Physics Jobs in the South East

Physics
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Physics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Physics over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 280 247
Rank change year-on-year +86 -33 +26
Permanent jobs citing Physics 219 130 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.31% 0.87% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 0.92% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 189 47 151
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £34,875 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Physics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,168 14,133 18,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.76% 94.47% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,954 8,200 12,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +99 146 £55,000 +27.17% 48
Oxfordshire +68 77 £52,500 +5.00% 24
Berkshire +69 64 £55,000 +27.17% 20
Surrey -7 40 £47,500 -4.04% 10
West Sussex +53 14 £60,000 - 1
Hampshire -29 10 £80,000 +33.33% 11
Kent +6 8 £37,000 +23.33% 3
Buckinghamshire -19 5 £70,000 -15.15% 4
East Sussex +14 1 £35,000 -50.00% 5
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 2 (0.91%) CMS
2 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Simulink
1 1 (0.46%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.20%) AWS
2 6 (2.74%) Azure
3 4 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.65%) Network Security
2 4 (1.83%) Firewall
2 4 (1.83%) Internet
2 4 (1.83%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (1.83%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.83%) VPN
3 3 (1.37%) Modbus
3 3 (1.37%) ZigBee
4 2 (0.91%) Wireless
5 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.46%) Big Data
2 1 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (11.42%) Git
2 12 (5.48%) GitLab
3 11 (5.02%) Subversion
4 9 (4.11%) Visual Studio
5 7 (3.20%) CMake
5 7 (3.20%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.20%) JIRA
5 7 (3.20%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (3.20%) TestRail
6 6 (2.74%) gulp
6 6 (2.74%) PostCSS
6 6 (2.74%) rollup.js
6 6 (2.74%) Vite
7 2 (0.91%) GDB
General
1 69 (31.51%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (16.89%) Social Skills
3 30 (13.70%) Electronics
4 19 (8.68%) Games
5 14 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.11%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.83%) Finance
7 4 (1.83%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.37%) Military
8 3 (1.37%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.91%) Law
9 2 (0.91%) Legal
10 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Publishing
10 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (26.03%) Software Engineer
2 36 (16.44%) Senior
3 28 (12.79%) Developer
4 22 (10.05%) Architect
5 18 (8.22%) Junior
5 18 (8.22%) Software Architect
6 16 (7.31%) Graduate
7 13 (5.94%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 12 (5.48%) Physicist
9 11 (5.02%) Development Engineer
9 11 (5.02%) Programmer
9 11 (5.02%) Research Engineer
10 9 (4.11%) Analyst
10 9 (4.11%) Computer Scientist
10 9 (4.11%) Research Scientist
11 8 (3.65%) Research Software Engineer
11 8 (3.65%) Software Developer
12 7 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.20%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.13%) OpenMP
2 16 (7.31%) HTML
3 15 (6.85%) HTML5
4 14 (6.39%) OpenACC
5 13 (5.94%) Unreal Engine
6 10 (4.57%) OpenGL
6 10 (4.57%) Qt
6 10 (4.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 8 (3.65%) OpenCL
8 7 (3.20%) .NET
8 7 (3.20%) QML
8 7 (3.20%) VTK
8 7 (3.20%) Vulkan
8 7 (3.20%) WinForms
8 7 (3.20%) WPF
9 6 (2.74%) CSS
9 6 (2.74%) HTML5 Canvas
9 6 (2.74%) Sass
9 6 (2.74%) Tailwind CSS
9 6 (2.74%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 93 (42.47%) Algorithms
2 30 (13.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 29 (13.24%) CUDA
4 18 (8.22%) FPGA
5 17 (7.76%) Data Structures
6 15 (6.85%) VHDL
7 14 (6.39%) Analogue Electronics
7 14 (6.39%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (5.02%) Management Information System
9 7 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.74%) Animation
10 6 (2.74%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.37%) CAN bus
12 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.37%) IoT
12 3 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
12 3 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (25.11%) Linux
2 32 (14.61%) Unix
3 16 (7.31%) Windows
4 4 (1.83%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (69.86%) Mathematics
2 121 (55.25%) Computer Science
3 90 (41.10%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (36.07%) Software Engineering
5 46 (21.00%) Parallel Programming
6 39 (17.81%) Chemistry
7 35 (15.98%) Machine Learning
8 32 (14.61%) Software Testing
9 27 (12.33%) Agile
10 25 (11.42%) Signal Processing
11 21 (9.59%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (8.68%) Validation
13 17 (7.76%) Complexity Analysis
13 17 (7.76%) OO
13 17 (7.76%) OOD
14 16 (7.31%) DevOps
15 14 (6.39%) Code Optimisation
15 14 (6.39%) Monte Carlo Method
15 14 (6.39%) Prototyping
15 14 (6.39%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 125 (57.08%) Python
2 95 (43.38%) C++
3 92 (42.01%) C
4 84 (38.36%) Fortran
5 38 (17.35%) C#
6 25 (11.42%) Bash
7 24 (10.96%) Java
8 18 (8.22%) MATLAB
9 14 (6.39%) SQL
10 11 (5.02%) PowerShell
11 10 (4.57%) JavaScript
12 7 (3.20%) C-shell
13 6 (2.74%) Perl
13 6 (2.74%) TypeScript
14 5 (2.28%) Ada
15 3 (1.37%) Embedded C
15 3 (1.37%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.91%) Embedded C++
16 2 (0.91%) Go
17 1 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (85.84%) Degree
2 103 (47.03%) PhD
3 67 (30.59%) Master's Degree
4 60 (27.40%) Security Cleared
5 33 (15.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (7.76%) SC Cleared
7 14 (6.39%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.83%) CISSP
8 4 (1.83%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 4 (1.83%) NIST
1 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.91%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Suricata
Vendors
1 38 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.83%) Cisco
2 4 (1.83%) HubSpot
2 4 (1.83%) Juniper
2 4 (1.83%) Palo Alto
2 4 (1.83%) Splunk
3 3 (1.37%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.37%) Thales
4 1 (0.46%) EMC
4 1 (0.46%) Google
4 1 (0.46%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.46%) Qubit
4 1 (0.46%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.46%) YouTube