Physics Jobs in the North of England

Physics
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 365 382
Rank change year-on-year +304 +17 +39
Permanent jobs citing Physics 540 34 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.63% 0.19% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 174 14 15
10th Percentile £37,574 £42,500 £33,793
25th Percentile £48,869 £47,981 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £53,264 £44,345
Median % change year-on-year -6.03% +20.11% -21.16%
75th Percentile £54,793 £70,000 £54,785
90th Percentile £55,000 - £69,500
England median annual salary £50,055 £53,159 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.84% -18.22% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,999 15,011 15,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.29% 81.77% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,481 11,439 7,819
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the North of England

Physics
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Physics in the North of England

Physics
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in the North of England

Physics
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Yorkshire +195 286 £40,101 -22.18% 90
North West +160 248 £54,793 +6.39% 114
North East +51 6 - - 30
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 4 (0.74%) Apache
2 2 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (5.74%) Simulink
2 29 (5.37%) Chatbot
3 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 21 (3.89%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 21 (3.89%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (0.74%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.74%) Eclipse RCP
3 3 (0.56%) JIRA
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 284 (52.59%) Electronics
2 260 (48.15%) Social Skills
3 238 (44.07%) Manufacturing
4 237 (43.89%) Marketing
4 237 (43.89%) Presentation Skills
5 170 (31.48%) Aerospace
6 141 (26.11%) Aeronautics
7 65 (12.04%) Automotive
8 4 (0.74%) Agriculture
9 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.19%) Finance
10 1 (0.19%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 223 (41.30%) Senior
2 205 (37.96%) Systems Engineer
3 182 (33.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 150 (27.78%) Technical Manager
5 136 (25.19%) Help Desk Manager
6 101 (18.70%) Products Support Manager
7 77 (14.26%) Lead
7 77 (14.26%) Team Leader
8 76 (14.07%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 74 (13.70%) Product Manager
9 74 (13.70%) Support Manager
10 29 (5.37%) Trainer
11 25 (4.63%) Junior
12 21 (3.89%) Junior Systems Engineer
13 20 (3.70%) Security Engineer
13 20 (3.70%) Senior Security Engineer
14 16 (2.96%) Instrumentation Engineer
14 16 (2.96%) Senior Electrical Engineer
15 14 (2.59%) Security Manager
15 14 (2.59%) Technical Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.74%) CSS
1 4 (0.74%) HTML
1 4 (0.74%) JSP
1 4 (0.74%) Middleware
2 1 (0.19%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (0.37%) Algorithms
2 1 (0.19%) Data Structures
2 1 (0.19%) Digital Signage
2 1 (0.19%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.93%) Windows
2 4 (0.74%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (97.22%) Mathematics
2 267 (49.44%) Systems Engineering
3 258 (47.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 184 (34.07%) Coaching
5 96 (17.78%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 76 (14.07%) Cost Control
6 76 (14.07%) Performance Management
7 46 (8.52%) Validation
8 34 (6.30%) Product Strategy
8 34 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (6.11%) Project Management
10 31 (5.74%) SysML
11 30 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence
12 29 (5.37%) Conversational UI
13 28 (5.19%) Chemistry
14 25 (4.63%) Computer Science
14 25 (4.63%) Monte Carlo Method
14 25 (4.63%) UML
15 24 (4.44%) Change Management
16 22 (4.07%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (4.07%) MATLAB
2 6 (1.11%) Python
3 5 (0.93%) C#
3 5 (0.93%) Java
3 5 (0.93%) SQL
4 4 (0.74%) Ada
4 4 (0.74%) Rust
5 2 (0.37%) C++
6 1 (0.19%) C
6 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 538 (99.63%) Degree
2 263 (48.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 65 (12.04%) HND
4 30 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 30 (5.56%) PhD
5 25 (4.63%) Numerate Degree
6 18 (3.33%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.19%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.19%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.85%) ARP4754
1 37 (6.85%) DO-254
1 37 (6.85%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.19%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 29 (5.37%) PayPal
2 21 (3.89%) IBM
3 10 (1.85%) MathWorks
3 10 (1.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.19%) Intel