Physics Job Trends in Durham

Physics
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	38	-	39
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Physics	9	0	1
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham	1.72%	-	0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.24%	-	0.50%
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	1
10^th Percentile	£56,750	-	-
25^th Percentile	£57,500	-	£48,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	-	£52,500
75^th Percentile	£62,500	-	£56,250
90^th Percentile	£63,250	-	-
North East median annual salary	£110,000	-	£52,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	402	186	201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham	76.72%	73.23%	71.28%
Number of salaries quoted	263	93	84
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£25,087	£32,136
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£27,875	£44,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£35,000	£58,800
Median % change year-on-year	+50.00%	-40.48%	+17.60%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£50,000	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£84,448	£80,000
North East median annual salary	£55,000	£41,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+34.15%	-13.68%	-5.00%

Physics Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Physics Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Physics.

Physics Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Durham region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. 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
Newton Aycliffe	-	4	-	-	2
Darlington	-	1	-	-	1
Physics North East

Physics Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing Physics also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Durham region with a requirement for Physics.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	77.8%	7
2	Continuous Improvement	55.6%	5
2	Problem-Solving	55.6%	5
4	Collaborative Engineering	44.4%	4
4	Validation	44.4%	4
6	CAD	33.3%	3
6	FMEA	33.3%	3
6	Microsoft	33.3%	3
6	Microsoft Office	33.3%	3
6	Process Improvement	33.3%	3
11	CAE	22.2%	2
11	Change Control	22.2%	2
11	Collaborative Working	22.2%	2
11	Decision-Making	22.2%	2
11	HNC	22.2%	2
11	HND	22.2%	2
11	Microsoft Excel	22.2%	2
11	Model Validation	22.2%	2
11	Python	22.2%	2
11	Roadmaps	22.2%	2
11	Root Cause Analysis	22.2%	2
11	Security Cleared	22.2%	2
11	Six Sigma	22.2%	2
11	Technology Roadmap	22.2%	2
25	Active Record	11.1%	1
25	AI	11.1%	1
25	ANSYS	11.1%	1
25	Building Information Modelling	11.1%	1
25	Computational Fluid Dynamics	11.1%	1
25	Configuration Management	11.1%	1

Physics Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	55.6%	5
1	Problem-Solving	55.6%	5
3	Collaborative Engineering	44.4%	4
3	Validation	44.4%	4
5	CAD	33.3%	3
5	FMEA	33.3%	3
5	Process Improvement	33.3%	3
8	CAE	22.2%	2
8	Change Control	22.2%	2
8	Collaborative Working	22.2%	2
8	Decision-Making	22.2%	2
8	Model Validation	22.2%	2
8	Roadmaps	22.2%	2
8	Root Cause Analysis	22.2%	2
8	Six Sigma	22.2%	2
8	Technology Roadmap	22.2%	2
17	Active Record	11.1%	1
17	AI	11.1%	1
17	Building Information Modelling	11.1%	1
17	Computational Fluid Dynamics	11.1%	1