Physics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 384 488
Rank change year-on-year +299 +104 -52
Permanent jobs citing Physics 1,635 665 619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.13% 0.68% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 0.79% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 530 499 263
10th Percentile - £31,000 £34,875
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £52,500 £62,344
Median % change year-on-year -4.66% -15.79% +3.05%
75th Percentile £56,149 £68,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £134,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,528 £47,250
% change year-on-year -2.97% +9.05% -5.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the UK

Physics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Physics in the UK

Physics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in the UK

Physics
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
UK excluding London +283 1,503 £50,000 -2.97% 359
England +298 1,476 £50,055 -8.99% 580
North of England +315 544 £50,055 -2.86% 77
Midlands +236 365 £40,101 -27.09% 52
Yorkshire +187 295 £40,101 -22.18% 23
South East +110 255 £52,500 - 119
North West +179 244 £54,793 -9.81% 41
West Midlands +180 208 £31,000 -43.64% 28
East Midlands +139 157 £40,101 -21.76% 23
Work from Home +126 150 £52,000 +30.00% 324
South West +142 130 £46,500 +5.68% 27
Scotland +141 100 £40,101 -23.62% 15
London +66 99 £100,000 +33.33% 237
East of England +82 83 £40,101 -23.62% 69
Wales +61 26 £40,101 -22.18% 6
North East +55 5 - - 13

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 28 (1.71%) Apache
2 3 (0.18%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.061%) MTS
3 1 (0.061%) SAS
Applications
1 180 (11.01%) Simulink
2 74 (4.53%) Chatbot
3 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.12%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.061%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 145 (8.87%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 20 (1.22%) AWS
2 15 (0.92%) Azure
3 13 (0.80%) Amazon SageMaker
4 8 (0.49%) GitHub
5 3 (0.18%) GCP
6 2 (0.12%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.061%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.061%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.31%) RS-485
2 4 (0.24%) 5G
2 4 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 4 (0.24%) WAN
3 1 (0.061%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.061%) DVB
3 1 (0.061%) LAN
3 1 (0.061%) Network Security
3 1 (0.061%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.061%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.061%) Wideband
3 1 (0.061%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.61%) Tableau
2 7 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.31%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.31%) Tick Data
4 4 (0.24%) Redis
5 3 (0.18%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.12%) GIS
6 2 (0.12%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.12%) Power BI
7 1 (0.061%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.061%) KDB
7 1 (0.061%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.061%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 165 (10.09%) Rational DOORS
2 41 (2.51%) Git
3 31 (1.90%) Visual Studio
4 30 (1.83%) JIRA
5 26 (1.59%) Eclipse
5 26 (1.59%) Eclipse RCP
6 7 (0.43%) LabVIEW
7 6 (0.37%) Subversion
8 5 (0.31%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.12%) CMake
9 2 (0.12%) GitLab
9 2 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.12%) TestRail
10 1 (0.061%) Bitbucket
General
1 550 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 468 (28.62%) Electronics
3 303 (18.53%) Aerospace
4 252 (15.41%) Manufacturing
5 247 (15.11%) Presentation Skills
6 239 (14.62%) Marketing
7 206 (12.60%) Law
8 141 (8.62%) Aeronautics
9 63 (3.85%) Automotive
10 47 (2.87%) Analytical Skills
11 36 (2.20%) Finance
12 27 (1.65%) Avionics
12 27 (1.65%) Military
13 13 (0.80%) Banking
13 13 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.55%) Agriculture
14 9 (0.55%) Retail
15 8 (0.49%) Advertising
16 6 (0.37%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 583 (35.66%) Senior
2 531 (32.48%) Systems Engineer
3 354 (21.65%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 352 (21.53%) Principal Engineer
5 317 (19.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 182 (11.13%) Junior
7 151 (9.24%) Technical Manager
8 145 (8.87%) Junior Systems Engineer
9 136 (8.32%) Help Desk Manager
10 128 (7.83%) Integration Engineer
11 127 (7.77%) System Verification Engineer
11 127 (7.77%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 127 (7.77%) Validation Engineer
12 107 (6.54%) Lead
13 101 (6.18%) Products Support Manager
14 85 (5.20%) Software Engineer
15 81 (4.95%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 80 (4.89%) Team Leader
17 76 (4.65%) Product Manager
18 74 (4.53%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.96%) HTML
2 26 (1.59%) CSS
2 26 (1.59%) JSP
2 26 (1.59%) Middleware
3 24 (1.47%) scikit-learn
3 24 (1.47%) TensorFlow
4 20 (1.22%) NumPy
5 17 (1.04%) Node.js
6 16 (0.98%) Pandas
7 15 (0.92%) PyTorch
8 11 (0.67%) AngularJS
8 11 (0.67%) React
9 9 (0.55%) Keras
9 9 (0.55%) PySpark
9 9 (0.55%) WPF
10 8 (0.49%) Flask
11 7 (0.43%) OpenGL
11 7 (0.43%) Plotly
12 6 (0.37%) .NET
12 6 (0.37%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 61 (3.73%) Algorithms
2 24 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (0.98%) Management Information System
4 14 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (0.61%) Credit Risk
5 10 (0.61%) FPGA
6 7 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (0.43%) Equities
6 7 (0.43%) Fixed Income
7 6 (0.37%) CUDA
7 6 (0.37%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (0.37%) Life Science
8 5 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.31%) Hedge funds
8 5 (0.31%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.31%) Verilog
9 4 (0.24%) 3D Graphics
9 4 (0.24%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.24%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (0.18%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 91 (5.57%) Linux
2 37 (2.26%) Windows
3 16 (0.98%) Unix
4 2 (0.12%) Android
5 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,505 (92.05%) Mathematics
2 930 (56.88%) Systems Engineering
3 470 (28.75%) Coaching
4 429 (26.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 391 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 267 (16.33%) Computer Science
7 252 (15.41%) Chemistry
8 235 (14.37%) Collaborative Working
9 210 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
10 195 (11.93%) Logistics
11 191 (11.68%) Validation
12 175 (10.70%) UML
13 171 (10.46%) SysML
14 159 (9.72%) Project Management
15 154 (9.42%) PLM
16 150 (9.17%) Verification and Validation
17 145 (8.87%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 140 (8.56%) Artificial Intelligence
19 107 (6.54%) Software Engineering
20 90 (5.50%) Ergonomics
Programming Languages
1 209 (12.78%) MATLAB
2 173 (10.58%) Python
3 99 (6.06%) C++
4 81 (4.95%) C#
5 72 (4.40%) C
6 66 (4.04%) Java
7 57 (3.49%) SQL
8 32 (1.96%) Rust
9 25 (1.53%) Ada
10 21 (1.28%) JavaScript
11 15 (0.92%) Fortran
12 11 (0.67%) Bash
12 11 (0.67%) R
13 8 (0.49%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.31%) Clojure
15 3 (0.18%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.18%) F#
16 2 (0.12%) C-shell
16 2 (0.12%) Embedded C++
16 2 (0.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,597 (97.68%) Degree
2 814 (49.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 160 (9.79%) Master's Degree
3 160 (9.79%) PhD
4 59 (3.61%) HND
5 43 (2.63%) Chartered Engineer
6 38 (2.32%) Numerate Degree
7 34 (2.08%) Security Cleared
8 22 (1.35%) SC Cleared
9 16 (0.98%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.61%) Postgraduate
11 9 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.55%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.061%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (9.97%) ARP4754
1 163 (9.97%) DO-254
1 163 (9.97%) IEC 61508
2 3 (0.18%) QA
3 2 (0.12%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.061%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.061%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.061%) IFRS
4 1 (0.061%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.061%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 9 (0.55%) Docker
2 3 (0.18%) Firmware
3 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.12%) Ansible
2 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 145 (8.87%) IBM
2 74 (4.53%) PayPal
3 43 (2.63%) Microsoft
4 27 (1.65%) Micro Focus
5 23 (1.41%) Siemens
6 10 (0.61%) MathWorks
7 9 (0.55%) Databricks
8 6 (0.37%) EMC
9 3 (0.18%) Allen-Bradley
9 3 (0.18%) Wonderware
10 2 (0.12%) Arista
10 2 (0.12%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (0.12%) Google
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle
10 2 (0.12%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.12%) Qubit
11 1 (0.061%) Intel
11 1 (0.061%) SAP
11 1 (0.061%) Telcordia
11 1 (0.061%) Xilinx