Physics Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Physics
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 86 98
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 -23
Permanent jobs citing Physics 32 18 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.30% 1.14% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.56% 1.45% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 11
10th Percentile £37,775 £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 £52,500 £94,375 £77,500
90th Percentile - £127,500 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £40,101 £51,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year -21.76% -31.67% +31.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 488 1,245 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 96.06% 78.90% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 313 932 566
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £26,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,540 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £66,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,979 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Cambridgeshire

Physics
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Physics in Cambridgeshire

Physics
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in Cambridgeshire

Physics
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Cambridge +52 32 £42,500 -22.73% 40
Physics
East of England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (18.75%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) AWS
2 9 (28.13%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (3.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (12.50%) Redis
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Manufacturing
2 9 (28.13%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (3.13%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Trainer
2 5 (15.63%) Support Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Technical Support
2 5 (15.63%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Senior
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Junior
4 3 (9.38%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Principal Software Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Site Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Developer
5 1 (3.13%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Research Scientist
5 1 (3.13%) Software QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (28.13%) Keras
1 9 (28.13%) NumPy
1 9 (28.13%) PyTorch
1 9 (28.13%) scikit-learn
1 9 (28.13%) TensorFlow
2 7 (21.88%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (40.63%) Algorithms
2 5 (15.63%) Driving Licence
3 4 (12.50%) FPGA
3 4 (12.50%) Life Science
3 4 (12.50%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Artificial Intelligence
2 22 (68.75%) Mathematics
3 18 (56.25%) Computer Science
4 17 (53.13%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (43.75%) User Experience
6 13 (40.63%) Machine Learning
6 13 (40.63%) Software Engineering
7 9 (28.13%) Analytics
7 9 (28.13%) Bioinformatics
7 9 (28.13%) Biology
7 9 (28.13%) Computational Biology
7 9 (28.13%) Data Analytics
7 9 (28.13%) Data Engineering
7 9 (28.13%) Data Transformation
7 9 (28.13%) Data Visualisation
7 9 (28.13%) Deep Learning
7 9 (28.13%) PLM
7 9 (28.13%) Statistics
7 9 (28.13%) UX Design
7 9 (28.13%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (12.50%) C
2 4 (12.50%) C++
2 4 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (3.13%) Bash
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (96.88%) Degree
2 15 (46.88%) PhD
3 7 (21.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) PayPal
2 4 (12.50%) EMC