Physics Job Trends in Coventry

Physics
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 25 35
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 -
Permanent jobs citing Physics 4 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 0.67% 1.14% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.28% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £46,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £58,750 £30,000 £47,491
% change year-on-year +95.83% -36.83% +58.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 387 156 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 65.26% 89.14% 97.46%
Number of salaries quoted 252 64 102
10th Percentile £30,000 £22,125 £30,125
25th Percentile £41,000 £26,750 £43,846
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.88% +8.74%
75th Percentile £68,125 £60,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +5.06%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Physics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Physics job vacancy trend in Coventry

Physics
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing Physics

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WireGuard
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (75.00%) Automotive
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Sales Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Sales Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) HNC
1 3 (75.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Podman