Physics Job Trends in Leicestershire

Physics
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 51 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing Physics 1 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.18% 1.61% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 1.75% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -
East Midlands median annual salary £75,000 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +100.00% -25.00% +24.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 462 399 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 81.34% 91.72% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 326 157 314
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -14.98% +5.24%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Physics job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Physics
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Physics

Physics
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Leicester -10 1 £75,000 +100.00% 2
Physics
East Midlands

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL