Physics Jobs in Cambridge

Physics
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Physics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Physics over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 68 76
Rank change year-on-year +54 +8 -34
Permanent jobs citing Physics 31 17 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 12.50% 1.67% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.30% 2.05% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 11
10th Percentile £30,800 £40,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,343 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -26.67% -
75th Percentile £46,250 £94,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £127,500 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% -26.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Physics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 233 828 868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 93.95% 81.42% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 139 633 371
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £84,000 £87,500 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Cambridge

Physics
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Physics in Cambridge

Physics
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in Cambridge over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in Cambridge

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 12 (38.71%) AWS
2 9 (29.03%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (16.13%) Redis
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Manufacturing
2 9 (29.03%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (6.45%) Electronics
4 1 (3.23%) Agriculture
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Trainer
2 5 (16.13%) Applications Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Software Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Support Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Technical Support
2 5 (16.13%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Junior
3 3 (9.68%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Principal Software Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Site Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Electronics Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Graduate
4 2 (6.45%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Graduate Applications Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) Keras
1 9 (29.03%) NumPy
1 9 (29.03%) PyTorch
1 9 (29.03%) scikit-learn
1 9 (29.03%) TensorFlow
2 8 (25.81%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Algorithms
2 5 (16.13%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.45%) FPGA
3 2 (6.45%) Life Science
3 2 (6.45%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (77.42%) Artificial Intelligence
2 23 (74.19%) Mathematics
3 19 (61.29%) Computer Science
4 16 (51.61%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (45.16%) Machine Learning
5 14 (45.16%) Software Engineering
5 14 (45.16%) User Experience
6 9 (29.03%) Analytics
6 9 (29.03%) Bioinformatics
6 9 (29.03%) Biology
6 9 (29.03%) Computational Biology
6 9 (29.03%) Data Analytics
6 9 (29.03%) Data Engineering
6 9 (29.03%) Data Transformation
6 9 (29.03%) Data Visualisation
6 9 (29.03%) Deep Learning
6 9 (29.03%) PLM
6 9 (29.03%) Statistics
6 9 (29.03%) UX Design
6 9 (29.03%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) Python
2 5 (16.13%) Java
3 2 (6.45%) C
3 2 (6.45%) C++
4 1 (3.23%) Bash
4 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (93.55%) Degree
2 15 (48.39%) PhD
3 7 (22.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) PayPal
2 2 (6.45%) EMC