Physics Jobs in Scotland

Physics
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 184 234
Rank change year-on-year -37 +50 -65
Permanent jobs citing Physics 60 36 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.89% 0.80% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.84% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 54 8 3
10th Percentile £27,500 - £30,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,733 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,849 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.52% -28.58% +138.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,000 £69,695
90th Percentile - £72,500 £74,012
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,344 £60,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +3.05% +21.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,211 4,269 5,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 91.68% 94.45% 91.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,417 2,104 2,845
10th Percentile £28,650 £32,000 £31,133
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Scotland

Physics
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in Scotland.

Salary trend for Physics in Scotland

Physics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in Scotland

Physics
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +56 28 £60,000 +40.03% 2
Aberdeen - 16 £35,000 -
Glasgow -114 5 £70,000 - 3
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 -
Fife - 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 2
Physics
UK

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 36 (60.00%) Wireless
General
1 40 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 36 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.33%) Law
4 4 (6.67%) Banking
4 4 (6.67%) Finance
4 4 (6.67%) Financial Institution
4 4 (6.67%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (61.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 27 (45.00%) Graduate
3 23 (38.33%) Junior
3 23 (38.33%) Junior Embedded Engineer
4 17 (28.33%) Software Engineer
5 13 (21.67%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
5 13 (21.67%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (3.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (1.67%) Blockchain Engineer
7 1 (1.67%) Developer
7 1 (1.67%) QA Engineer
7 1 (1.67%) Quality Engineer
7 1 (1.67%) Senior
7 1 (1.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (25.00%) React
1 15 (25.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.67%) Blockchain
2 1 (1.67%) FPGA
2 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (96.67%) Mathematics
2 57 (95.00%) Computer Science
2 57 (95.00%) Software Engineering
3 19 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (8.33%) Agile
5 4 (6.67%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.67%) Chemistry
6 1 (1.67%) Computer Vision
6 1 (1.67%) Content Writing
6 1 (1.67%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (1.67%) Convolutional Neural Network
6 1 (1.67%) Cryptocurrency
6 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis
6 1 (1.67%) Image Processing
6 1 (1.67%) Neural Network
6 1 (1.67%) OO
6 1 (1.67%) OOP
6 1 (1.67%) UML
6 1 (1.67%) Unit Testing
6 1 (1.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 37 (61.67%) C
2 36 (60.00%) Embedded C
3 15 (25.00%) GLSL
3 15 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.67%) C++
4 1 (1.67%) Go
4 1 (1.67%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (71.67%) Degree
2 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.67%) PhD
2 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.67%) QA
System Software
1 37 (61.67%) Firmware
2 13 (21.67%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (1.67%) YouTube