Physics Jobs in the West Midlands

Physics
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 236 252
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 -48
Permanent jobs citing Physics 18 41 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.25% 0.61% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.63% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 16
10th Percentile £41,500 - £34,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £27,000 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% -19.44% +27.06%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,563 £64,063
90th Percentile £96,500 £83,375 £71,250
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,010 6,522 6,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.11% 96.84% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,530 3,294 4,727
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,531 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,175 £80,000
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the West Midlands

Physics
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Physics in the West Midlands

Physics
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the West Midlands

Physics
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Warwickshire +25 6 £75,000 +177.78% 3
Birmingham +1 6 £81,250 +10.17% 4
Worcestershire - 5 £55,000 - 1
Coventry - 1 - - 1
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Abaqus
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Xcode
General
1 7 (38.89%) Automotive
2 4 (22.22%) Games
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) C# Software Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Lead
4 3 (16.67%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Games Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Lead Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Lead Software Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Blockchain Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Games Programmer
6 1 (5.56%) Graduate
6 1 (5.56%) Graduate Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Implementation Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Lead Game Programmer
6 1 (5.56%) Lead Programmer
6 1 (5.56%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) WinForms
1 5 (27.78%) WPF
2 3 (16.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (16.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Onboarding
1 4 (22.22%) Virtual Team
2 3 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 3 (16.67%) Mobile Games
3 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.56%) Blockchain
3 1 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.56%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 11 (61.11%) Computer Science
2 11 (61.11%) Software Engineering
3 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (16.67%) Benchmarking
4 3 (16.67%) Game Development
4 3 (16.67%) Issue Tracking
4 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (11.11%) Energy Management
6 1 (5.56%) CAD
6 1 (5.56%) CAE
6 1 (5.56%) Chemistry
6 1 (5.56%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (5.56%) Cryptocurrency
6 1 (5.56%) Economics
6 1 (5.56%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (5.56%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (5.56%) Stress Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) C#
2 5 (27.78%) C++
3 3 (16.67%) C
4 1 (5.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 5 (27.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Kubernetes