Physics Jobs in the South West

Physics
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Physics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Physics over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 231 247
Rank change year-on-year +21 +16 -37
Permanent jobs citing Physics 83 35 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.90% 0.51% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.53% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 60 8 5
10th Percentile £20,000 £27,900 £31,330
25th Percentile £36,500 £33,563 £34,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £79,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £92,375 £64,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Physics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,750 6,545 7,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.99% 94.49% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,549 3,649 5,030
10th Percentile £28,767 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the South West

Physics
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in the South West.

Salary trend for Physics in the South West

Physics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the South West

Physics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +13 27 £32,000 -46.67% 17
Gloucestershire +2 22 £53,250 - 4
Wiltshire - 15 £55,000 - 3
Dorset -15 11 £40,000 - 2
Devon - 8 - - 2
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (21.69%) Simulink
2 5 (6.02%) OrCAD
2 5 (6.02%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.66%) Power Platform
2 12 (14.46%) Azure
3 11 (13.25%) AWS
4 5 (6.02%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.02%) IaaS
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.02%) PaaS
5 2 (2.41%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.25%) Ethernet
1 11 (13.25%) RS-232
2 7 (8.43%) Link 16
3 5 (6.02%) DHCP
3 5 (6.02%) DNS
3 5 (6.02%) LAN
3 5 (6.02%) WAN
3 5 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.20%) IKE
4 1 (1.20%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.64%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (8.43%) JIRA
2 5 (6.02%) LabVIEW
3 4 (4.82%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.82%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (1.20%) Git
General
1 22 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.10%) Military
3 19 (22.89%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (20.48%) Aerospace
5 15 (18.07%) Electronics
5 15 (18.07%) Retail
6 12 (14.46%) Manufacturing
7 7 (8.43%) Avionics
8 5 (6.02%) Automotive
8 5 (6.02%) Aviation
9 4 (4.82%) French Language
9 4 (4.82%) German Language
9 4 (4.82%) Italian Language
10 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.41%) Games
12 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.20%) Law
12 1 (1.20%) Legal
12 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (31.33%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) Software Engineer
3 10 (12.05%) Senior
4 9 (10.84%) Graduate
5 8 (9.64%) Linux Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Hardware Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Data Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Graduate Data Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Design Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Process Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Developer
9 3 (3.61%) Integration Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Service Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) ONNX
1 4 (4.82%) PyTorch
2 2 (2.41%) WSE
3 1 (1.20%) .NET
3 1 (1.20%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.20%) Django
3 1 (1.20%) Flask
3 1 (1.20%) NLTK
3 1 (1.20%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) Driving Licence
2 12 (14.46%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (14.46%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (13.25%) Analogue Electronics
4 10 (12.05%) Management Information System
5 9 (10.84%) Algorithms
6 6 (7.23%) FPGA
7 4 (4.82%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.41%) Robotics
9 1 (1.20%) Blockchain
9 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.20%) Social Media
9 1 (1.20%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 27 (32.53%) Linux
2 8 (9.64%) Debian
2 8 (9.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (56.63%) Mathematics
2 28 (33.73%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (27.71%) Validation
4 22 (26.51%) Agile
4 22 (26.51%) Computer Science
5 20 (24.10%) Coaching
6 16 (19.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (18.07%) Software Engineering
8 13 (15.66%) Customer Requirements
8 13 (15.66%) Mentoring
9 12 (14.46%) Commercialisation
9 12 (14.46%) Ergonomics
9 12 (14.46%) Human Factors
9 12 (14.46%) Systems Engineering
10 11 (13.25%) Innovative Thinking
10 11 (13.25%) Project Management
11 9 (10.84%) DevOps
12 8 (9.64%) Configuration Management
12 8 (9.64%) ITIL
12 8 (9.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.30%) MATLAB
2 15 (18.07%) Python
3 12 (14.46%) C
4 10 (12.05%) SQL
5 7 (8.43%) Bash
6 4 (4.82%) C++
7 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.20%) Go
8 1 (1.20%) Java
8 1 (1.20%) R
Qualifications
1 60 (72.29%) Degree
2 30 (36.14%) Security Cleared
3 12 (14.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (13.25%) DV Cleared
5 8 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
7 5 (6.02%) A+ Certification
7 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
7 5 (6.02%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) PMO
2 7 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 7 (8.43%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.02%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft
1 5 (6.02%) Veeam
2 4 (4.82%) IBM
2 4 (4.82%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.20%) F5
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle