Physics Jobs in the City of London

Physics
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 193 234
Rank change year-on-year +54 +41 -49
Permanent jobs citing Physics 40 42 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.19% 0.88% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 0.92% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 24 38 42
10th Percentile £49,000 £41,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £107,813 £115,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £137,500 £93,750
Central London median annual salary £83,750 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.94% +20.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,103 4,543 6,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.38% 95.14% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,472 3,814 5,602
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Physics in the City of London.

Salary trend for Physics in the City of London

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Physics in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Azure
1 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (35.00%) Tableau
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
3 1 (2.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 14 (35.00%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.50%) GDB
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (10.00%) Advertising
4 3 (7.50%) Front Office
4 3 (7.50%) Law
4 3 (7.50%) Legal
5 2 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Banking
6 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Analyst
2 15 (37.50%) Senior
3 14 (35.00%) Data Scientist
3 14 (35.00%) Senior Data Scientist
4 12 (30.00%) Qualitative Analyst
4 12 (30.00%) Quantitative Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Developer
5 5 (12.50%) Junior
5 5 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
5 5 (12.50%) Junior Quantitative Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) Java Developer
6 3 (7.50%) Product Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) Quantitative Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Front Office Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Insight Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Graduate Consultant
8 1 (2.50%) Java Quantitative Developer
8 1 (2.50%) Low Latency Java Developer
8 1 (2.50%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (35.00%) Pandas
1 14 (35.00%) PySpark
1 14 (35.00%) scikit-learn
1 14 (35.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) OAuth
2 1 (2.50%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.50%) OpenID
2 1 (2.50%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (42.50%) Algorithms
2 5 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (7.50%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.00%) Derivative
5 1 (2.50%) Credit Derivative
5 1 (2.50%) Fixed Income
5 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (92.50%) Mathematics
2 27 (67.50%) Statistics
3 23 (57.50%) Data Science
4 17 (42.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 16 (40.00%) Customer Experience
5 16 (40.00%) Machine Learning
6 14 (35.00%) Actionable Insight
6 14 (35.00%) Computer Science
6 14 (35.00%) Data Munging
6 14 (35.00%) Decision-Making
6 14 (35.00%) Demand Forecasting
6 14 (35.00%) Generative AI
6 14 (35.00%) MLOps
6 14 (35.00%) Natural Language Processing
6 14 (35.00%) Neural Network
6 14 (35.00%) Predictive Modelling
6 14 (35.00%) Propensity Modelling
6 14 (35.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 14 (35.00%) Storytelling
6 14 (35.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 28 (70.00%) Python
2 16 (40.00%) C++
2 16 (40.00%) SQL
3 12 (30.00%) C#
4 6 (15.00%) MATLAB
5 4 (10.00%) Java
5 4 (10.00%) R
6 1 (2.50%) Go
6 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Degree
2 27 (67.50%) Master's Degree
3 14 (35.00%) DBS Check
4 11 (27.50%) PhD
5 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (7.50%) Numerate Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Databricks
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft