England Physics Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Physics skills within the England 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aldershot Amersham Andover Ashton-under-Lyne Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chippenham City of London Cornwall Coventry Crawley Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Ipswich Kent Leeds Letchworth London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North West Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Romford Romsey Royston Rugby Scotland Smethwick Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton St Ives Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Teddington UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	415	455
Rank change on same period last year	+40
Matching permanent IT job ads	652	723
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.351 %	0.301 %
As % of the category below	1.717 %	1.365 %
Salaries quoted	581	592
Average minimum salary	£36,073	£39,924
Average salary	£41,455	£44,618
% change on same period last year	-7.08 %
Average maximum salary	£46,836	£49,313
UK excluding London average salary	£33,620	£34,869
% change on same period last year	-3.58 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching permanent IT job ads	37967	52972
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	20.43 %	22.08 %
Salaries quoted	31291	40304
Average minimum salary	£44,370	£48,238
Average salary	£49,219	£53,252
% change on same period last year	-7.57 %
Average maximum salary	£54,069	£58,266
UK excluding London average salary	£37,872	£39,233
% change on same period last year	-3.46 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Physics across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	-49	257	£54,481	+6.82 %
South East	+100	156	£34,503	-0.92 %
East of England	+26	99	£34,421	-11.30 %
South West	-3	57	£35,866	+12.08 %
West Midlands	+32	38	£28,906	+12.37 %
North West	+33	32	£28,518	+11.83 %
Yorkshire	+7	4	£27,500	-4.70 %
East Midlands	-17	3	-	-
Midlands	+10	3	£20,625	-20.67 %
North East	+9	2	£37,000	+48.00 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 1079 (77.40 %) Mathematics 2 866 (62.12 %) Degree 3 701 (50.29 %) C++ 4 595 (42.68 %) Computer Science 5 401 (28.77 %) Java 6 339 (24.32 %) C# 7 303 (21.74 %) Finance 8 275 (19.73 %) C 9 274 (19.66 %) PhD 10 252 (18.08 %) SQL 11 231 (16.57 %) .NET 12 161 (11.55 %) Derivative 13 157 (11.26 %) Windows 14 155 (11.12 %) Linux 15 150 (10.76 %) OO

16 136 (9.756 %) Software Engineering 16 136 (9.756 %) Games 17 131 (9.397 %) Electronics 18 118 (8.465 %) Risk Management 19 117 (8.393 %) Banking 20 116 (8.321 %) Oracle 21 114 (8.178 %) Statistics 22 105 (7.532 %) Front Office 23 103 (7.389 %) Education 24 92 (6.600 %) XML 25 91 (6.528 %) SQL Server 26 90 (6.456 %) UML 27 87 (6.241 %) VBA 28 86 (6.169 %) Pensions 29 83 (5.954 %) Equities

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 1 231 (16.57 %) .NET 2 92 (6.600 %) XML 3 63 (4.519 %) ASP.NET 4 53 (3.802 %) STL 5 33 (2.367 %) J2EE 6 32 (2.296 %) Adobe Flex 7 31 (2.224 %) .NET Framework 8 28 (2.009 %) OpenGL 9 27 (1.937 %) MFC 10 25 (1.793 %) HTML 10 25 (1.793 %) Silverlight 10 25 (1.793 %) WebServices 11 24 (1.722 %) DirectX 11 24 (1.722 %) J2SE 12 23 (1.650 %) JSP 13 22 (1.578 %) Servlets 13 22 (1.578 %) WinForms 14 19 (1.363 %) ASP 14 19 (1.363 %) Spring 15 18 (1.291 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 46 (3.300 %) SAS 2 25 (1.793 %) Apache 3 19 (1.363 %) Tomcat 4 16 (1.148 %) JBoss 5 15 (1.076 %) WebLogic 6 6 (0.430 %) Rendezvous 7 2 (0.143 %) Mathematica 7 2 (0.143 %) IIS 7 2 (0.143 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 74 (5.308 %) MATLAB 2 59 (4.232 %) MS Excel 3 24 (1.722 %) Simulink 4 21 (1.506 %) Spreadsheet 5 14 (1.004 %) SPSS 6 8 (0.574 %) 3ds Max 7 7 (0.502 %) MS Office 8 4 (0.287 %) MS Visio 8 4 (0.287 %) S-PLUS 9 3 (0.215 %) Stata 10 2 (0.143 %) GenStat 11 1 (0.072 %) Acrobat 11 1 (0.072 %) Adobe Illustrator 11 1 (0.072 %) FrameMaker 11 1 (0.072 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 8 (0.574 %) LabWindows 2 4 (0.287 %) Oracle Financials 3 3 (0.215 %) Summit 4 1 (0.072 %) Oracle EBS 4 1 (0.072 %) Kondor+
Communications & Networking 1 37 (2.654 %) Wireless 2 28 (2.009 %) Internet 3 25 (1.793 %) HTTP 4 20 (1.435 %) TCP/IP 5 15 (1.076 %) UWB 6 12 (0.861 %) Ethernet 7 10 (0.717 %) iSCSI 8 9 (0.646 %) Bluetooth 8 9 (0.646 %) VoIP 9 8 (0.574 %) ATM 10 7 (0.502 %) CTI 10 7 (0.502 %) 3G 11 6 (0.430 %) Wi-Fi 11 6 (0.430 %) Network Security 12 5 (0.359 %) WAN 12 5 (0.359 %) Broadband 13 4 (0.287 %) GSM 13 4 (0.287 %) SDH 13 4 (0.287 %) RIP 13 4 (0.287 %) WiMAX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 91 (6.528 %) SQL Server 2 23 (1.650 %) MySQL 3 21 (1.506 %) SQL Server 2005 4 20 (1.435 %) RDBMS 5 10 (0.717 %) Oracle 10g 6 8 (0.574 %) Base SAS 7 7 (0.502 %) BusinessObjects 7 7 (0.502 %) Oracle 9i 8 6 (0.430 %) Database Marketing 9 5 (0.359 %) OLTP 9 5 (0.359 %) MS Access 10 4 (0.287 %) OLAP 10 4 (0.287 %) GIS 10 4 (0.287 %) Oracle OLAP 11 3 (0.215 %) KDB 11 3 (0.215 %) Oracle 8/8i 12 2 (0.143 %) PostgreSQL 12 2 (0.143 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 12 2 (0.143 %) Datawarehouse 12 2 (0.143 %) Oracle 11g
Development Applications 1 35 (2.511 %) Visual Studio 2 33 (2.367 %) Flash 2 33 (2.367 %) Subversion 3 28 (2.009 %) Eclipse 4 25 (1.793 %) Mylyn 4 25 (1.793 %) CruiseControl 5 9 (0.646 %) JUnit 6 3 (0.215 %) WinRunner 6 3 (0.215 %) QuickTest Pro 6 3 (0.215 %) ClearQuest 7 2 (0.143 %) ClearCase 7 2 (0.143 %) Rational Rose 8 1 (0.072 %) MSI 8 1 (0.072 %) Ant	General 1 303 (21.74 %) Finance 2 136 (9.756 %) Games 3 131 (9.397 %) Electronics 4 117 (8.393 %) Banking 5 105 (7.532 %) Front Office 6 103 (7.389 %) Education 7 86 (6.169 %) Pensions 8 75 (5.380 %) Health 9 62 (4.448 %) Marketing 10 59 (4.232 %) Investment Banking 11 55 (3.945 %) Military 12 46 (3.300 %) Manufacturing 13 45 (3.228 %) Insurance 14 42 (3.013 %) Telecoms 15 38 (2.726 %) Aerospace 16 37 (2.654 %) Financial Institution 17 34 (2.439 %) Pharmaceutical 17 34 (2.439 %) 3D Graphics 18 28 (2.009 %) Construction 18 28 (2.009 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 531 (38.09 %) Developer 2 198 (14.20 %) Graduate 3 189 (13.56 %) Software Engineer 4 160 (11.48 %) Analyst 5 128 (9.182 %) C++ Developer 6 95 (6.815 %) Software Developer 7 91 (6.528 %) Java Developer 8 77 (5.524 %) Graduate Developer 9 73 (5.237 %) Programmer 10 71 (5.093 %) C# Developer 11 69 (4.950 %) Junior 12 62 (4.448 %) Senior Developer 13 55 (3.945 %) Consultant 14 54 (3.874 %) C++ Software Engineer 15 46 (3.300 %) Support Analyst 16 44 (3.156 %) C++ Software Developer 17 43 (3.085 %) Risk Analyst 18 42 (3.013 %) Systems Engineer 19 32 (2.296 %) Quant Developer 20 31 (2.224 %) .NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1079 (77.40 %) Mathematics 2 595 (42.68 %) Computer Science 3 161 (11.55 %) Derivative 4 114 (8.178 %) Statistics 5 83 (5.954 %) Equities 6 77 (5.524 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 55 (3.945 %) Fixed Income 8 50 (3.587 %) Chemistry 9 45 (3.228 %) Credit Derivative 10 42 (3.013 %) Credit Risk 11 35 (2.511 %) Biology 12 33 (2.367 %) Market Risk 13 30 (2.152 %) Applied Mathematics 14 29 (2.080 %) Equity Derivative 15 28 (2.009 %) Multithreading 15 28 (2.009 %) Economics 16 25 (1.793 %) iPhone 17 22 (1.578 %) Stochastic Calculus 18 20 (1.435 %) RIA 18 20 (1.435 %) Flash Lite
Operating Systems 1 157 (11.26 %) Windows 2 155 (11.12 %) Linux 3 81 (5.811 %) UNIX 4 25 (1.793 %) Android 5 15 (1.076 %) VxWorks 6 10 (0.717 %) Windows Server 2003 7 9 (0.646 %) Windows XP 8 7 (0.502 %) Windows XP Embedded 9 6 (0.430 %) Windows CE 9 6 (0.430 %) Solaris 10 5 (0.359 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 3 (0.215 %) Red Hat Linux 11 3 (0.215 %) Mac OS X 12 2 (0.143 %) Windows 2000 12 2 (0.143 %) AIX 13 1 (0.072 %) HPUX 13 1 (0.072 %) Windows NT 13 1 (0.072 %) Embedded Linux 13 1 (0.072 %) Ubuntu 13 1 (0.072 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 150 (10.76 %) OO 2 136 (9.756 %) Software Engineering 3 118 (8.465 %) Risk Management 4 90 (6.456 %) UML 5 59 (4.232 %) Validation 6 44 (3.156 %) OOD 7 42 (3.013 %) OOP 8 38 (2.726 %) CAD 8 38 (2.726 %) Project Management 9 37 (2.654 %) Data Analysis 10 36 (2.582 %) TDD 11 29 (2.080 %) Econometrics 11 29 (2.080 %) Operations Research 12 28 (2.009 %) Continuous Integration 13 27 (1.937 %) Asset Management 14 22 (1.578 %) E-Commerce 15 21 (1.506 %) Software Testing 15 21 (1.506 %) Risk Analysis 16 19 (1.363 %) Security Cleared 16 19 (1.363 %) Monte Carlo Method
Programming Languages 1 701 (50.29 %) C++ 2 401 (28.77 %) Java 3 339 (24.32 %) C# 4 275 (19.73 %) C 5 252 (18.08 %) SQL 6 87 (6.241 %) VBA 7 63 (4.519 %) VB 8 49 (3.515 %) Perl 9 41 (2.941 %) Fortran 10 35 (2.511 %) PHP 11 33 (2.367 %) Delphi 11 33 (2.367 %) ActionScript 12 29 (2.080 %) JavaScript 13 25 (1.793 %) VB.NET 14 24 (1.722 %) PL/SQL 15 19 (1.363 %) Python 16 18 (1.291 %) Assembly Language 17 17 (1.220 %) VC++ 18 14 (1.004 %) Transact-SQL 19 12 (0.861 %) PowerHouse	Qualifications 1 866 (62.12 %) Degree 2 274 (19.66 %) PhD 3 26 (1.865 %) Postgraduate 4 24 (1.722 %) ISEB 5 17 (1.220 %) CCNA 5 17 (1.220 %) Cisco Certification 6 12 (0.861 %) Microsoft Certification 7 9 (0.646 %) HND 8 8 (0.574 %) MCSE 9 5 (0.359 %) CCNP 9 5 (0.359 %) CCDP 10 3 (0.215 %) HNC 11 2 (0.143 %) MCAD 11 2 (0.143 %) MCSD 11 2 (0.143 %) CCA 11 2 (0.143 %) Citrix Certification 11 2 (0.143 %) Chartered Engineer 12 1 (0.072 %) A+ Certification 12 1 (0.072 %) Security+ Certification 12 1 (0.072 %) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 21 (1.506 %) QA 2 13 (0.933 %) Basel II 3 8 (0.574 %) IAS 39 4 5 (0.359 %) SLA 5 2 (0.143 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 2 (0.143 %) TickIT 6 1 (0.072 %) MiFID 6 1 (0.072 %) ISO9000 6 1 (0.072 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 6 (0.430 %) NDS 2 1 (0.072 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.072 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 116 (8.321 %) Oracle 2 53 (3.802 %) Microsoft 3 17 (1.220 %) Sybase 4 11 (0.789 %) SunGard 4 11 (0.789 %) Cisco 5 9 (0.646 %) Misys 5 9 (0.646 %) Accenture 6 7 (0.502 %) IPS-Sendero 6 7 (0.502 %) IT2 6 7 (0.502 %) Business Objects 7 6 (0.430 %) Adobe 7 6 (0.430 %) SIMUL8 7 6 (0.430 %) TIBCO 8 4 (0.287 %) BT 8 4 (0.287 %) Minitab 8 4 (0.287 %) JD Edwards 9 3 (0.215 %) Red Hat 9 3 (0.215 %) EMC 9 3 (0.215 %) Intel 9 3 (0.215 %) Citrix