Physics Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Physics
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 45 97
Rank change year-on-year -40 +52 +3
Permanent jobs citing Physics 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.073% 1.04% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 1.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +120.00%
75th Percentile £31,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £30,500 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +120.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,015 358 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 74.52% 93.23% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 790 268 960
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,175 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,304 £37,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,820
North East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -0.52%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Physics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Physics job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Physics
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Physics

Physics
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -32 1 £30,500 - 3
Physics
North East

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft