Physics Jobs in the South West

Physics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Physics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Physics over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 214 246
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 -60
Permanent jobs citing Physics 92 54 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.88% 0.84% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.88% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 61 13 15
10th Percentile £20,000 £46,200 £28,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,000 £29,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £60,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +100.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £78,750 £39,025
90th Percentile £62,500 £89,500 £54,900
England median annual salary £54,409 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.29% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Physics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,320 6,103 8,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 79.52% 94.69% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5,878 3,566 5,075
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,396 £53,510 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +7.02% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the South West

Physics
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Physics in the South West

Physics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the South West over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the South West

Physics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Bristol 0 32 £32,000 -55.09% 14
Gloucestershire -14 22 £53,250 - 7
Wiltshire -2 17 £55,000 +7.84% 2
Dorset - 11 £40,000 - 2
Devon - 10 - - 8
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (1.09%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (19.57%) Simulink
2 5 (5.43%) OrCAD
2 5 (5.43%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (2.17%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 15 (16.30%) Power Platform
2 12 (13.04%) Azure
3 11 (11.96%) AWS
4 5 (5.43%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.43%) IaaS
4 5 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (5.43%) PaaS
5 2 (2.17%) GitHub
5 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.96%) Ethernet
1 11 (11.96%) RS-232
2 7 (7.61%) Link 16
2 7 (7.61%) WAN
3 5 (5.43%) DHCP
3 5 (5.43%) DNS
3 5 (5.43%) LAN
3 5 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.17%) 5G
4 2 (2.17%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.09%) IKE
5 1 (1.09%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.87%) Power BI
2 1 (1.09%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (7.61%) JIRA
1 7 (7.61%) LabVIEW
2 6 (6.52%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.35%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (3.26%) Git
5 2 (2.17%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 24 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (23.91%) Military
4 19 (20.65%) Aerospace
4 19 (20.65%) Electronics
5 15 (16.30%) Retail
6 12 (13.04%) Manufacturing
7 7 (7.61%) Avionics
8 5 (5.43%) Automotive
8 5 (5.43%) Aviation
8 5 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.35%) French Language
9 4 (4.35%) German Language
9 4 (4.35%) Italian Language
10 2 (2.17%) Games
10 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.09%) Law
11 1 (1.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 28 (30.43%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (13.04%) Software Engineer
3 11 (11.96%) Graduate
4 10 (10.87%) Senior
5 8 (8.70%) Linux Engineer
5 8 (8.70%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 6 (6.52%) Hardware Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Data Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Graduate Data Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Analyst
8 4 (4.35%) Design Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Developer
8 4 (4.35%) Process Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Service Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (3.26%) Software Integration Engineer
9 3 (3.26%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) ONNX
1 4 (4.35%) PyTorch
2 2 (2.17%) .NET
2 2 (2.17%) pytest
2 2 (2.17%) WSE
3 1 (1.09%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.09%) Django
3 1 (1.09%) Flask
3 1 (1.09%) NLTK
3 1 (1.09%) SpaCy
3 1 (1.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.39%) Driving Licence
2 14 (15.22%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (13.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (11.96%) Analogue Electronics
5 10 (10.87%) Management Information System
6 9 (9.78%) Algorithms
7 6 (6.52%) FPGA
8 4 (4.35%) Data Centre
9 2 (2.17%) Acoustics
9 2 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (2.17%) Robotics
10 1 (1.09%) Blockchain
10 1 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (1.09%) Social Media
10 1 (1.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 27 (29.35%) Linux
2 8 (8.70%) Debian
2 8 (8.70%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.17%) Unix
3 2 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (52.17%) Mathematics
2 30 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (28.26%) Computer Science
4 24 (26.09%) Validation
5 22 (23.91%) Agile
5 22 (23.91%) Coaching
6 18 (19.57%) Software Engineering
7 16 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (17.39%) Systems Engineering
8 15 (16.30%) Mentoring
9 13 (14.13%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (13.04%) Commercialisation
10 12 (13.04%) Ergonomics
10 12 (13.04%) Human Factors
11 11 (11.96%) Innovative Thinking
11 11 (11.96%) Project Management
12 10 (10.87%) B2B
12 10 (10.87%) Test Automation
13 9 (9.78%) DevOps
14 8 (8.70%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 18 (19.57%) Python
3 12 (13.04%) C
4 10 (10.87%) SQL
5 7 (7.61%) Bash
6 5 (5.43%) C++
7 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.09%) C#
8 1 (1.09%) Go
8 1 (1.09%) Java
8 1 (1.09%) R
8 1 (1.09%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 69 (75.00%) Degree
2 34 (36.96%) Security Cleared
3 13 (14.13%) DV Cleared
4 12 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (9.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (7.61%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.43%) A+ Certification
7 5 (5.43%) Master's Degree
7 5 (5.43%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.17%) HND
8 2 (2.17%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (1.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.70%) PMO
2 7 (7.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Firmware
2 7 (7.61%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (5.43%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (5.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (5.43%) Veeam
2 4 (4.35%) IBM
2 4 (4.35%) NVIDIA
3 2 (2.17%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (2.17%) Sparx
4 1 (1.09%) F5
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle