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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 212 184
Rank change year-on-year +106 -28 -28
Permanent jobs citing Physics 155 52 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.31% 0.88% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 0.93% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 130 26 58
10th Percentile £34,400 £33,063 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,625 £34,875 £41,264
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% -13.50% -22.18%
75th Percentile £73,750 £52,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £61,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -

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 5,678 5,602 6,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.54% 94.82% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,870 3,059 3,856
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,780 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,829
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £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 17 May 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 17 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
Berkshire +77 76 £55,000 +27.17% 22
Oxfordshire +61 74 £52,500 -10.64% 28
Buckinghamshire -22 5 £70,000 -15.15% 6
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 (1.29%) CMS
1 2 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.16%) AWS
2 7 (4.52%) Azure
3 5 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.23%) Firewall
1 5 (3.23%) Internet
1 5 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (3.23%) Network Security
1 5 (3.23%) VPN
2 3 (1.94%) Modbus
2 3 (1.94%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Big Data
2 1 (0.65%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (9.03%) GitLab
1 14 (9.03%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.23%) Git
3 3 (1.94%) gulp
3 3 (1.94%) PostCSS
3 3 (1.94%) rollup.js
3 3 (1.94%) Vite
General
1 47 (30.32%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (20.65%) Social Skills
3 6 (3.87%) Games
4 5 (3.23%) Finance
5 4 (2.58%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.58%) Electronics
5 4 (2.58%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.94%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.29%) Law
8 1 (0.65%) Legal
8 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Publishing
8 1 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (21.94%) Senior
2 29 (18.71%) Architect
3 27 (17.42%) Software Engineer
4 24 (15.48%) Software Architect
5 21 (13.55%) Developer
6 15 (9.68%) Junior
7 12 (7.74%) Physicist
7 12 (7.74%) Research Engineer
8 11 (7.10%) Programmer
9 9 (5.81%) Analyst
9 9 (5.81%) Computer Scientist
9 9 (5.81%) Research Scientist
9 9 (5.81%) Research Software Engineer
10 7 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (4.52%) Software Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Scientific Software Developer
11 6 (3.87%) Senior Computer Scientist
11 6 (3.87%) Senior Programmer
11 6 (3.87%) Senior Software Engineer
12 5 (3.23%) Software Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.90%) OpenMP
2 14 (9.03%) OpenACC
3 5 (3.23%) Web Services
4 3 (1.94%) .NET
4 3 (1.94%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.94%) CSS
4 3 (1.94%) DirectX
4 3 (1.94%) EDI
4 3 (1.94%) Flask
4 3 (1.94%) HTML
4 3 (1.94%) HTML5
4 3 (1.94%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (1.94%) OpenGL
4 3 (1.94%) Pixi.js
4 3 (1.94%) Qt
4 3 (1.94%) Sass
4 3 (1.94%) Tailwind CSS
4 3 (1.94%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 3 (1.94%) WebGL
5 1 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 76 (49.03%) Algorithms
2 22 (14.19%) CUDA
3 17 (10.97%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (10.97%) Data Structures
4 12 (7.74%) Management Information System
5 8 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.58%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.94%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (1.94%) Animation
8 3 (1.94%) Arduino
8 3 (1.94%) CAN bus
8 3 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.94%) IoT
8 3 (1.94%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (1.94%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.29%) Mixed Reality
9 2 (1.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 41 (26.45%) Linux
2 32 (20.65%) Unix
3 5 (3.23%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (64.52%) Computer Science
2 88 (56.77%) Mathematics
3 52 (33.55%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (29.68%) Parallel Programming
5 39 (25.16%) Software Engineering
6 38 (24.52%) Chemistry
7 28 (18.06%) Agile
8 27 (17.42%) Software Testing
9 26 (16.77%) Machine Learning
10 19 (12.26%) Monte Carlo Method
11 17 (10.97%) Complexity Analysis
11 17 (10.97%) OO
11 17 (10.97%) OOD
12 14 (9.03%) Code Optimisation
12 14 (9.03%) Prototyping
13 13 (8.39%) Artificial Intelligence
13 13 (8.39%) Mathematical Modelling
14 9 (5.81%) Open Source
14 9 (5.81%) Performance Analysis
15 8 (5.16%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 108 (69.68%) Python
2 82 (52.90%) Fortran
3 63 (40.65%) C++
4 55 (35.48%) C
5 25 (16.13%) C#
6 18 (11.61%) SQL
7 14 (9.03%) Bash
8 13 (8.39%) MATLAB
9 8 (5.16%) Java
10 6 (3.87%) Perl
11 5 (3.23%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.94%) Embedded C
12 3 (1.94%) JavaScript
12 3 (1.94%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.94%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.29%) Go
13 2 (1.29%) Haskell
13 2 (1.29%) Rust
14 1 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 133 (85.81%) Degree
2 79 (50.97%) PhD
3 60 (38.71%) Master's Degree
4 43 (27.74%) Security Cleared
5 10 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.23%) CISSP
7 4 (2.58%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 5 (3.23%) NIST
1 5 (3.23%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.29%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.23%) Suricata
Vendors
1 44 (28.39%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.23%) Cisco
2 5 (3.23%) Juniper
2 5 (3.23%) Palo Alto
2 5 (3.23%) Splunk
3 3 (1.94%) Thales
4 1 (0.65%) EMC
4 1 (0.65%) Google
4 1 (0.65%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.65%) Qubit
4 1 (0.65%) YouTube