Physics Job Trends in England

Physics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 341 390
Rank change year-on-year +9 +49 +24
Permanent jobs citing Physics 307 389 308
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.58% 0.81% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.89% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 108 209 210
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,520 £32,763
25th Percentile £40,107 £45,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,430 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £120,000 £137,500
UK median annual salary £56,430 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.71% +5.45% -4.73%

All Process & 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 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Physics job vacancy trend in England

Physics
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Physics

Physics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
North of England +58 85 £54,500 +30.38% 25
London +10 62 £57,661 -35.93% 35
South East -34 62 £58,215 +3.96% 83
Yorkshire +33 52 - - 10
East of England +26 40 £67,500 -6.90% 48
South West +3 35 £40,792 -14.50% 34
North West +19 26 £54,500 +35.91% 10
Midlands +18 23 £45,000 +20.03% 31
West Midlands +14 12 £35,000 +12.90% 11
East Midlands -4 11 £75,000 +100.00% 18
North East +17 7 - - 5
Physics
UK

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.95%) Jupyter
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.65%) SAS
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 63 (20.52%) Chatbot
2 40 (13.03%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (5.21%) Simulink
4 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.33%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.33%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.21%) GitHub
2 11 (3.58%) SaaS
3 5 (1.63%) AWS
3 5 (1.63%) Azure
4 3 (0.98%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.65%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.33%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.93%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (2.28%) 5G
2 7 (2.28%) SD-WAN
2 7 (2.28%) WAN
3 5 (1.63%) Wireless
4 3 (0.98%) LAN
5 1 (0.33%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.61%) Redis
2 7 (2.28%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.95%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.98%) Apache Hive
5 3 (0.98%) Big Data
5 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.98%) Hadoop
5 3 (0.98%) Power BI
6 2 (0.65%) GIS
6 2 (0.65%) Impala
6 2 (0.65%) Tableau
7 1 (0.33%) ClickHouse
7 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.33%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (4.56%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (3.58%) Git
3 9 (2.93%) LabVIEW
4 4 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.98%) JIRA
5 3 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.65%) GitLab
6 2 (0.65%) TestRail
7 1 (0.33%) MLflow
7 1 (0.33%) Selenium
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 71 (23.13%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.80%) Electronics
3 42 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (11.73%) Marketing
5 26 (8.47%) Finance
6 25 (8.14%) Spanish Language
7 16 (5.21%) Aerospace
7 16 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.89%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.23%) Agriculture
10 12 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.58%) Games
12 10 (3.26%) Legal
13 9 (2.93%) Military
14 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.63%) Banking
15 5 (1.63%) Retail
16 4 (1.30%) Automotive
16 4 (1.30%) German Language
17 3 (0.98%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 63 (20.52%) Trainer
2 50 (16.29%) Senior
3 39 (12.70%) Consultant
4 34 (11.07%) Systems Engineer
5 27 (8.79%) Solutions Consultant
5 27 (8.79%) Technical Consultant
6 21 (6.84%) Developer
7 17 (5.54%) Software Engineer
8 14 (4.56%) Graduate
8 14 (4.56%) Research Scientist
9 12 (3.91%) Lead
10 11 (3.58%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 11 (3.58%) Test Engineer
11 10 (3.26%) Principal Engineer
12 9 (2.93%) Verification Engineer
13 7 (2.28%) C# Developer
13 7 (2.28%) Data Scientist
13 7 (2.28%) Embedded Engineer
13 7 (2.28%) Machine Learning Consultant
13 7 (2.28%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.89%) PyTorch
2 12 (3.91%) .NET
3 9 (2.93%) OpenGL
3 9 (2.93%) TensorFlow
4 8 (2.61%) Google JAX
4 8 (2.61%) JAX
4 8 (2.61%) Node.js
5 7 (2.28%) pytest
6 6 (1.95%) .NET Core
6 6 (1.95%) DirectX
7 5 (1.63%) NestJS
8 4 (1.30%) React
9 3 (0.98%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.98%) Vue
9 3 (0.98%) Vulkan
10 2 (0.65%) PySpark
10 2 (0.65%) Qt
11 1 (0.33%) Django
11 1 (0.33%) NumPy
11 1 (0.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.10%) Algorithms
2 13 (4.23%) e-Learning
3 11 (3.58%) 3D Graphics
3 11 (3.58%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (3.26%) CUDA
5 9 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.93%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.28%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.28%) Self-Driving Car
6 7 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.63%) Derivative
7 5 (1.63%) FPGA
8 4 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.30%) RISC-V
9 3 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.98%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (0.98%) Verilog
9 3 (0.98%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.49%) Linux
2 13 (4.23%) Unix
2 13 (4.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (61.56%) Mathematics
2 120 (39.09%) AI
3 82 (26.71%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (22.15%) Computer Science
5 63 (20.52%) Conversational UI
6 44 (14.33%) Software Engineering
7 39 (12.70%) Machine Learning
8 38 (12.38%) Systems Engineering
9 36 (11.73%) Validation
10 32 (10.42%) Innovative Thinking
11 28 (9.12%) Chemistry
12 27 (8.79%) Data Science
13 25 (8.14%) Signal Processing
14 22 (7.17%) Agile
15 19 (6.19%) Mentoring
16 18 (5.86%) Economics
17 17 (5.54%) Verification and Validation
18 16 (5.21%) Coaching
18 16 (5.21%) Computer Vision
18 16 (5.21%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 80 (26.06%) Python
2 43 (14.01%) MATLAB
3 32 (10.42%) C++
4 21 (6.84%) C
5 14 (4.56%) C#
5 14 (4.56%) SQL
6 12 (3.91%) Java
7 8 (2.61%) Bash
8 7 (2.28%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.95%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.63%) R
10 5 (1.63%) Rust
11 4 (1.30%) Fortran
12 3 (0.98%) Assembly Language
12 3 (0.98%) GLSL
12 3 (0.98%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.98%) Scala
12 3 (0.98%) Swift
12 3 (0.98%) Tcl
13 2 (0.65%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 257 (83.71%) Degree
2 92 (29.97%) PhD
3 90 (29.32%) Master's Degree
4 60 (19.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 59 (19.22%) Security Cleared
6 47 (15.31%) SC Cleared
7 17 (5.54%) DV Cleared
8 12 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.91%) Numerate Degree
9 8 (2.61%) HND
10 7 (2.28%) RIBA
11 3 (0.98%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.65%) ISO 9000
1 2 (0.65%) JTAG
2 1 (0.33%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.33%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 12 (3.91%) Firmware
2 4 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 63 (20.52%) PayPal
2 11 (3.58%) Siemens
3 4 (1.30%) HubSpot
4 3 (0.98%) ANSYS
4 3 (0.98%) Arista
4 3 (0.98%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (0.98%) Google
4 3 (0.98%) Microsoft
4 3 (0.98%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.33%) Keysight
5 1 (0.33%) SAP
5 1 (0.33%) YouTube