Physics Job Trends in the North East

Physics
England > North East

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 112
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Permanent jobs citing Physics 8 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.55% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% - 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +120.00%
75th Percentile £31,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,107 592 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 76.40% 94.87% 87.21%
Number of salaries quoted 752 301 1,168
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,972 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Physics job vacancy trend in the North East

Physics
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Physics

Physics
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Tyne and Wear - 8 £30,500 - 1
Physics
England

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Chatbot
General
1 1 (12.50%) Agriculture
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Trainer
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Research Scientist
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) AI
1 7 (87.50%) Conversational UI
1 7 (87.50%) Mathematics
2 1 (12.50%) Chemistry
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
2 1 (12.50%) Economics
2 1 (12.50%) Fintech
2 1 (12.50%) OOP
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) SDLC
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) Master's Degree
2 7 (87.50%) PhD
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) PayPal
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft