Physics Job Trends in the Midlands

Physics
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 188 246
Rank change year-on-year -41 +58 -41
Permanent jobs citing Physics 52 42 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.33% 0.76% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.87% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 40 5 23
10th Percentile £29,675 - -
25th Percentile £39,688 £29,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £55,313 £31,000 -
90th Percentile £65,000 - £53,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,142 4,812 7,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.86% 86.87% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 7,863 2,810 3,415
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,125 £32,219 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Physics job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Physics
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Physics

Physics
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Physics in the Midlands

Physics
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
East Midlands -20 31 £45,000 - 6
West Midlands -44 21 £58,750 +95.83% 7
Physics
England

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (1.92%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.77%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.92%) LaTeX
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.92%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.77%) AWS
2 2 (3.85%) Azure
3 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) DNS
1 1 (1.92%) Firewall
1 1 (1.92%) VLAN
1 1 (1.92%) VPN
1 1 (1.92%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.92%) Big Data
2 1 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.92%) GIS
2 1 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Git
1 5 (9.62%) JIRA
1 5 (9.62%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.92%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 7 (13.46%) Electronics
4 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.77%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.77%) Automotive
5 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Finance
6 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (19.23%) Research Scientist
1 10 (19.23%) Software Engineer
2 5 (9.62%) Python Engineer
2 5 (9.62%) Python Software Engineer
2 5 (9.62%) Senior
2 5 (9.62%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (7.69%) Graduate
4 3 (5.77%) Developer
4 3 (5.77%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 3 (5.77%) Sales Engineer
4 3 (5.77%) Software Developer
4 3 (5.77%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (5.77%) Technical Sales Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Data Scientist
5 2 (3.85%) Development Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Lead
5 2 (3.85%) Lead Developer
5 2 (3.85%) Lead Software Developer
6 1 (1.92%) Administrator
6 1 (1.92%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) React
2 3 (5.77%) .NET
2 3 (5.77%) AngularJS
2 3 (5.77%) MassTransit
2 3 (5.77%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (3.85%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.92%) Acoustics
3 1 (1.92%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.92%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (1.92%) FPGA
3 1 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.92%) Verilog
3 1 (1.92%) VHDL
3 1 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (1.92%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) macOS
2 1 (1.92%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.92%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) Mathematics
2 12 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
4 8 (15.38%) Agile
5 5 (9.62%) OOP
5 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.69%) AI
6 4 (7.69%) Data Science
7 3 (5.77%) Analytics
7 3 (5.77%) Biology
7 3 (5.77%) Chemistry
7 3 (5.77%) Commercial Awareness
7 3 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (5.77%) CRM
7 3 (5.77%) Domain-Driven Design
7 3 (5.77%) Economics
7 3 (5.77%) Machine Learning
7 3 (5.77%) Software Architecture
7 3 (5.77%) TDD
8 2 (3.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 19 (36.54%) MATLAB
2 13 (25.00%) Python
3 6 (11.54%) C#
3 6 (11.54%) C++
3 6 (11.54%) SQL
4 5 (9.62%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.92%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (63.46%) Degree
2 18 (34.62%) PhD
3 17 (32.69%) Master's Degree
4 4 (7.69%) HNC
5 3 (5.77%) HND
5 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.92%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.92%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) GDPR
1 2 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.92%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.92%) Alteryx
2 1 (1.92%) ANSYS
2 1 (1.92%) Databricks
2 1 (1.92%) ESRI