The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank 135 125 129
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Physics 22 23 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.704% 0.668% 0.795%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.415% 2.530% 3.027%
Number of salaries quoted 21 19 25
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £45,000 £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
911 909 925
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.15% 26.40% 26.26%
Number of salaries quoted 534 633 655
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,300
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Physics
UK

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Physics Salary Trend

Physics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Physics across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Physics Salary Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Edinburgh +2 12 £40,000 -
Glasgow -12 10 £52,500 +101.92%
Physics
UK

Physics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 28 (82.35%) Degree
2 27 (79.41%) Mathematics
3 18 (52.94%) Computer Science
4 17 (50.00%) C++
5 14 (41.18%) Linux
6 12 (35.29%) C#
7 10 (29.41%) Finance
7 10 (29.41%) Java
8 9 (26.47%) PhD
9 8 (23.53%) Windows
10 7 (20.59%) OOD
10 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
11 6 (17.65%) Games
12 5 (14.71%) Shell Script
12 5 (14.71%) Perl
12 5 (14.71%) .NET
13 4 (11.76%) UNIX
13 4 (11.76%) OOA/OOD
13 4 (11.76%) Python
13 4 (11.76%) GIS
13 4 (11.76%) WPF
13 4 (11.76%) Parallel Computing
13 4 (11.76%) MVVM
14 3 (8.824%) Investment Management
14 3 (8.824%) Market Risk
14 3 (8.824%) Banking
14 3 (8.824%) Ruby
14 3 (8.824%) Software Testing
14 3 (8.824%) Grid Computing
14 3 (8.824%) Investment Banking

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (14.71%) .NET
2 4 (11.76%) WPF
3 2 (5.882%) STL
3 2 (5.882%) OpenGL
3 2 (5.882%) Middleware
3 2 (5.882%) WebSphere
3 2 (5.882%) Qt
3 2 (5.882%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (2.941%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (2.941%) HTML5
4 1 (2.941%) jQuery
4 1 (2.941%) Java EE
4 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.941%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) Internet
2 1 (2.941%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) GIS
2 1 (2.941%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Hudson
1 2 (5.882%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.941%) Ant
General
1 10 (29.41%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Games
3 3 (8.824%) Banking
3 3 (8.824%) Investment Banking
3 3 (8.824%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.882%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Software Engineer
2 11 (32.35%) Developer
3 4 (11.76%) Java Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Senior Java Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Software Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Python Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Quantitative Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Testing Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Middleware Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Software Testing Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Scala Developer
5 2 (5.882%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Computer Scientist
6 1 (2.941%) Quantitative Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Technical Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (79.41%) Mathematics
2 18 (52.94%) Computer Science
3 3 (8.824%) Market Risk
3 3 (8.824%) Grid Computing
4 2 (5.882%) Fixed Income
4 2 (5.882%) Online Games
4 2 (5.882%) Hedge funds
4 2 (5.882%) SWIFT
5 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.941%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 14 (41.18%) Linux
2 8 (23.53%) Windows
3 4 (11.76%) UNIX
4 2 (5.882%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) OOD
1 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
2 4 (11.76%) OOA/OOD
2 4 (11.76%) Parallel Computing
2 4 (11.76%) MVVM
3 3 (8.824%) Investment Management
3 3 (8.824%) Software Testing
3 3 (8.824%) Automated Testing
3 3 (8.824%) OO
4 2 (5.882%) UML
4 2 (5.882%) Project Management
4 2 (5.882%) Asset Management
4 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
4 2 (5.882%) Multithreading
4 2 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.941%) Automation Testing
5 1 (2.941%) Manual Testing
5 1 (2.941%) Web Development
5 1 (2.941%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.941%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 17 (50.00%) C++
2 12 (35.29%) C#
3 10 (29.41%) Java
4 5 (14.71%) Shell Script
4 5 (14.71%) Perl
5 4 (11.76%) Python
6 3 (8.824%) Ruby
6 3 (8.824%) SQL
6 3 (8.824%) C
7 2 (5.882%) PHP
7 2 (5.882%) Scala
8 1 (2.941%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.941%) VBA
8 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (82.35%) Degree
2 9 (26.47%) PhD
3 2 (5.882%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.882%) IBM
2 1 (2.941%) Microsoft
Aberdeen, Scotland
Knowledge of .net (C# or VB) and C/C++ is required, developing code that interfaces with embedded devices is highly desirable, estimating development timescales and good documentation is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Your particular role will be to produce high quality, reliable GUIs using C#.NET and WPF. To ensure that the best systems are produced you will also make...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
This computation is extremely compute-intensive, so optimisation and parallel computation are a significant focus, and in this role you would find yourself constantly learning and pushing the...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus guaranteed, 28 days hol
Posted: 17 May 2013