Physics Job Trends in Derbyshire

Physics
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Permanent jobs citing Physics 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 0.70% - 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% - 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £75,000 £30,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +150.00% -25.00% +5.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 353 322 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 82.28% 74.54% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 193 171 154
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £58,563
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,250 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.05% -9.52% +5.00%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Physics job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Physics
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Physics

Physics
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Derby - 3 £75,000 - 2
Physics
East Midlands

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Abaqus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 3D Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
1 2 (66.67%) DirectX
1 2 (66.67%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) CAD
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ANSYS