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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 431 413
Rank change year-on-year +91 -18 -47
Permanent jobs citing Physics 525 357 562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.60% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.63% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 409 99 199
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £35,733 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £83,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,344 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -0.25% +25.00%

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 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 May 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 20 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
South East +93 229 £50,000 +1.01% 159
South West +12 83 £44,000 -13.73% 39
Scotland -38 62 £52,500 +22.52% 9
East of England +33 61 £51,250 -31.67% 71
Midlands -13 45 £52,500 -4.55% 46
North of England +31 38 £51,528 +16.20% 32
East Midlands -10 28 £32,500 -35.00% 15
North West +7 24 £60,750 -4.71% 20
West Midlands -1 17 £62,500 +4.17% 30
Yorkshire +68 12 £51,528 +16.20% 6
Wales -6 4 £51,528 - 13
Northern Ireland +32 3 £70,000 - 1
North East 0 2 £55,000 +120.00% 6
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 19 (3.62%) SAS
2 13 (2.48%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.29%) Apache
4 5 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (3.81%) Simulink
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.95%) OrCAD
2 5 (0.95%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.57%) SPSS
4 2 (0.38%) EViews
5 1 (0.19%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (5.90%) Azure
2 28 (5.33%) AWS
3 22 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 10 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.71%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.71%) IaaS
5 9 (1.71%) PaaS
6 5 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.95%) Power Automate
6 5 (0.95%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.19%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.81%) Wireless
2 12 (2.29%) RS-232
3 11 (2.10%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.71%) DHCP
4 9 (1.71%) DNS
4 9 (1.71%) LAN
4 9 (1.71%) Network Security
4 9 (1.71%) WAN
4 9 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.33%) Link 16
6 6 (1.14%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.95%) Firewall
7 5 (0.95%) Internet
7 5 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.95%) VPN
8 3 (0.57%) Modbus
8 3 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.57%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.38%) Broadband
9 2 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.24%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.29%) Power BI
3 3 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (0.57%) Tableau
4 2 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.38%) Redis
5 1 (0.19%) Big Data
5 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.19%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (4.57%) Git
2 18 (3.43%) Visual Studio
3 17 (3.24%) GitLab
4 14 (2.67%) JIRA
5 10 (1.90%) Subversion
6 8 (1.52%) LabVIEW
7 7 (1.33%) CMake
7 7 (1.33%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.33%) TestRail
8 4 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.76%) Rational Rhapsody
8 4 (0.76%) Xcode
9 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.57%) gulp
9 3 (0.57%) PostCSS
9 3 (0.57%) rollup.js
9 3 (0.57%) Vite
10 2 (0.38%) GDB
General
1 139 (26.48%) Social Skills
2 125 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (11.43%) Electronics
4 44 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 35 (6.67%) Retail
6 29 (5.52%) Games
7 28 (5.33%) Manufacturing
8 27 (5.14%) Finance
9 26 (4.95%) Military
10 20 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (3.62%) Banking
12 16 (3.05%) Automotive
13 14 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.71%) Law
14 9 (1.71%) Retail Finance
15 7 (1.33%) Avionics
15 7 (1.33%) Italian Language
16 6 (1.14%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.95%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 110 (20.95%) Software Engineer
2 78 (14.86%) Senior
3 68 (12.95%) Graduate
4 49 (9.33%) Systems Engineer
5 45 (8.57%) Developer
6 43 (8.19%) Junior
7 42 (8.00%) Embedded Engineer
8 38 (7.24%) Analyst
9 32 (6.10%) Architect
10 24 (4.57%) Software Architect
11 23 (4.38%) Junior Embedded Engineer
11 23 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (4.19%) Lead
13 17 (3.24%) Graduate Software Engineer
14 13 (2.48%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
14 13 (2.48%) Firmware Engineer
14 13 (2.48%) Hardware Engineer
14 13 (2.48%) Physicist
14 13 (2.48%) Software Developer
15 12 (2.29%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.81%) OpenMP
2 19 (3.62%) .NET
2 19 (3.62%) Unreal Engine
3 18 (3.43%) WebGL
4 17 (3.24%) React
5 16 (3.05%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 14 (2.67%) HTML
6 14 (2.67%) OpenACC
7 13 (2.48%) OpenGL
8 12 (2.29%) HTML5
8 12 (2.29%) WinForms
8 12 (2.29%) WPF
9 10 (1.90%) Qt
9 10 (1.90%) Vulkan
10 9 (1.71%) DirectX
11 8 (1.52%) OpenCL
12 7 (1.33%) QML
12 7 (1.33%) VTK
13 6 (1.14%) .NET Core
13 6 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 125 (23.81%) Algorithms
2 43 (8.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 35 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (5.52%) CUDA
5 27 (5.14%) Management Information System
6 26 (4.95%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (4.76%) Analogue Electronics
7 25 (4.76%) FPGA
8 23 (4.38%) Driving Licence
9 17 (3.24%) Data Structures
10 16 (3.05%) VHDL
11 14 (2.67%) Credit Risk
12 11 (2.10%) Data Centre
13 10 (1.90%) Blockchain
13 10 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
14 6 (1.14%) 3D Graphics
14 6 (1.14%) Ray Tracing
14 6 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (1.14%) Robotics
15 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (16.57%) Linux
2 32 (6.10%) Unix
3 25 (4.76%) Windows
4 8 (1.52%) Debian
4 8 (1.52%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.95%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (71.05%) Mathematics
2 238 (45.33%) Computer Science
3 195 (37.14%) Software Engineering
4 179 (34.10%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (15.81%) Agile
6 69 (13.14%) Validation
7 55 (10.48%) Chemistry
8 48 (9.14%) Machine Learning
9 46 (8.76%) Parallel Programming
9 46 (8.76%) Software Testing
10 40 (7.62%) Mentoring
11 39 (7.43%) Artificial Intelligence
12 30 (5.71%) Signal Processing
12 30 (5.71%) Statistics
13 29 (5.52%) Coaching
14 27 (5.14%) DevOps
15 26 (4.95%) Ergonomics
15 26 (4.95%) Human Factors
15 26 (4.95%) Project Management
15 26 (4.95%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 188 (35.81%) Python
2 150 (28.57%) C
3 120 (22.86%) C++
4 89 (16.95%) Fortran
5 74 (14.10%) C#
6 55 (10.48%) MATLAB
7 49 (9.33%) SQL
8 41 (7.81%) Embedded C
9 36 (6.86%) Java
10 35 (6.67%) Bash
11 22 (4.19%) R
12 18 (3.43%) TypeScript
13 16 (3.05%) PowerShell
14 15 (2.86%) GLSL
15 13 (2.48%) JavaScript
16 12 (2.29%) Go
17 8 (1.52%) Perl
17 8 (1.52%) T-SQL
18 7 (1.33%) C-shell
19 5 (0.95%) Ada
Qualifications
1 389 (74.10%) Degree
2 128 (24.38%) Security Cleared
3 110 (20.95%) PhD
4 76 (14.48%) Master's Degree
5 53 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (7.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (4.57%) SC Cleared
8 23 (4.38%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.71%) A+ Certification
9 9 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (1.14%) CISSP
10 6 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.95%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.38%) HNC
12 2 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.19%) CISM
13 1 (0.19%) HND
13 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.48%) ISO 9002
2 12 (2.29%) CRD IV
2 12 (2.29%) IFRS
2 12 (2.29%) IFRS 9
3 11 (2.10%) PMO
4 7 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (1.33%) QA
5 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (0.95%) NIST
5 5 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.57%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 45 (8.57%) Firmware
2 13 (2.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (1.71%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.95%) Docker
6 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (0.95%) Kubernetes
1 5 (0.95%) Suricata
2 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 62 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.71%) Veeam
3 5 (0.95%) Cisco
3 5 (0.95%) Juniper
3 5 (0.95%) NVIDIA
3 5 (0.95%) Palo Alto
3 5 (0.95%) Splunk
3 5 (0.95%) Thales
4 4 (0.76%) HubSpot
4 4 (0.76%) IBM
5 3 (0.57%) Atlassian
5 3 (0.57%) Bloomberg
5 3 (0.57%) DevExpress
6 2 (0.38%) VMware
6 2 (0.38%) YouTube
7 1 (0.19%) EMC
7 1 (0.19%) F5
7 1 (0.19%) Google
7 1 (0.19%) Qubit
7 1 (0.19%) Xilinx