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This section looks at the demand for Physics skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPhysics
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7674
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads833
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.014 %
As % of the category below3.404 %7.728 %
Salaries quoted722
Average minimum salary£26,857£34,045
Average salary£28,786£36,295
% change on same period last year-20.69 %
Average maximum salary£30,714£38,545
UK excluding London average salary£33,861£35,162
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads235427
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.124 %0.175 %
Salaries quoted177254
Average minimum salary£29,201£33,034
Average salary£32,056£36,158
% change on same period last year-11.34 %
Average maximum salary£34,911£39,282
UK excluding London average salary£38,014£39,235
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Physics ScotlandPhysics
Scotland

Physics
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Physics across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Edinburgh Physics Demand Trend

Physics
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Physics Salary Trend

Physics
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Physics across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh Physics Salary Histogram

Physics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

118 (64.29 %)Degree
118 (64.29 %)Mathematics
217 (60.71 %).NET
314 (50.00 %)C++
412 (42.86 %)C#
412 (42.86 %)Computer Science
511 (39.29 %)Windows
69 (32.14 %)Java
69 (32.14 %)Software Engineering
77 (25.00 %)jBPM
77 (25.00 %)WinForms
77 (25.00 %)C
77 (25.00 %)J2EE
77 (25.00 %)JSP
77 (25.00 %)JBoss
77 (25.00 %)Fortran
86 (21.43 %)OO
95 (17.86 %)Scrum
95 (17.86 %)Extreme Programming
104 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
113 (10.71 %)Agile Software Development
113 (10.71 %)Electric
122 (7.143 %)Electronics
122 (7.143 %)Microsoft
122 (7.143 %)Firmware
122 (7.143 %)DirectX
122 (7.143 %)ASIC
122 (7.143 %)VC++
122 (7.143 %)ActiveX
122 (7.143 %)SQL

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (60.71 %).NET
27 (25.00 %)J2EE
27 (25.00 %)JSP
27 (25.00 %)WinForms
27 (25.00 %)jBPM
32 (7.143 %)XML
32 (7.143 %)ActiveX
32 (7.143 %)DirectX
41 (3.571 %)Hibernate
41 (3.571 %)WebServices
41 (3.571 %).NET Framework
41 (3.571 %)Java EE
41 (3.571 %)Java EE 5
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (25.00 %)JBoss
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (10.71 %)Electric
22 (7.143 %)Electronics
22 (7.143 %)Education
31 (3.571 %)Finance
31 (3.571 %)Health
31 (3.571 %)Home Office
31 (3.571 %)Games
31 (3.571 %)Insurance
31 (3.571 %)Pensions
31 (3.571 %)Animation
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (57.14 %)Developer
27 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
27 (25.00 %)Java Developer
36 (21.43 %)Software Engineer
36 (21.43 %)C Developer
36 (21.43 %)Senior C Developer
44 (14.29 %)Senior Software Engineer
53 (10.71 %)Field Support Engineer
53 (10.71 %)Support Engineer
53 (10.71 %)Field Engineer
62 (7.143 %)Graduate
62 (7.143 %)Hardware Engineer
71 (3.571 %).NET Programmer
71 (3.571 %)C++ Software Engineer
71 (3.571 %)Programmer
71 (3.571 %)C++ Developer
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (64.29 %)Mathematics
212 (42.86 %)Computer Science
32 (7.143 %)Firmware
32 (7.143 %)ASIC
32 (7.143 %)VHDL
32 (7.143 %)Verilog
41 (3.571 %)PDA
41 (3.571 %)Polish Language
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (39.29 %)Windows
21 (3.571 %)Linux
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (32.14 %)Software Engineering
26 (21.43 %)OO
35 (17.86 %)Scrum
35 (17.86 %)Extreme Programming
44 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
53 (10.71 %)Agile Software Development
62 (7.143 %)Pair Programming
62 (7.143 %)Migration
62 (7.143 %)System Testing
71 (3.571 %)Business Analysis
71 (3.571 %)OOP
71 (3.571 %)Project Management
71 (3.571 %)Data Analysis
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (50.00 %)C++
212 (42.86 %)C#
39 (32.14 %)Java
47 (25.00 %)C
47 (25.00 %)Fortran
52 (7.143 %)SQL
52 (7.143 %)VC++
61 (3.571 %)Python
61 (3.571 %)Transact-SQL
61 (3.571 %)Perl
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (64.29 %)Degree
22 (7.143 %)HND
31 (3.571 %)PhD
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (7.143 %)Microsoft
12 (7.143 %)Cadence
21 (3.571 %)Trolltech
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