Physics Jobs in Central London

Physics
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 142 201
Rank change year-on-year +39 +59 +52
Permanent jobs citing Physics 57 46 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.25% 1.22% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 1.32% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 45 25 39
10th Percentile £29,000 £38,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £120,000 £100,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £138,000 £137,500 £137,500
London median annual salary £100,000 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -9.09% +3.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,438 3,494 5,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.29% 92.48% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,668 2,734 4,159
10th Percentile £41,425 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,813 £95,000 £97,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £71,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.63% -5.33% +7.14%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Central London

Physics
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Physics in Central London

Physics
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in Central London

Physics
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +39 47 £90,000 +2.86% 11
West End of London +5 7 £102,500 - 1
Lambeth - 3 - -
Physics
London

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (1.75%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.02%) Azure
2 1 (1.75%) AWS
2 1 (1.75%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Tableau
2 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.75%) KDB
3 1 (1.75%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Git
General
1 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.81%) Finance
3 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Advertising
4 4 (7.02%) Banking
5 3 (5.26%) Front Office
5 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.51%) German Language
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 24 (42.11%) Analyst
2 21 (36.84%) Qualitative Analyst
2 21 (36.84%) Quantitative Analyst
3 16 (28.07%) Senior
4 12 (21.05%) Developer
5 7 (12.28%) Graduate
5 7 (12.28%) Quantitative Developer
6 6 (10.53%) Data Scientist
6 6 (10.53%) Principal Data Scientist
6 6 (10.53%) Senior Data Scientist
7 5 (8.77%) Software Engineer
8 4 (7.02%) Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Graduate Consultant
8 4 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (7.02%) Software Developer
9 3 (5.26%) Data Analyst
9 3 (5.26%) Senior Quantitative Analyst
10 2 (3.51%) C++ Quantitative Developer
10 2 (3.51%) Senior Quantitative Developer
10 2 (3.51%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) Pandas
1 6 (10.53%) PySpark
1 6 (10.53%) scikit-learn
1 6 (10.53%) TensorFlow
2 4 (7.02%) Node.js
3 2 (3.51%) .NET
3 2 (3.51%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.51%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.51%) React
3 2 (3.51%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Algorithms
2 6 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (10.53%) Credit Risk
3 4 (7.02%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.75%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (78.95%) Mathematics
2 31 (54.39%) Computer Science
3 28 (49.12%) Data Science
4 24 (42.11%) Statistics
5 17 (29.82%) Artificial Intelligence
5 17 (29.82%) Kalman Filter
6 14 (24.56%) Statistical Modelling
7 11 (19.30%) Visualisation
8 9 (15.79%) Biology
8 9 (15.79%) Machine Learning
9 8 (14.04%) Analytics
9 8 (14.04%) Refactoring
10 7 (12.28%) Chemistry
10 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
11 6 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
11 6 (10.53%) MLOps
11 6 (10.53%) Natural Language Processing
11 6 (10.53%) Propensity Modelling
11 6 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (10.53%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 40 (70.18%) Python
2 28 (49.12%) C#
3 27 (47.37%) C++
4 9 (15.79%) Java
5 8 (14.04%) SQL
6 6 (10.53%) JavaScript
7 4 (7.02%) Rust
7 4 (7.02%) TypeScript
8 3 (5.26%) F#
9 1 (1.75%) Go
9 1 (1.75%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (89.47%) Degree
2 35 (61.40%) Master's Degree
3 26 (45.61%) PhD
4 6 (10.53%) DBS Check
5 4 (7.02%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.75%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Databricks
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft