Physics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 479 434
Rank change year-on-year +90 -45 +22
Permanent jobs citing Physics 686 603 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.62% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.64% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 497 250 379
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,318 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,337 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% +2.23% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,938 £81,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £137,500 £125,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - +9.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,929 93,520 157,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.51% 95.57% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 60,315 55,145 82,723
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the UK

Physics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Physics in the UK

Physics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the UK

Physics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +96 609 £54,409 -16.29% 506
UK excluding London +81 526 £51,500 +3.00% 382
South East +81 238 £50,000 +0.50% 174
Work from Home +60 212 £40,000 -41.82% 175
London +62 144 £75,000 -11.76% 177
South West -2 83 £44,000 -20.72% 38
East of England +41 60 £51,250 -31.67% 76
Scotland -35 60 £52,500 +22.52% 14
Midlands -13 46 £52,500 +10.53% 45
North of England +30 34 £51,528 +16.20% 38
East Midlands -8 29 £32,500 -33.33% 16
North West +12 24 £60,750 -4.71% 23
West Midlands -8 17 £62,500 +115.52% 28
Yorkshire +62 8 £51,528 +16.20% 6
Northern Ireland +22 3 £70,000 - 2
North East -5 2 £55,000 +120.00% 9
Wales -6 2 £60,764 +87.83% 9

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.75%) SAS
3 8 (1.17%) Apache
4 5 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.29%) CMS
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (2.92%) Simulink
2 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.73%) OrCAD
3 5 (0.73%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.15%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (8.89%) Azure
2 45 (6.56%) AWS
3 33 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 13 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.75%) Entra ID
5 12 (1.75%) IaaS
5 12 (1.75%) PaaS
6 11 (1.60%) GCP
7 6 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 6 (0.87%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.44%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon SageMaker
9 2 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.29%) GitHub
9 2 (0.29%) SaaS
9 2 (0.29%) Serverless
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Neptune
10 1 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.12%) Wireless
2 13 (1.90%) DHCP
2 13 (1.90%) DNS
2 13 (1.90%) WAN
3 12 (1.75%) LAN
3 12 (1.75%) RS-232
3 12 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (1.60%) Ethernet
5 10 (1.46%) Network Security
6 7 (1.02%) Link 16
7 6 (0.87%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.73%) Firewall
8 5 (0.73%) Internet
8 5 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.73%) VPN
9 3 (0.44%) Modbus
9 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
9 3 (0.44%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.29%) Broadband
10 2 (0.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.58%) Tableau
2 24 (3.50%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.92%) Power BI
4 10 (1.46%) Hadoop
4 10 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.58%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.58%) Redis
7 3 (0.44%) Big Data
7 3 (0.44%) Looker
8 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.15%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.15%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 72 (10.50%) Git
2 24 (3.50%) Visual Studio
3 19 (2.77%) GitLab
4 16 (2.33%) JIRA
5 10 (1.46%) Subversion
6 8 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.17%) LabVIEW
7 7 (1.02%) CMake
7 7 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.02%) TestRail
8 5 (0.73%) Xcode
9 4 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.44%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.44%) GDB
10 3 (0.44%) gulp
10 3 (0.44%) PostCSS
10 3 (0.44%) rollup.js
10 3 (0.44%) Vite
11 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
General
1 199 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 131 (19.10%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (9.04%) Electronics
4 45 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (5.54%) Retail
6 37 (5.39%) Aerospace
7 36 (5.25%) Games
8 34 (4.96%) Finance
9 31 (4.52%) Manufacturing
10 26 (3.79%) Military
11 22 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.77%) Banking
12 19 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.48%) Marketing
14 16 (2.33%) Automotive
15 11 (1.60%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.31%) Law
17 8 (1.17%) Telecoms
18 7 (1.02%) Avionics
18 7 (1.02%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 145 (21.14%) Senior
2 121 (17.64%) Software Engineer
3 81 (11.81%) Graduate
4 65 (9.48%) Developer
5 62 (9.04%) Data Scientist
6 58 (8.45%) Senior Data Scientist
7 54 (7.87%) Analyst
8 49 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
9 44 (6.41%) Junior
10 43 (6.27%) Embedded Engineer
11 40 (5.83%) Architect
12 27 (3.94%) Software Architect
13 25 (3.64%) Lead
14 23 (3.35%) Junior Embedded Engineer
15 18 (2.62%) Graduate Software Engineer
16 17 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
17 15 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 15 (2.19%) Senior Developer
18 14 (2.04%) Blockchain Engineer
18 14 (2.04%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (7.14%) PySpark
1 49 (7.14%) TensorFlow
2 48 (7.00%) Pandas
3 46 (6.71%) scikit-learn
4 37 (5.39%) .NET
5 22 (3.21%) Unreal Engine
6 20 (2.92%) HTML
6 20 (2.92%) OpenMP
7 19 (2.77%) React
8 18 (2.62%) WebGL
9 16 (2.33%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 14 (2.04%) OpenACC
11 13 (1.90%) OpenGL
12 12 (1.75%) HTML5
12 12 (1.75%) WinForms
12 12 (1.75%) WPF
13 10 (1.46%) Qt
13 10 (1.46%) Vulkan
14 9 (1.31%) CSS
14 9 (1.31%) DirectX
Miscellaneous
1 194 (28.28%) Algorithms
2 45 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 37 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (5.10%) Greenfield Project
5 33 (4.81%) Management Information System
6 29 (4.23%) CUDA
7 26 (3.79%) Driving Licence
8 25 (3.64%) Analogue Electronics
8 25 (3.64%) FPGA
9 17 (2.48%) Data Structures
10 16 (2.33%) Blockchain
10 16 (2.33%) VHDL
11 12 (1.75%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.46%) Embedded Systems
14 8 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (1.02%) Credit Risk
15 7 (1.02%) Hedge funds
15 7 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 96 (13.99%) Linux
2 37 (5.39%) Unix
3 26 (3.79%) Windows
4 8 (1.17%) Debian
4 8 (1.17%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.73%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (74.05%) Mathematics
2 322 (46.94%) Computer Science
3 223 (32.51%) Software Engineering
4 191 (27.84%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (18.08%) Machine Learning
6 101 (14.72%) Artificial Intelligence
7 99 (14.43%) Agile
7 99 (14.43%) Statistics
8 95 (13.85%) Data Science
9 69 (10.06%) Chemistry
10 66 (9.62%) Decision-Making
11 63 (9.18%) Validation
12 60 (8.75%) Software Testing
13 56 (8.16%) Customer Experience
14 54 (7.87%) Root Cause Analysis
15 53 (7.73%) Predictive Modelling
16 52 (7.58%) Actionable Insight
16 52 (7.58%) Natural Language Processing
16 52 (7.58%) Visualisation
17 51 (7.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 280 (40.82%) Python
2 158 (23.03%) C
3 149 (21.72%) C++
4 134 (19.53%) SQL
5 96 (13.99%) C#
5 96 (13.99%) Fortran
6 64 (9.33%) MATLAB
7 52 (7.58%) Java
8 42 (6.12%) Embedded C
9 39 (5.69%) Bash
10 35 (5.10%) R
11 27 (3.94%) JavaScript
12 21 (3.06%) TypeScript
13 19 (2.77%) Go
13 19 (2.77%) PowerShell
14 15 (2.19%) GLSL
15 8 (1.17%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.02%) C-shell
16 7 (1.02%) Perl
17 4 (0.58%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 519 (75.66%) Degree
2 161 (23.47%) Master's Degree
3 144 (20.99%) PhD
4 136 (19.83%) Security Cleared
5 75 (10.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (7.43%) DBS Check
7 40 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (3.64%) DV Cleared
8 25 (3.64%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.75%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (0.87%) CISSP
10 6 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.73%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.73%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.29%) HNC
12 2 (0.29%) OSCE
12 2 (0.29%) OSCP
13 1 (0.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.90%) ISO 9002
2 11 (1.60%) PMO
3 9 (1.31%) QA
4 7 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.02%) IFRS
4 7 (1.02%) IFRS 9
5 6 (0.87%) CRD IV
6 5 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (0.73%) NIST
6 5 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.44%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.15%) RMADS
System Software
1 45 (6.56%) Firmware
2 13 (1.90%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (1.46%) Docker
4 9 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (0.87%) Kubernetes
1 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.73%) Suricata
3 2 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.15%) Puppet
4 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 82 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.56%) Databricks
3 12 (1.75%) Veeam
4 5 (0.73%) Cisco
4 5 (0.73%) Juniper
4 5 (0.73%) NVIDIA
4 5 (0.73%) Palo Alto
4 5 (0.73%) Splunk
4 5 (0.73%) Thales
5 4 (0.58%) Atlassian
5 4 (0.58%) HubSpot
5 4 (0.58%) IBM
6 3 (0.44%) Bloomberg
6 3 (0.44%) DevExpress
6 3 (0.44%) SAP
7 2 (0.29%) Google
7 2 (0.29%) Sage
7 2 (0.29%) VMware
7 2 (0.29%) YouTube
8 1 (0.15%) Snapchat