Physics Jobs in the City of London

Physics
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 136 189
Rank change year-on-year +38 +53 +54
Permanent jobs citing Physics 43 44 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.12% 1.32% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.43% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 36 20 38
10th Percentile £28,500 £47,500 £40,650
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £120,625 £100,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £137,500 £137,500
Central London median annual salary £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +5.71% -2.78% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 3,069 4,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.00% 92.02% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,466 2,415 3,653
10th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £43,162
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £121,250 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

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 16 May 2025.

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) MTS
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) Azure
2 1 (2.33%) AWS
2 1 (2.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Tableau
2 1 (2.33%) KDB
2 1 (2.33%) Kdb+
2 1 (2.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Git
General
1 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Advertising
4 3 (6.98%) Front Office
4 3 (6.98%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) German Language
5 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (51.16%) Analyst
2 19 (44.19%) Qualitative Analyst
2 19 (44.19%) Quantitative Analyst
3 9 (20.93%) Senior
4 7 (16.28%) Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Graduate
5 6 (13.95%) Quantitative Developer
6 4 (9.30%) Consultant
6 4 (9.30%) Graduate Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Data Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Data Scientist
7 3 (6.98%) Principal Data Scientist
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Data Scientist
8 2 (4.65%) Graduate Product Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Product Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Product Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Quantitative Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) SQL Data Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) Pandas
1 3 (6.98%) PySpark
1 3 (6.98%) scikit-learn
1 3 (6.98%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (13.95%) Algorithms
3 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.98%) Credit Risk
5 2 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.33%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (69.77%) Mathematics
2 23 (53.49%) Computer Science
3 22 (51.16%) Data Science
4 19 (44.19%) Statistics
5 16 (37.21%) Kalman Filter
6 13 (30.23%) Statistical Modelling
7 12 (27.91%) Artificial Intelligence
8 9 (20.93%) Analytics
9 8 (18.60%) Visualisation
10 6 (13.95%) Biology
10 6 (13.95%) Machine Learning
11 5 (11.63%) Algorithmic Trading
11 5 (11.63%) Containerisation
11 5 (11.63%) Data Visualisation
12 4 (9.30%) Chemistry
12 4 (9.30%) Data Management
12 4 (9.30%) OO
12 4 (9.30%) OOP
12 4 (9.30%) Refactoring
12 4 (9.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (69.77%) Python
2 24 (55.81%) C++
3 19 (44.19%) C#
4 6 (13.95%) SQL
5 5 (11.63%) Java
6 3 (6.98%) F#
7 1 (2.33%) Go
7 1 (2.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (86.05%) Degree
2 29 (67.44%) Master's Degree
3 21 (48.84%) PhD
4 3 (6.98%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (2.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Databricks