The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Physics in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Physics over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Physics
Rank 92 - 77
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Physics 3 0 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.241% - 0.865%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.915% - 2.535%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 9
Average salary £32,500 - £29,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
328 281 355
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.32% 24.69% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 298 220 333
Average salary £36,400 £35,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -9.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £47,550
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Physics
UK

Physics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Physics Salary Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
West Wales - 1 £32,500 -
Physics
UK

Physics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (70.00%) Mathematics
2 7 (70.00%) C
2 7 (70.00%) C++
3 6 (60.00%) Assembly Language
3 6 (60.00%) Firmware
3 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (60.00%) System Testing
3 6 (60.00%) JTAG
4 5 (50.00%) Electronics
5 4 (40.00%) Embedded C
5 4 (40.00%) Embedded C++
5 4 (40.00%) C#
5 4 (40.00%) Java
5 4 (40.00%) .NET
5 4 (40.00%) Windows
6 3 (30.00%) LDAP
6 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
6 3 (30.00%) Bluetooth
6 3 (30.00%) GPRS
6 3 (30.00%) UMTS
6 3 (30.00%) WAN
6 3 (30.00%) SQL
6 3 (30.00%) HTML
6 3 (30.00%) TELNET
6 3 (30.00%) HTTP
6 3 (30.00%) SNMP
6 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (30.00%) SSH
6 3 (30.00%) Wireless

Physics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) Ajax
2 3 (30.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) LDAP
1 3 (30.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (30.00%) GPRS
1 3 (30.00%) UMTS
1 3 (30.00%) WAN
1 3 (30.00%) HTTP
1 3 (30.00%) SNMP
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (30.00%) TELNET
1 3 (30.00%) Wireless
1 3 (30.00%) SSH
1 3 (30.00%) ZigBee
1 3 (30.00%) HSPA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Development Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Sales Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Sales Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (60.00%) Firmware
3 1 (10.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (60.00%) System Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (20.00%) B2B
3 2 (20.00%) Market Research
4 1 (10.00%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C++
1 7 (70.00%) C
2 6 (60.00%) Assembly Language
3 4 (40.00%) C#
3 4 (40.00%) Embedded C
3 4 (40.00%) Embedded C++
3 4 (40.00%) Java
4 3 (30.00%) SQL
5 2 (20.00%) Fortran
6 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) HNC
2 2 (20.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) JTAG
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Atmel