Physics Jobs in the South East

Physics
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 279 249
Rank change year-on-year +86 -30 +18
Permanent jobs citing Physics 228 123 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.35% 0.86% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 0.91% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 194 47 139
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,300
25th Percentile £39,500 £34,875 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -19.23% +1.96% +27.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,237 13,500 18,818
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.30% 94.49% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,877 7,867 11,859
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the South East

Physics
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Physics in the South East

Physics
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the South East

Physics
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Thames Valley +104 156 £52,500 +21.39% 60
Berkshire +74 77 £55,000 +27.17% 23
Oxfordshire +60 74 £52,500 -10.64% 29
Surrey -10 38 £47,500 -2.06% 15
West Sussex +44 14 £60,000 - 1
Hampshire -28 10 £80,000 +33.33% 24
Kent +7 9 £37,000 +23.33% 2
Buckinghamshire -22 5 £70,000 -15.15% 8
East Sussex +12 1 £35,000 -50.00% 5
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.88%) CMS
3 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.44%) Simulink
1 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.51%) AWS
2 7 (3.07%) Azure
3 5 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.95%) Network Security
2 5 (2.19%) Firewall
2 5 (2.19%) Internet
2 5 (2.19%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (2.19%) VPN
3 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.32%) Modbus
4 3 (1.32%) ZigBee
5 2 (0.88%) Wireless
6 1 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.44%) Big Data
2 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.44%) Power BI
2 1 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (9.65%) Git
2 17 (7.46%) GitLab
3 14 (6.14%) Visual Studio
4 10 (4.39%) Subversion
5 7 (3.07%) CMake
5 7 (3.07%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.07%) JIRA
5 7 (3.07%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (3.07%) TestRail
6 3 (1.32%) gulp
6 3 (1.32%) PostCSS
6 3 (1.32%) rollup.js
6 3 (1.32%) Vite
7 2 (0.88%) GDB
General
1 71 (31.14%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (17.11%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.28%) Electronics
4 16 (7.02%) Games
5 14 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.95%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.63%) Finance
8 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.32%) Military
9 3 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.88%) Law
10 2 (0.88%) Legal
11 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Publishing
11 1 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 58 (25.44%) Software Engineer
2 35 (15.35%) Senior
3 29 (12.72%) Architect
4 25 (10.96%) Developer
5 24 (10.53%) Software Architect
6 18 (7.89%) Graduate
6 18 (7.89%) Junior
7 15 (6.58%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 12 (5.26%) Physicist
8 12 (5.26%) Research Engineer
9 11 (4.82%) Development Engineer
9 11 (4.82%) Programmer
10 9 (3.95%) Analyst
10 9 (3.95%) Computer Scientist
10 9 (3.95%) Research Scientist
10 9 (3.95%) Research Software Engineer
11 8 (3.51%) Software Developer
12 7 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.07%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.77%) OpenMP
2 14 (6.14%) OpenACC
3 13 (5.70%) HTML
3 13 (5.70%) Unreal Engine
4 12 (5.26%) HTML5
5 10 (4.39%) OpenGL
5 10 (4.39%) Qt
5 10 (4.39%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 8 (3.51%) OpenCL
7 7 (3.07%) .NET
7 7 (3.07%) QML
7 7 (3.07%) VTK
7 7 (3.07%) Vulkan
7 7 (3.07%) WinForms
7 7 (3.07%) WPF
8 5 (2.19%) Web Services
9 3 (1.32%) CSS
9 3 (1.32%) DirectX
9 3 (1.32%) EDI
9 3 (1.32%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 91 (39.91%) Algorithms
2 29 (12.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 29 (12.72%) CUDA
3 17 (7.46%) Data Structures
4 16 (7.02%) FPGA
5 13 (5.70%) VHDL
6 12 (5.26%) Analogue Electronics
6 12 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (5.26%) Management Information System
7 8 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.63%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.75%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.32%) 3D Graphics
11 3 (1.32%) CAN bus
11 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.32%) IoT
11 3 (1.32%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 55 (24.12%) Linux
2 32 (14.04%) Unix
3 16 (7.02%) Windows
4 5 (2.19%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 131 (57.46%) Computer Science
3 88 (38.60%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (35.53%) Software Engineering
5 46 (20.18%) Parallel Programming
6 39 (17.11%) Chemistry
7 37 (16.23%) Software Testing
8 35 (15.35%) Machine Learning
9 33 (14.47%) Agile
10 23 (10.09%) Signal Processing
11 22 (9.65%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (8.33%) Monte Carlo Method
12 19 (8.33%) Validation
13 17 (7.46%) Complexity Analysis
13 17 (7.46%) OO
13 17 (7.46%) OOD
14 16 (7.02%) DevOps
15 14 (6.14%) Code Optimisation
15 14 (6.14%) Mathematical Modelling
15 14 (6.14%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 135 (59.21%) Python
2 99 (43.42%) C++
3 90 (39.47%) C
4 89 (39.04%) Fortran
5 45 (19.74%) C#
6 25 (10.96%) Bash
7 24 (10.53%) Java
8 20 (8.77%) SQL
9 18 (7.89%) MATLAB
10 12 (5.26%) PowerShell
11 7 (3.07%) C-shell
11 7 (3.07%) JavaScript
12 6 (2.63%) Perl
13 5 (2.19%) Ada
14 3 (1.32%) Embedded C
14 3 (1.32%) Go
14 3 (1.32%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.88%) Haskell
15 2 (0.88%) Rust
Qualifications
1 196 (85.96%) Degree
2 101 (44.30%) PhD
3 67 (29.39%) Master's Degree
4 63 (27.63%) Security Cleared
5 35 (15.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.58%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.26%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.19%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.19%) CISSP
9 4 (1.75%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 5 (2.19%) NIST
1 5 (2.19%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.88%) PMO
3 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.19%) Suricata
Vendors
1 44 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.19%) Cisco
2 5 (2.19%) Juniper
2 5 (2.19%) Palo Alto
2 5 (2.19%) Splunk
3 4 (1.75%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.32%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.32%) Thales
5 1 (0.44%) EMC
5 1 (0.44%) Google
5 1 (0.44%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.44%) Qubit
5 1 (0.44%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.44%) YouTube