The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank 188 167 153
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -14
Permanent jobs citing Physics 1 9 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.024% 0.247% 0.590%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.085% 0.913% 2.214%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 23
Average salary £26,000 £25,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -58.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1178 986 1039
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 28.75% 27.08% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 801 925
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,850 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Physics
North West

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Physics Salary Trend

Physics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 8 (88.89%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
3 6 (66.67%) C
4 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 5 (55.56%) Java
4 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
5 4 (44.44%) OO
6 3 (33.33%) Python
6 3 (33.33%) Psychology
6 3 (33.33%) BBC
6 3 (33.33%) Ruby
6 3 (33.33%) W3C
6 3 (33.33%) Internet
6 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 3 (33.33%) UNIX
6 3 (33.33%) User Experience Design
6 3 (33.33%) HTML5
6 3 (33.33%) Signal Processing
6 3 (33.33%) WebGL
7 2 (22.22%) GLSL
7 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
7 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
7 2 (22.22%) Chip and PIN
7 2 (22.22%) Communications Security
7 2 (22.22%) CUDA
7 2 (22.22%) UML
7 2 (22.22%) OOP
7 2 (22.22%) OpenGL
7 2 (22.22%) DirectX

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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%) HTML5
1 3 (33.33%) WebGL
2 2 (22.22%) OpenGL
2 2 (22.22%) DirectX
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
1 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
1 2 (22.22%) Automotive
1 2 (22.22%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Development Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Research Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Development Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
3 3 (33.33%) Psychology
3 3 (33.33%) BBC
3 3 (33.33%) W3C
4 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) Chip and PIN
4 2 (22.22%) CUDA
4 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (22.22%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) OO
2 3 (33.33%) User Experience Design
2 3 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Communications Security
3 2 (22.22%) UML
3 2 (22.22%) OOP
3 2 (22.22%) Information Management
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Web Development
4 1 (11.11%) Multithreading
4 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) C
3 5 (55.56%) Java
4 3 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (33.33%) Ruby
4 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (22.22%) GLSL
5 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree