The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank 62 56 56
Rank change year-on-year
-6 0
Permanent jobs citing Physics 2 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.331% 0.414% 0.697%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.786% 1.681% 1.826%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
Average salary £52,500 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+75.00% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
112 119 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 18.54% 24.64% 38.15%
Number of salaries quoted 88 77 150
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Physics
South West

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Physics across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Dorset Physics Jobs Demand Trend

Physics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Physics across the Dorset region.

Dorset Physics Salary Trend

Physics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Weymouth - 2 £52,500 -
Physics
South West

Physics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region citing Physics also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Physics.

1 7 (77.78%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) Mathematics
3 5 (55.56%) UML
4 4 (44.44%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 3 (33.33%) OOD
5 3 (33.33%) Fortran
5 3 (33.33%) OOP
5 3 (33.33%) OpenGL
5 3 (33.33%) DirectX
5 3 (33.33%) Games
6 2 (22.22%) Scrum
6 2 (22.22%) Military
6 2 (22.22%) OO
6 2 (22.22%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) C
6 2 (22.22%) Java
6 2 (22.22%) Electronics
6 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 2 (22.22%) Signal Processing
7 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Web Development
7 1 (11.11%) Validation
7 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 1 (11.11%) SQL

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region citing Physics also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Physics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 3 (33.33%) DirectX
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Military
2 2 (22.22%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Trainer
1 2 (22.22%) Graduate
2 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Junior
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Software Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Junior Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Junior C# Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Graduate Software Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Chief Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Junior Software Developer
2 1 (11.11%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Graduate C# Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Graduate Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Chief Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) UML
2 3 (33.33%) OOP
2 3 (33.33%) OOD
3 2 (22.22%) OO
3 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) Signal Processing
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Web Development
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C++
2 3 (33.33%) Fortran
3 2 (22.22%) C
3 2 (22.22%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft