Physics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Physics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 341 432
Rank change year-on-year +270 +91 -19
Permanent jobs citing Physics 1,456 525 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.67% 0.73% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 0.88% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 486 409 99
10th Percentile - £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,500 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £83,000
UK median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £62,344
% change year-on-year -4.66% -15.79% -0.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,826 59,821 56,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.93% 83.51% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 17,888 41,261 29,198
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the UK excluding London

Physics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Physics in the UK excluding London

Physics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in the UK excluding London

Physics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
North of England +283 540 £50,055 -2.86% 92
Midlands +221 343 £40,101 -23.62% 52
Yorkshire +185 287 £40,101 -22.18% 18
South East +84 266 £55,000 +10.00% 228
North West +151 247 £54,793 -9.81% 61
West Midlands +190 200 £30,000 -52.00% 31
East Midlands +114 143 £40,101 +23.39% 16
South West +145 122 £46,500 +5.68% 67
Scotland +135 83 £40,101 -23.62% 22
East of England +56 76 £40,101 -21.76% 109
Wales +67 26 £40,101 -22.18% 21
North East +43 6 - - 13
Physics
UK

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 25 (1.72%) Apache
2 1 (0.069%) Confluence
Applications
1 173 (11.88%) Simulink
2 72 (4.95%) Chatbot
3 20 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.21%) GNU Octave
5 2 (0.14%) LaTeX
5 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 138 (9.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (0.96%) AWS
2 11 (0.76%) Amazon SageMaker
3 9 (0.62%) GitHub
4 1 (0.069%) Azure
4 1 (0.069%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.96%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (0.27%) 5G
2 4 (0.27%) RS-485
2 4 (0.27%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.27%) WAN
3 2 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.069%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.069%) DVB
4 1 (0.069%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (0.27%) Redis
3 3 (0.21%) GIS
3 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.069%) Power BI
5 1 (0.069%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 158 (10.85%) Rational DOORS
2 30 (2.06%) Visual Studio
3 29 (1.99%) JIRA
4 25 (1.72%) Eclipse
4 25 (1.72%) Eclipse RCP
5 17 (1.17%) Git
6 8 (0.55%) Subversion
7 5 (0.34%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.069%) gulp
8 1 (0.069%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.069%) PostCSS
8 1 (0.069%) rollup.js
8 1 (0.069%) Vite
General
1 516 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 485 (33.31%) Electronics
3 318 (21.84%) Aerospace
4 251 (17.24%) Manufacturing
5 249 (17.10%) Presentation Skills
6 240 (16.48%) Marketing
7 187 (12.84%) Law
8 161 (11.06%) Aeronautics
9 73 (5.01%) Automotive
10 30 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
11 27 (1.85%) Avionics
12 25 (1.72%) Military
13 14 (0.96%) Finance
14 10 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (0.62%) Agriculture
15 9 (0.62%) Retail
16 5 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.34%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.21%) Advertising
17 3 (0.21%) Games
Job Titles
1 562 (38.60%) Systems Engineer
2 551 (37.84%) Senior
3 364 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 241 (16.55%) Principal Engineer
5 234 (16.07%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 171 (11.74%) Junior
7 150 (10.30%) Technical Manager
8 144 (9.89%) Lead
9 138 (9.48%) Junior Systems Engineer
10 136 (9.34%) Help Desk Manager
11 101 (6.94%) Products Support Manager
12 90 (6.18%) Team Leader
13 88 (6.04%) Lead Systems Engineer
14 74 (5.08%) Product Manager
14 74 (5.08%) Support Manager
15 72 (4.95%) Trainer
16 71 (4.88%) Software Engineer
17 62 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
18 61 (4.19%) Systems Integration Engineer
18 61 (4.19%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.13%) HTML
2 26 (1.79%) CSS
3 25 (1.72%) JSP
3 25 (1.72%) Middleware
4 12 (0.82%) Node.js
4 12 (0.82%) TensorFlow
5 11 (0.76%) NumPy
5 11 (0.76%) PyTorch
5 11 (0.76%) scikit-learn
6 9 (0.62%) Keras
7 5 (0.34%) WPF
8 4 (0.27%) OpenGL
8 4 (0.27%) pytest
9 3 (0.21%) .NET
9 3 (0.21%) Vulkan
9 3 (0.21%) WinForms
10 2 (0.14%) Google JAX
10 2 (0.14%) JAX
10 2 (0.14%) RESTful
10 2 (0.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (2.88%) Algorithms
2 23 (1.58%) FPGA
2 23 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (1.10%) Management Information System
4 5 (0.34%) Driving Licence
4 5 (0.34%) e-Learning
5 4 (0.27%) CUDA
5 4 (0.27%) Life Science
5 4 (0.27%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (0.27%) Verilog
6 3 (0.21%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (0.21%) Device Driver
6 3 (0.21%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (0.21%) SCADA
6 3 (0.21%) VHDL
7 2 (0.14%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.14%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.14%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.14%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.069%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 86 (5.91%) Linux
2 36 (2.47%) Windows
3 18 (1.24%) Unix
4 2 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.069%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,326 (91.07%) Mathematics
2 857 (58.86%) Systems Engineering
3 415 (28.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 387 (26.58%) Coaching
5 377 (25.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 212 (14.56%) Chemistry
7 210 (14.42%) Computer Science
8 208 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
9 175 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
10 173 (11.88%) Logistics
11 166 (11.40%) UML
12 164 (11.26%) SysML
13 152 (10.44%) Project Management
14 147 (10.10%) PLM
15 138 (9.48%) Creative Problem-Solving
16 121 (8.31%) Validation
17 110 (7.55%) Artificial Intelligence
18 90 (6.18%) Ergonomics
18 90 (6.18%) Human Factors
18 90 (6.18%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 242 (16.62%) MATLAB
2 111 (7.62%) Python
3 67 (4.60%) C
4 59 (4.05%) C++
5 48 (3.30%) C#
6 44 (3.02%) SQL
7 42 (2.88%) Java
8 25 (1.72%) Rust
9 24 (1.65%) Ada
10 13 (0.89%) Fortran
10 13 (0.89%) JavaScript
11 10 (0.69%) R
12 9 (0.62%) Bash
13 5 (0.34%) Embedded C
13 5 (0.34%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.21%) Clojure
14 3 (0.21%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.14%) XAML
16 1 (0.069%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.069%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1,427 (98.01%) Degree
2 856 (58.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 119 (8.17%) PhD
4 108 (7.42%) Master's Degree
5 69 (4.74%) HND
6 48 (3.30%) Security Cleared
7 35 (2.40%) Numerate Degree
8 34 (2.34%) SC Cleared
9 17 (1.17%) Chartered Engineer
10 16 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.21%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.069%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (10.71%) ARP4754
1 156 (10.71%) DO-254
1 156 (10.71%) IEC 61508
2 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
2 2 (0.14%) QA
3 1 (0.069%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.069%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 17 (1.17%) Firmware
2 14 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 138 (9.48%) IBM
2 72 (4.95%) PayPal
3 42 (2.88%) Microsoft
4 23 (1.58%) Siemens
5 10 (0.69%) MathWorks
6 6 (0.41%) EMC
7 5 (0.34%) Google
8 3 (0.21%) Allen-Bradley
8 3 (0.21%) Wonderware
9 2 (0.14%) Arista
9 2 (0.14%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (0.14%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.069%) Intel
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle
10 1 (0.069%) Rollbar
10 1 (0.069%) SAP
10 1 (0.069%) Telcordia
10 1 (0.069%) Xilinx