Physics Jobs in the South West

Physics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 204 245
Rank change year-on-year +133 +41 +13
Permanent jobs citing Physics 130 83 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.73% 0.90% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 1.07% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 74 60 8
10th Percentile - £20,000 £27,900
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,500 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £48,500 £61,250 £79,063
90th Percentile £52,600 £62,500 £92,375
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% -15.38% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,226 7,759 6,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.57% 84.14% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,918 5,562 3,654
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,833 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.16% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,100 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the South West

Physics
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Physics in the South West

Physics
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in the South West

Physics
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +90 59 £46,500 +45.31% 15
Somerset - 22 £40,101 - 4
Dorset +54 21 £40,101 +0.25% 3
Gloucestershire +67 19 £46,500 -12.68% 15
Devon +18 5 £35,000 - 7
Wiltshire +35 3 £45,272 -17.69% 8
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (4.62%) Apache
Applications
1 20 (15.38%) Simulink
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.77%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 20 (15.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.38%) GitHub
2 1 (0.77%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.08%) 5G
1 4 (3.08%) SD-WAN
1 4 (3.08%) WAN
2 1 (0.77%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.77%) Power BI
1 1 (0.77%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (20.77%) JIRA
1 27 (20.77%) Visual Studio
2 20 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (5.38%) Git
4 6 (4.62%) Eclipse
4 6 (4.62%) Eclipse RCP
5 4 (3.08%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 33 (25.38%) Aerospace
2 27 (20.77%) Avionics
3 26 (20.00%) Electronics
4 24 (18.46%) Social Skills
5 13 (10.00%) Aeronautics
6 9 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.62%) Retail
9 4 (3.08%) Finance
9 4 (3.08%) Military
10 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.77%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 70 (53.85%) Senior
2 54 (41.54%) Systems Engineer
3 34 (26.15%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 26 (20.00%) Junior
5 21 (16.15%) Principal Engineer
6 20 (15.38%) Junior Systems Engineer
7 18 (13.85%) Integration Engineer
7 18 (13.85%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 18 (13.85%) System Verification Engineer
7 18 (13.85%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 18 (13.85%) Validation Engineer
8 12 (9.23%) Lead
8 12 (9.23%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 12 (9.23%) Team Leader
9 11 (8.46%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.62%) Junior Software Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Electronics Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Test Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.15%) HTML
2 6 (4.62%) CSS
2 6 (4.62%) JSP
2 6 (4.62%) Middleware
3 4 (3.08%) pytest
4 1 (0.77%) Django
4 1 (0.77%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.08%) Self-Driving Car
3 3 (2.31%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.54%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.77%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.77%) FPGA
5 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.77%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (27.69%) Linux
2 10 (7.69%) Windows
3 4 (3.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (93.08%) Mathematics
2 72 (55.38%) Systems Engineering
3 55 (42.31%) Coaching
4 33 (25.38%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 28 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (20.77%) Quality Management
6 27 (20.77%) User Experience
6 27 (20.77%) UX Design
7 26 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 26 (20.00%) UML
8 21 (16.15%) Validation
9 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (15.38%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 20 (15.38%) PLM
9 20 (15.38%) Project Management
9 20 (15.38%) SysML
10 18 (13.85%) Verification and Validation
11 13 (10.00%) Cost Control
11 13 (10.00%) Performance Management
12 12 (9.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.85%) C
2 24 (18.46%) MATLAB
3 22 (16.92%) Python
4 10 (7.69%) Java
4 10 (7.69%) SQL
5 6 (4.62%) C#
5 6 (4.62%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.62%) Rust
6 5 (3.85%) C++
7 4 (3.08%) R
8 3 (2.31%) Ada
8 3 (2.31%) Clojure
9 2 (1.54%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.77%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.77%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.77%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 127 (97.69%) Degree
2 62 (47.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (5.38%) PhD
3 7 (5.38%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.08%) HND
5 3 (2.31%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.54%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.15%) ARP4754
1 21 (16.15%) DO-254
1 21 (16.15%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 27 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.38%) IBM
3 3 (2.31%) Micro Focus
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle
4 1 (0.77%) PayPal
4 1 (0.77%) Telcordia
4 1 (0.77%) Xilinx