The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank 62 43 49
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +6
Permanent jobs citing Physics 25 19 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 2.420% 2.997% 3.375%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.800% 9.406% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 24
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +41.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £35,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,750 £44,500 £39,550
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
431 202 261
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 41.72% 31.86% 32.63%
Number of salaries quoted 360 167 233
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Physics
Oxfordshire

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Physics Salary Trend

Physics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Physics across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford Physics Salary Histogram

Physics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 48 (97.96%) Mathematics
2 47 (95.92%) Computer Science
3 44 (89.80%) C++
4 36 (73.47%) C#
5 30 (61.22%) Java
6 20 (40.82%) OO
7 18 (36.73%) Degree
8 15 (30.61%) C
9 14 (28.57%) Multithreading
10 12 (24.49%) Games
10 12 (24.49%) Perl
10 12 (24.49%) PHP
10 12 (24.49%) MySQL
10 12 (24.49%) Game Development
11 11 (22.45%) PhD
12 9 (18.37%) Software Engineering
13 7 (14.29%) Python
14 6 (12.24%) Finance
15 4 (8.163%) Project Management
15 4 (8.163%) 3D Graphics
15 4 (8.163%) JavaScript
15 4 (8.163%) Oracle
15 4 (8.163%) SQL Server
15 4 (8.163%) Sybase
15 4 (8.163%) IIS
15 4 (8.163%) Visual Studio
15 4 (8.163%) ADO.NET
15 4 (8.163%) ASP.NET
15 4 (8.163%) CSS
15 4 (8.163%) STL

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 4 (8.163%) ADO.NET
1 4 (8.163%) ASP.NET
1 4 (8.163%) CSS
1 4 (8.163%) STL
1 4 (8.163%) Web Services
1 4 (8.163%) XML
1 4 (8.163%) .NET
1 4 (8.163%) HTML
1 4 (8.163%) Qt
1 4 (8.163%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (6.122%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.163%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (24.49%) MySQL
2 4 (8.163%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.163%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (24.49%) Games
2 6 (12.24%) Finance
3 1 (2.041%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (53.06%) Developer
2 25 (51.02%) Software Developer
3 21 (42.86%) Graduate
3 21 (42.86%) Graduate Software Developer
3 21 (42.86%) Graduate Developer
4 14 (28.57%) Software Engineer
5 12 (24.49%) Senior Programmer
5 12 (24.49%) Programmer
6 7 (14.29%) Senior Games Programmer
6 7 (14.29%) Games Programmer
7 5 (10.20%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (8.163%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (6.122%) Java Software Engineer
10 2 (4.082%) Senior Java Software Engineer
11 1 (2.041%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 1 (2.041%) Real Time Software Engineer
11 1 (2.041%) Real Time Engineer
11 1 (2.041%) GUI Developer
11 1 (2.041%) Senior Java Developer
11 1 (2.041%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 48 (97.96%) Mathematics
2 47 (95.92%) Computer Science
3 4 (8.163%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (4.082%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.122%) Windows
1 3 (6.122%) Linux
2 2 (4.082%) UNIX
3 1 (2.041%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) OO
2 14 (28.57%) Multithreading
3 12 (24.49%) Game Development
4 9 (18.37%) Software Engineering
5 4 (8.163%) Project Management
6 3 (6.122%) Signal Processing
7 2 (4.082%) Numerical Analysis
7 2 (4.082%) Parallel Processing
8 1 (2.041%) Digital Signal Processing
8 1 (2.041%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.041%) Image Processing
8 1 (2.041%) Video Processing
8 1 (2.041%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (89.80%) C++
2 36 (73.47%) C#
3 30 (61.22%) Java
4 15 (30.61%) C
5 12 (24.49%) Perl
5 12 (24.49%) PHP
6 7 (14.29%) Python
7 4 (8.163%) JavaScript
7 4 (8.163%) VBA
7 4 (8.163%) Delphi
8 3 (6.122%) Scala
8 3 (6.122%) F#
9 1 (2.041%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 18 (36.73%) Degree
2 11 (22.45%) PhD
Vendors
1 4 (8.163%) Oracle
1 4 (8.163%) Sybase
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Posted: 24 May 2013