The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank 83 107 -
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -
Permanent jobs citing Physics 9 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.842% 0.079% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.786% 0.293% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
323 341 400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 30.22% 26.83% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 275 302 334
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,700 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Physics
East of England

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Colchester - 1 £45,000 -
Physics
East of England

Physics
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 12 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (66.67%) C#
3 7 (58.33%) C++
3 7 (58.33%) Mathematics
3 7 (58.33%) Image Processing
4 4 (33.33%) C
4 4 (33.33%) Firmware
4 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 4 (33.33%) Electronics
4 4 (33.33%) Automotive
5 3 (25.00%) JTAG
5 3 (25.00%) Change Control
6 2 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (16.67%) WPF
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
6 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) XAML
6 2 (16.67%) SQL
6 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) MS Office
6 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
6 2 (16.67%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
6 2 (16.67%) OOD
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 1 (8.333%) Robotics
7 1 (8.333%) Chemistry
7 1 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 2 (16.67%) WPF
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (33.33%) Electronics
1 4 (33.33%) Automotive
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Mathematics
2 4 (33.33%) Firmware
3 1 (8.333%) Robotics
3 1 (8.333%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Image Processing
2 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 3 (25.00%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) OOD
5 1 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
2 7 (58.33%) C++
3 4 (33.33%) C
4 2 (16.67%) XAML
4 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) JTAG
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
Essex, South East
The opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to take a technical lead role in the embedded software and firmware development team.With a good degree in Electronics, Physics,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £42k
Posted: 6 June 2013
Essex, South East
I am looking for a senior software enginner £38-45k Role: Technical Lead for the Requirements Analysis, Design, Implementation & Test of individual applications. Working alongside the project manager...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013