Physics Jobs in England

Physics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 364 488
Rank change year-on-year +260 +124 -45
Permanent jobs citing Physics 1,432 627 489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.90% 0.70% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 0.83% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 511 434 214
10th Percentile - £31,000 £34,913
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £53,159 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% -18.22% +4.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £62,344
% change year-on-year -4.66% -15.79% +3.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in England

Physics
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Physics in England

Physics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in England

Physics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +291 540 £50,055 -6.03% 66
Midlands +228 333 £40,101 -23.62% 32
Yorkshire +193 286 £40,101 -22.18% 12
South East +77 275 £55,000 +10.00% 128
North West +154 248 £54,793 +6.39% 46
West Midlands +187 197 £30,000 -52.00% 16
East Midlands +116 136 £40,101 +23.39% 15
South West +136 123 £46,500 +5.68% 51
London +51 91 £100,000 +33.33% 319
East of England +58 70 £40,101 -21.76% 73
North East +54 6 - - 8
Physics
UK

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (1.47%) Apache
2 3 (0.21%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.14%) Confluence
4 1 (0.070%) MTS
4 1 (0.070%) SAS
Applications
1 137 (9.57%) Simulink
2 77 (5.38%) Chatbot
3 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.21%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 103 (7.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 20 (1.40%) AWS
2 15 (1.05%) Azure
3 11 (0.77%) Amazon SageMaker
4 10 (0.70%) GitHub
5 3 (0.21%) GCP
6 2 (0.14%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.070%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.070%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.33%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (0.28%) 5G
2 4 (0.28%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.28%) WAN
3 2 (0.14%) Network Security
3 2 (0.14%) RS-485
4 1 (0.070%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.070%) DVB
4 1 (0.070%) Firewall
4 1 (0.070%) Wideband
4 1 (0.070%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (0.77%) Tableau
2 8 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.35%) Redis
4 4 (0.28%) Tick Data
5 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.14%) Big Data
6 2 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.14%) GIS
6 2 (0.14%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.14%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.14%) Power BI
7 1 (0.070%) KDB
7 1 (0.070%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.070%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 123 (8.59%) Rational DOORS
2 40 (2.79%) Git
3 31 (2.16%) JIRA
4 30 (2.09%) Visual Studio
5 19 (1.33%) Eclipse
5 19 (1.33%) Eclipse RCP
6 8 (0.56%) Subversion
7 5 (0.35%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.21%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.070%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.070%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.070%) CMake
9 1 (0.070%) gulp
9 1 (0.070%) PostCSS
9 1 (0.070%) rollup.js
9 1 (0.070%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.070%) TestRail
9 1 (0.070%) Vite
General
1 501 (34.99%) Social Skills
2 444 (31.01%) Electronics
3 284 (19.83%) Aerospace
4 252 (17.60%) Manufacturing
5 249 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
6 240 (16.76%) Marketing
7 179 (12.50%) Law
8 161 (11.24%) Aeronautics
9 72 (5.03%) Automotive
10 59 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
11 38 (2.65%) Finance
12 28 (1.96%) Avionics
13 25 (1.75%) Military
14 13 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (0.77%) Banking
16 10 (0.70%) Retail
17 9 (0.63%) Agriculture
18 6 (0.42%) Public Sector
19 5 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
19 5 (0.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 533 (37.22%) Senior
2 499 (34.85%) Systems Engineer
3 329 (22.97%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 202 (14.11%) Principal Engineer
5 194 (13.55%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 150 (10.47%) Technical Manager
7 145 (10.13%) Lead
8 136 (9.50%) Help Desk Manager
9 130 (9.08%) Junior
10 103 (7.19%) Junior Systems Engineer
11 101 (7.05%) Products Support Manager
12 90 (6.28%) Team Leader
13 88 (6.15%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 77 (5.38%) Trainer
15 76 (5.31%) Product Manager
16 74 (5.17%) Support Manager
17 70 (4.89%) Software Engineer
18 43 (3.00%) Developer
19 36 (2.51%) Analyst
20 30 (2.09%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.89%) HTML
2 23 (1.61%) TensorFlow
3 22 (1.54%) scikit-learn
4 20 (1.40%) CSS
5 19 (1.33%) JSP
5 19 (1.33%) Middleware
6 18 (1.26%) NumPy
7 17 (1.19%) Node.js
8 16 (1.12%) Pandas
9 13 (0.91%) PyTorch
10 9 (0.63%) Keras
10 9 (0.63%) PySpark
10 9 (0.63%) React
11 8 (0.56%) Flask
12 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.49%) Plotly
13 4 (0.28%) pytest
14 3 (0.21%) HTML5
14 3 (0.21%) OpenGL
15 2 (0.14%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 51 (3.56%) Algorithms
2 26 (1.82%) FPGA
3 21 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (1.26%) Management Information System
5 11 (0.77%) Credit Risk
6 10 (0.70%) e-Learning
6 10 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (0.49%) Onboarding
9 6 (0.42%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.42%) Equities
9 6 (0.42%) Fixed Income
10 5 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.28%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.28%) Self-Driving Car
12 3 (0.21%) CUDA
12 3 (0.21%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.21%) Device Driver
12 3 (0.21%) Sports Betting
12 3 (0.21%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 87 (6.08%) Linux
2 29 (2.03%) Windows
3 21 (1.47%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.070%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,277 (89.18%) Mathematics
2 749 (52.30%) Systems Engineering
3 371 (25.91%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 347 (24.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 321 (22.42%) Coaching
6 214 (14.94%) Chemistry
7 211 (14.73%) Computer Science
8 204 (14.25%) Collaborative Working
9 170 (11.87%) Logistics
10 152 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
11 144 (10.06%) Artificial Intelligence
12 129 (9.01%) SysML
13 126 (8.80%) UML
14 117 (8.17%) Project Management
15 112 (7.82%) PLM
16 103 (7.19%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 94 (6.56%) Validation
18 90 (6.28%) Ergonomics
18 90 (6.28%) Human Factors
18 90 (6.28%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 217 (15.15%) MATLAB
2 163 (11.38%) Python
3 82 (5.73%) C++
4 66 (4.61%) C
5 64 (4.47%) C#
6 61 (4.26%) Java
7 59 (4.12%) SQL
8 23 (1.61%) Rust
9 22 (1.54%) JavaScript
10 18 (1.26%) Ada
11 13 (0.91%) R
11 13 (0.91%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.84%) Fortran
13 10 (0.70%) Bash
14 5 (0.35%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.21%) Clojure
15 3 (0.21%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.21%) F#
16 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.070%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,378 (96.23%) Degree
2 781 (54.54%) BPSS Clearance
3 152 (10.61%) Master's Degree
3 152 (10.61%) PhD
4 69 (4.82%) HND
5 58 (4.05%) Security Cleared
6 45 (3.14%) SC Cleared
7 37 (2.58%) Numerate Degree
8 23 (1.61%) DV Cleared
9 18 (1.26%) Chartered Engineer
10 9 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.49%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.070%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.070%) Linux+ Certification
12 1 (0.070%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.070%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (8.45%) ARP4754
1 121 (8.45%) DO-254
1 121 (8.45%) IEC 61508
2 2 (0.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
2 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (0.14%) QA
3 1 (0.070%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.070%) IFRS
3 1 (0.070%) IFRS 9
3 1 (0.070%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 24 (1.68%) Firmware
2 19 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (0.70%) Docker
4 1 (0.070%) KVM
4 1 (0.070%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (0.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.070%) Ansible
3 1 (0.070%) Puppet
Vendors
1 103 (7.19%) IBM
2 77 (5.38%) PayPal
3 48 (3.35%) Microsoft
4 20 (1.40%) Siemens
5 10 (0.70%) MathWorks
6 9 (0.63%) Databricks
7 6 (0.42%) Google
8 4 (0.28%) EMC
8 4 (0.28%) Foundry
8 4 (0.28%) Palantir
9 2 (0.14%) Arista
9 2 (0.14%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (0.14%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.070%) Cisco
10 1 (0.070%) Dell
10 1 (0.070%) HP
10 1 (0.070%) Intel
10 1 (0.070%) Juniper
10 1 (0.070%) NetApp
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle