Physics Jobs in the Thames Valley

Physics
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 206 191
Rank change year-on-year +95 -15 -45
Permanent jobs citing Physics 145 57 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.15% 0.93% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 0.98% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 125 29 60
10th Percentile £34,750 £33,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,875 £42,088
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% -13.50% -17.86%
75th Percentile £73,750 £52,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,000 £62,113
South East median annual salary £52,500 £43,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.39% -13.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,737 5,806 6,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.16% 94.68% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,018 3,157 3,953
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the Thames Valley

Physics
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Physics in the Thames Valley

Physics
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the Thames Valley

Physics
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Oxfordshire +68 77 £52,500 +5.00% 26
Berkshire +58 63 £55,000 +27.17% 19
Buckinghamshire -20 5 £70,000 -15.15% 5
Physics
South East

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (1.38%) CMS
2 1 (0.69%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.14%) AWS
2 5 (3.45%) Azure
3 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.07%) Firewall
1 3 (2.07%) Internet
1 3 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (2.07%) Modbus
1 3 (2.07%) Network Security
1 3 (2.07%) VPN
1 3 (2.07%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.07%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.69%) Big Data
2 1 (0.69%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.21%) GitLab
1 9 (6.21%) Visual Studio
2 8 (5.52%) Git
3 6 (4.14%) gulp
3 6 (4.14%) PostCSS
3 6 (4.14%) rollup.js
3 6 (4.14%) Vite
4 1 (0.69%) Subversion
General
1 44 (30.34%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (21.38%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.21%) Games
4 4 (2.76%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.76%) Electronics
4 4 (2.76%) Finance
4 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.07%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.38%) Law
7 1 (0.69%) Legal
7 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.69%) Publishing
7 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (24.14%) Senior
2 24 (16.55%) Developer
2 24 (16.55%) Software Engineer
3 21 (14.48%) Architect
4 18 (12.41%) Software Architect
5 15 (10.34%) Junior
6 12 (8.28%) Physicist
7 11 (7.59%) Programmer
7 11 (7.59%) Research Engineer
8 9 (6.21%) Analyst
8 9 (6.21%) Computer Scientist
8 9 (6.21%) Research Scientist
9 8 (5.52%) Research Software Engineer
10 7 (4.83%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (4.83%) Software Developer
11 6 (4.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 6 (4.14%) Scientific Software Developer
11 6 (4.14%) Senior Computer Scientist
11 6 (4.14%) Senior Developer
11 6 (4.14%) Senior Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.79%) OpenMP
2 14 (9.66%) OpenACC
3 6 (4.14%) CSS
3 6 (4.14%) HTML
3 6 (4.14%) HTML5
3 6 (4.14%) HTML5 Canvas
3 6 (4.14%) Pixi.js
3 6 (4.14%) Sass
3 6 (4.14%) Tailwind CSS
3 6 (4.14%) WebGL
4 5 (3.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (2.07%) .NET
5 3 (2.07%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.07%) DirectX
5 3 (2.07%) EDI
5 3 (2.07%) Flask
5 3 (2.07%) OpenGL
5 3 (2.07%) Qt
5 3 (2.07%) Web Services
6 1 (0.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 76 (52.41%) Algorithms
2 22 (15.17%) CUDA
3 17 (11.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (11.72%) Data Structures
4 10 (6.90%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.14%) Animation
7 3 (2.07%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (2.07%) Arduino
7 3 (2.07%) CAN bus
7 3 (2.07%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.07%) IoT
7 3 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.07%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.38%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.69%) Lidar
9 1 (0.69%) Mixed Reality
Operating Systems
1 41 (28.28%) Linux
2 32 (22.07%) Unix
3 3 (2.07%) Kali Linux
3 3 (2.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (62.07%) Computer Science
2 88 (60.69%) Mathematics
3 52 (35.86%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (31.72%) Parallel Programming
5 38 (26.21%) Chemistry
6 34 (23.45%) Software Engineering
7 26 (17.93%) Machine Learning
8 22 (15.17%) Agile
8 22 (15.17%) Software Testing
9 17 (11.72%) Complexity Analysis
9 17 (11.72%) OO
9 17 (11.72%) OOD
10 14 (9.66%) Code Optimisation
10 14 (9.66%) Monte Carlo Method
10 14 (9.66%) Prototyping
11 12 (8.28%) Artificial Intelligence
12 11 (7.59%) Mathematical Modelling
13 9 (6.21%) Performance Analysis
14 8 (5.52%) Data Analysis
14 8 (5.52%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 98 (67.59%) Python
2 77 (53.10%) Fortran
3 57 (39.31%) C++
4 55 (37.93%) C
5 18 (12.41%) C#
6 14 (9.66%) Bash
7 13 (8.97%) MATLAB
7 13 (8.97%) SQL
8 6 (4.14%) Java
8 6 (4.14%) JavaScript
8 6 (4.14%) Perl
8 6 (4.14%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.07%) Embedded C
9 3 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.07%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.69%) Go
10 1 (0.69%) Haskell
10 1 (0.69%) R
10 1 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 123 (84.83%) Degree
2 79 (54.48%) PhD
3 60 (41.38%) Master's Degree
4 38 (26.21%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.76%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.07%) CISSP
8 1 (0.69%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 3 (2.07%) NIST
1 3 (2.07%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.38%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.07%) Suricata
Vendors
1 37 (25.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.07%) Cisco
2 3 (2.07%) Juniper
2 3 (2.07%) Palo Alto
2 3 (2.07%) Splunk
2 3 (2.07%) Thales
3 1 (0.69%) EMC
3 1 (0.69%) Google
3 1 (0.69%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.69%) Qubit
3 1 (0.69%) YouTube