Physics Jobs in Oxfordshire

Physics
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 43 104
Rank change year-on-year -21 +61 -26
Permanent jobs citing Physics 13 74 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.74% 4.40% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 5.51% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 69 7
10th Percentile £38,950 £31,250 £27,954
25th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £32,453
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £55,625 £68,750 £78,125
90th Percentile £58,250 £73,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +9.89% -9.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 702 1,343 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 94.10% 79.94% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 328 1,075 761
10th Percentile £32,175 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,250 £80,000
South East median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Oxfordshire

Physics
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for Physics in Oxfordshire

Physics
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in Oxfordshire

Physics
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Oxford -11 7 £48,000 -16.52% 15
Banbury - 2 - - 1
Physics
South East

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Chatbot
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) gulp
1 1 (7.69%) PostCSS
1 1 (7.69%) rollup.js
1 1 (7.69%) Subversion
1 1 (7.69%) Vite
General
1 6 (46.15%) Law
2 3 (23.08%) Aeronautics
2 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
2 3 (23.08%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Games
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
1 4 (30.77%) Trainer
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (7.69%) HTML Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Bootstrap
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
1 1 (7.69%) HTML5
1 1 (7.69%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (7.69%) Pixi.js
1 1 (7.69%) Sass
1 1 (7.69%) Tailwind CSS
1 1 (7.69%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Animation
1 1 (7.69%) IoT
1 1 (7.69%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (7.69%) Robotics
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
1 6 (46.15%) Mathematics
1 6 (46.15%) Performance Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (30.77%) Conversational UI
3 3 (23.08%) CAD
3 3 (23.08%) CAE
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Data Collection
3 3 (23.08%) Data Science
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Fluid Mechanics
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (23.08%) Prototyping
3 3 (23.08%) Test Planning
3 3 (23.08%) Validation
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile First
4 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) MATLAB
3 1 (7.69%) C
3 1 (7.69%) C++
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Degree
2 11 (84.62%) Master's Degree
3 8 (61.54%) PhD
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) PayPal
2 1 (7.69%) Rollbar