Physics Jobs in the South East

Physics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 269 216
Rank change year-on-year +117 -53 +77
Permanent jobs citing Physics 247 92 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.64% 0.79% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 0.84% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 160 53 139
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £41,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,422 £40,885 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -18.23% -
75th Percentile £71,875 £60,000 £69,880
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £64,854 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.19% +8.09% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,301 10,994 21,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.50% 94.87% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,138 7,007 11,964
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,620 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the South East

Physics
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in the South East.

Salary trend for Physics in the South East

Physics
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the South East

Physics
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +103 164 £52,500 +29.07% 17
Berkshire +79 129 £48,000 +18.38% 7
Surrey -5 33 £50,000 +3.09% 6
Oxfordshire +1 25 £50,845 +1.69% 10
Hampshire -16 25 £60,000 - 6
Kent +5 20 £37,000 +23.33% 4
Buckinghamshire +15 10 £70,000 -
West Sussex +25 4 £60,000 - 1
East Sussex +16 1 £35,000 -53.33% 1
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (2.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.21%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.81%) CMS
3 2 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.45%) Simulink
2 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.45%) AWS
1 11 (4.45%) Cloud Computing
2 9 (3.64%) Azure
3 3 (1.21%) Azure Machine Learning
3 3 (1.21%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.02%) Firewall
1 5 (2.02%) Internet
1 5 (2.02%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (2.02%) Network Security
1 5 (2.02%) VPN
2 2 (0.81%) Modbus
2 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.81%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.21%) Power BI
3 1 (0.40%) Big Data
3 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.40%) MySQL
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (10.12%) GitLab
2 23 (9.31%) Visual Studio
3 18 (7.29%) Git
4 11 (4.45%) JIRA
5 9 (3.64%) CMake
5 9 (3.64%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.64%) Team Foundation Server
5 9 (3.64%) TestRail
6 6 (2.43%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (2.43%) Subversion
7 3 (1.21%) gulp
7 3 (1.21%) PostCSS
7 3 (1.21%) rollup.js
7 3 (1.21%) Vite
8 2 (0.81%) GDB
8 2 (0.81%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 46 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 32 (12.96%) Electronics
4 19 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 16 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (5.26%) Finance
7 11 (4.45%) Military
8 6 (2.43%) Games
9 2 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.40%) Advertising
10 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Legal
10 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 79 (31.98%) Software Engineer
2 45 (18.22%) Senior
3 39 (15.79%) Architect
4 34 (13.77%) Software Architect
5 29 (11.74%) Developer
6 28 (11.34%) Graduate
7 26 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
8 25 (10.12%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 20 (8.10%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (5.67%) Software Developer
11 12 (4.86%) Analyst
11 12 (4.86%) Physicist
12 11 (4.45%) Research Engineer
13 10 (4.05%) Embedded Engineer
13 10 (4.05%) Principal Engineer
13 10 (4.05%) Senior Developer
14 9 (3.64%) Development Engineer
14 9 (3.64%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.64%) Research Software Engineer
15 8 (3.24%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.07%) .NET
1 15 (6.07%) HTML
2 14 (5.67%) HTML5
3 12 (4.86%) WinForms
3 12 (4.86%) WPF
4 11 (4.45%) VTK
5 9 (3.64%) OpenCL
5 9 (3.64%) OpenGL
5 9 (3.64%) QML
5 9 (3.64%) Qt
5 9 (3.64%) Vulkan
6 8 (3.24%) OpenMP
7 5 (2.02%) Unreal Engine
7 5 (2.02%) Web Services
8 3 (1.21%) EDI
8 3 (1.21%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.21%) Sass
8 3 (1.21%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (1.21%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 3 (1.21%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 90 (36.44%) Algorithms
2 18 (7.29%) Management Information System
3 17 (6.88%) CUDA
4 16 (6.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (4.45%) FPGA
6 11 (4.45%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (4.45%) VHDL
7 10 (4.05%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.02%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.62%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.21%) Animation
10 3 (1.21%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.21%) Mixed Reality
11 2 (0.81%) CAN bus
11 2 (0.81%) Grid Computing
11 2 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 58 (23.48%) Linux
2 45 (18.22%) Unix
3 8 (3.24%) Windows
4 5 (2.02%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.81%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (63.16%) Mathematics
2 142 (57.49%) Computer Science
3 97 (39.27%) Software Engineering
4 69 (27.94%) Software Testing
5 57 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (21.86%) Agile
7 41 (16.60%) Artificial Intelligence
8 37 (14.98%) Machine Learning
9 36 (14.57%) Parallel Programming
10 34 (13.77%) Open Source
11 32 (12.96%) Performance Analysis
12 30 (12.15%) Validation
13 29 (11.74%) SDLC
14 28 (11.34%) Monte Carlo Method
15 24 (9.72%) Signal Processing
15 24 (9.72%) Verification and Validation
16 16 (6.48%) Chemistry
17 15 (6.07%) Systems Engineering
18 14 (5.67%) Requirements Management
18 14 (5.67%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 131 (53.04%) Python
2 107 (43.32%) C++
3 90 (36.44%) Fortran
4 83 (33.60%) C
5 65 (26.32%) C#
6 48 (19.43%) Bash
7 32 (12.96%) MATLAB
8 30 (12.15%) Java
9 29 (11.74%) SQL
10 17 (6.88%) JavaScript
11 14 (5.67%) PowerShell
12 10 (4.05%) TypeScript
13 9 (3.64%) C-shell
14 7 (2.83%) Perl
15 6 (2.43%) Ada
16 4 (1.62%) Go
16 4 (1.62%) R
16 4 (1.62%) Rust
17 3 (1.21%) Embedded C++
17 3 (1.21%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 216 (87.45%) Degree
2 111 (44.94%) Security Cleared
3 79 (31.98%) PhD
4 61 (24.70%) Master's Degree
5 33 (13.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (6.88%) SC Cleared
7 11 (4.45%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.64%) Numerate Degree
9 5 (2.02%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.02%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.02%) CISSP
10 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 5 (2.02%) NIST
1 5 (2.02%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (0.40%) PMO
2 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.02%) Firmware
2 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.02%) Suricata
Vendors
1 81 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.43%) Xilinx
3 5 (2.02%) Cisco
3 5 (2.02%) Juniper
3 5 (2.02%) Palo Alto
3 5 (2.02%) Splunk
4 2 (0.81%) Atlassian
4 2 (0.81%) Sun
4 2 (0.81%) Wind River
5 1 (0.40%) ANSYS
5 1 (0.40%) EMC
5 1 (0.40%) Qubit
5 1 (0.40%) Siemens
5 1 (0.40%) Thales