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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 489 452
Rank change year-on-year +103 -37 +1
Permanent jobs citing Physics 691 590 1,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.59% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.62% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 505 250 378
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,318 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,344 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -0.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £92,188 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £137,500 £127,500
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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 18 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 18 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 +130 608 £52,500 -19.23% 462
UK excluding London +77 526 £51,500 +3.00% 343
South East +86 228 £50,000 +1.01% 152
Work from Home +97 220 £40,000 -42.86% 153
London +69 149 £75,000 -11.76% 161
South West +13 83 £44,000 -20.72% 35
Scotland -34 64 £52,500 +22.52% 9
East of England +31 61 £51,250 -31.67% 70
Midlands -15 45 £52,500 -4.55% 43
North of England +48 38 £51,528 +16.20% 30
East Midlands 0 28 £32,500 -35.00% 15
North West +13 24 £60,750 -4.71% 18
West Midlands -2 17 £62,500 +4.17% 27
Yorkshire +70 12 £51,528 +16.20% 6
Wales -8 4 £51,528 - 14
Northern Ireland +22 3 £70,000 - 1
North East -5 2 £55,000 +120.00% 6

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 23 (3.33%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.89%) SAS
3 14 (2.03%) Apache
4 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.29%) CMS
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (2.89%) Simulink
2 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.72%) OrCAD
3 5 (0.72%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.43%) SPSS
6 2 (0.29%) EViews
7 1 (0.14%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (8.83%) Azure
2 43 (6.22%) AWS
3 33 (4.78%) Power Platform
4 13 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (1.74%) Entra ID
5 12 (1.74%) IaaS
5 12 (1.74%) PaaS
6 11 (1.59%) GCP
7 6 (0.87%) Power Automate
7 6 (0.87%) PowerApps
8 5 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.43%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.29%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.29%) GitHub
10 2 (0.29%) SaaS
10 2 (0.29%) Serverless
11 1 (0.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (6.37%) Wireless
2 13 (1.88%) DHCP
2 13 (1.88%) DNS
2 13 (1.88%) WAN
3 12 (1.74%) LAN
3 12 (1.74%) RS-232
3 12 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (1.59%) Ethernet
5 10 (1.45%) Network Security
6 7 (1.01%) Link 16
6 7 (1.01%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.72%) Firewall
7 5 (0.72%) Internet
7 5 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.72%) VPN
8 3 (0.43%) Modbus
8 3 (0.43%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.43%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.29%) Broadband
9 2 (0.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.53%) Tableau
2 23 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.89%) Power BI
4 10 (1.45%) Hadoop
5 9 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.58%) Redis
8 3 (0.43%) Big Data
8 3 (0.43%) Looker
9 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.29%) Tick Data
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.14%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 72 (10.42%) Git
2 22 (3.18%) Visual Studio
3 17 (2.46%) GitLab
4 16 (2.32%) JIRA
5 10 (1.45%) Subversion
6 8 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.16%) LabVIEW
7 7 (1.01%) CMake
7 7 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.01%) TestRail
8 5 (0.72%) Xcode
9 4 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.58%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (0.43%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.43%) GDB
10 3 (0.43%) gulp
10 3 (0.43%) PostCSS
10 3 (0.43%) rollup.js
10 3 (0.43%) Vite
11 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
General
1 209 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 137 (19.83%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (9.12%) Electronics
4 47 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (6.66%) Retail
6 42 (6.08%) Finance
7 38 (5.50%) Aerospace
8 35 (5.07%) Games
9 31 (4.49%) Manufacturing
10 28 (4.05%) Banking
10 28 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (3.76%) Military
12 19 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (2.46%) Marketing
14 16 (2.32%) Automotive
15 12 (1.74%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.59%) Law
17 9 (1.30%) Retail Finance
18 8 (1.16%) Telecoms
19 7 (1.01%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 146 (21.13%) Senior
2 116 (16.79%) Software Engineer
3 80 (11.58%) Graduate
4 66 (9.55%) Developer
5 63 (9.12%) Analyst
6 62 (8.97%) Data Scientist
7 58 (8.39%) Senior Data Scientist
8 49 (7.09%) Systems Engineer
9 47 (6.80%) Junior
10 45 (6.51%) Embedded Engineer
11 37 (5.35%) Architect
12 25 (3.62%) Lead
13 24 (3.47%) Software Architect
14 23 (3.33%) Junior Embedded Engineer
14 23 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.32%) Graduate Software Engineer
16 15 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
16 15 (2.17%) Firmware Engineer
16 15 (2.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 14 (2.03%) Blockchain Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (7.09%) PySpark
1 49 (7.09%) TensorFlow
2 48 (6.95%) Pandas
3 46 (6.66%) scikit-learn
4 35 (5.07%) .NET
5 22 (3.18%) Unreal Engine
6 20 (2.89%) HTML
6 20 (2.89%) OpenMP
7 19 (2.75%) React
8 18 (2.60%) WebGL
9 16 (2.32%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 14 (2.03%) OpenACC
11 13 (1.88%) OpenGL
12 12 (1.74%) HTML5
12 12 (1.74%) WinForms
12 12 (1.74%) WPF
13 10 (1.45%) Qt
13 10 (1.45%) Vulkan
14 9 (1.30%) CSS
14 9 (1.30%) DirectX
Miscellaneous
1 188 (27.21%) Algorithms
2 44 (6.37%) Analytical Mindset
3 36 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (4.78%) Greenfield Project
4 33 (4.78%) Management Information System
5 29 (4.20%) CUDA
6 26 (3.76%) Driving Licence
7 25 (3.62%) Analogue Electronics
7 25 (3.62%) FPGA
8 17 (2.46%) Data Structures
9 16 (2.32%) Blockchain
9 16 (2.32%) VHDL
10 15 (2.17%) Credit Risk
11 13 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 12 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
14 8 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.16%) Hedge funds
14 8 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 93 (13.46%) Linux
2 32 (4.63%) Unix
3 27 (3.91%) Windows
4 8 (1.16%) Debian
4 8 (1.16%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.72%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (74.67%) Mathematics
2 319 (46.16%) Computer Science
3 219 (31.69%) Software Engineering
4 191 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (18.09%) Machine Learning
6 108 (15.63%) Statistics
7 103 (14.91%) Agile
8 101 (14.62%) Artificial Intelligence
9 97 (14.04%) Data Science
10 72 (10.42%) Validation
11 70 (10.13%) Chemistry
12 68 (9.84%) Decision-Making
13 56 (8.10%) Customer Experience
14 54 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
14 54 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
15 53 (7.67%) Predictive Modelling
15 53 (7.67%) Software Testing
16 52 (7.53%) Natural Language Processing
16 52 (7.53%) Visualisation
17 51 (7.38%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 281 (40.67%) Python
2 156 (22.58%) C
3 147 (21.27%) C++
4 132 (19.10%) SQL
5 93 (13.46%) C#
6 89 (12.88%) Fortran
7 66 (9.55%) MATLAB
8 51 (7.38%) Java
9 44 (6.37%) Embedded C
10 43 (6.22%) R
11 35 (5.07%) Bash
12 25 (3.62%) JavaScript
13 20 (2.89%) TypeScript
14 19 (2.75%) Go
14 19 (2.75%) PowerShell
15 15 (2.17%) GLSL
16 8 (1.16%) Perl
16 8 (1.16%) T-SQL
17 7 (1.01%) C-shell
18 5 (0.72%) Ada
Qualifications
1 524 (75.83%) Degree
2 157 (22.72%) Master's Degree
3 139 (20.12%) PhD
4 129 (18.67%) Security Cleared
5 74 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (7.38%) DBS Check
7 40 (5.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (3.47%) DV Cleared
8 24 (3.47%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.74%) A+ Certification
9 12 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (0.87%) CISSP
10 6 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.72%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.72%) 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 (0.14%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.88%) IFRS
1 13 (1.88%) IFRS 9
1 13 (1.88%) ISO 9002
2 12 (1.74%) CRD IV
3 11 (1.59%) PMO
4 10 (1.45%) QA
5 7 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (0.72%) NIST
6 5 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.14%) RMADS
System Software
1 47 (6.80%) Firmware
2 15 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 13 (1.88%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.45%) Docker
5 9 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (0.87%) Kubernetes
1 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.72%) Suricata
3 2 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.14%) Puppet
4 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (10.85%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.51%) Databricks
3 12 (1.74%) Veeam
4 5 (0.72%) Cisco
4 5 (0.72%) Juniper
4 5 (0.72%) NVIDIA
4 5 (0.72%) Palo Alto
4 5 (0.72%) Splunk
4 5 (0.72%) Thales
5 4 (0.58%) Atlassian
5 4 (0.58%) HubSpot
5 4 (0.58%) IBM
6 3 (0.43%) Bloomberg
6 3 (0.43%) DevExpress
6 3 (0.43%) SAP
7 2 (0.29%) Google
7 2 (0.29%) Sage
7 2 (0.29%) VMware
7 2 (0.29%) YouTube
8 1 (0.14%) F5