.53%) Unix
3 26 (4.66%) Windows
4 8 (1.43%) Debian
4 8 (1.43%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.90%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (69.89%) Mathematics
2 267 (47.85%) Computer Science
3 220 (39.43%) Software Engineering
4 183 (32.80%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (14.52%) Agile
6 61 (10.93%) Software Testing
7 60 (10.75%) Validation
8 56 (10.04%) Parallel Programming
9 54 (9.68%) Chemistry
10 50 (8.96%) Machine Learning
11 45 (8.06%) Artificial Intelligence
12 42 (7.53%) Mentoring
13 36 (6.45%) Systems Engineering
14 32 (5.73%) Coaching
15 31 (5.56%) Signal Processing
16 29 (5.20%) DevOps
17 28 (5.02%) Project Management
18 27 (4.84%) Ergonomics
18 27 (4.84%) Human Factors
19 25 (4.48%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 195 (34.95%) Python
2 163 (29.21%) C
3 135 (24.19%) C++
4 103 (18.46%) Fortran
5 87 (15.59%) C#
6 57 (10.22%) MATLAB
7 54 (9.68%) SQL
8 46 (8.24%) Bash
9 40 (7.17%) Java
10 39 (6.99%) Embedded C
11 20 (3.58%) TypeScript
12 19 (3.41%) JavaScript
13 17 (3.05%) PowerShell
14 15 (2.69%) GLSL
15 13 (2.33%) Go
16 10 (1.79%) R
17 8 (1.43%) C-shell
17 8 (1.43%) Perl
17 8 (1.43%) T-SQL
18 5 (0.90%) Ada
Qualifications
1 413 (74.01%) Degree
2 153 (27.42%) Security Cleared
3 124 (22.22%) PhD
4 90 (16.13%) Master's Degree
5 57 (10.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (7.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (5.02%) SC Cleared
8 27 (4.84%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.61%) A+ Certification
9 9 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.08%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.90%) CISSP
11 5 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.36%) HNC
13 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.69%) ISO 9002
2 11 (1.97%) PMO
3 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.25%) QA
4 5 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (0.90%) NIST
4 5 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.54%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.18%) CRD IV
7 1 (0.18%) DO-254
7 1 (0.18%) IFRS
7 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 49 (8.78%) Firmware
2 12 (2.15%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (1.61%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.08%) Docker
6 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.08%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.90%) Suricata
3 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 78 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.61%) Veeam
3 5 (0.90%) Cisco
3 5 (0.90%) Juniper
3 5 (0.90%) NVIDIA
3 5 (0.90%) Palo Alto
3 5 (0.90%) Splunk
3 5 (0.90%) Thales
4 4 (0.72%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.72%) IBM
5 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
5 3 (0.54%) Bloomberg
5 3 (0.54%) DevExpress
6 2 (0.36%) EMC
6 2 (0.36%) VMware
6 2 (0.36%) Xilinx
6 2 (0.36%) YouTube
7 1 (0.18%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.18%) Qubit
7 1 (0.18%) Sparx