The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank 81 79 65
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -14
Permanent jobs citing Physics 5 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.600% 1.087% 0.962%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.608% 2.667% 2.913%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 6
Average salary £26,000 £25,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
311 375 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 37.29% 40.76% 33.01%
Number of salaries quoted 284 356 201
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £22,100
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Physics
Hampshire

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Physics Salary Trend

Physics
Salary Histogram

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

Southampton Physics Salary Histogram

Physics
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (66.67%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) UNIX
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Linux
3 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
4 4 (44.44%) AIX
4 4 (44.44%) Solaris
5 3 (33.33%) C#
5 3 (33.33%) HTML
5 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (33.33%) SQL
5 3 (33.33%) .NET
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
5 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 3 (33.33%) CSS
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) MVC
5 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 2 (22.22%) GPGPU
6 2 (22.22%) Statistics
6 2 (22.22%) Mathematica
6 2 (22.22%) OpenGL
6 2 (22.22%) C
6 2 (22.22%) PhD

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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%) HTML
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
1 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 2 (22.22%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Mathematica
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) C++ Software Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Principle Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Junior
2 3 (33.33%) Junior Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Junior C# Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Junior Software Developer
2 3 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
2 3 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C++ Programmer
3 2 (22.22%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 9 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) GPGPU
2 2 (22.22%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) UNIX
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) AIX
2 4 (44.44%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C++
2 3 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) PhD
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft