Physics Job Trends in London

Physics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 321 333
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +166
Permanent jobs citing Physics 61 118 107
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.45% 0.74% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.79% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 32 60 77
10th Percentile £28,500 £41,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,581 £88,750 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.12% +7.58% +13.79%
75th Percentile £87,500 £130,000 £131,250
90th Percentile £119,500 £165,000 £183,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +8.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,118 14,957 16,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.48% 94.35% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,728 8,393 13,166
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Physics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Physics job vacancy trend in London

Physics
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Physics

Physics
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in London

Physics
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Central London -1 11 £29,000 -66.86% 40
West London -2 2 £40,138 -40.54% 1
Physics
England

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.92%) Jupyter
2 2 (3.28%) SAS
3 1 (1.64%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.03%) SaaS
2 8 (13.11%) GitHub
3 5 (8.20%) Azure
4 4 (6.56%) AWS
4 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.92%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.64%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) MongoDB
2 4 (6.56%) Power BI
2 4 (6.56%) Redis
3 3 (4.92%) Apache Hive
3 3 (4.92%) Hadoop
4 2 (3.28%) Big Data
4 2 (3.28%) Impala
4 2 (3.28%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.28%) Tableau
5 1 (1.64%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.64%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.64%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.64%) Git
2 1 (1.64%) MLflow
General
1 24 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 19 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (21.31%) Finance
4 8 (13.11%) Electronics
5 6 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (9.84%) Legal
6 4 (6.56%) Banking
7 3 (4.92%) Dutch Language
7 3 (4.92%) French Language
7 3 (4.92%) Retail
8 2 (3.28%) Front Office
8 2 (3.28%) Humanities
8 2 (3.28%) Marketing
8 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.28%) Social Science
9 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.64%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (19.67%) Developer
2 11 (18.03%) Graduate
3 9 (14.75%) Senior
4 7 (11.48%) Data Scientist
5 5 (8.20%) Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) Backend Developer
6 4 (6.56%) Node.js Developer
6 4 (6.56%) Python Developer
6 4 (6.56%) Trainee
6 4 (6.56%) Trainer
7 3 (4.92%) Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Graduate Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Haskell Programmer
7 3 (4.92%) Programmer
7 3 (4.92%) Qualitative Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Quantitative Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Risk Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Senior Programmer
8 2 (3.28%) C++ Developer
8 2 (3.28%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) NestJS
1 4 (6.56%) Node.js
1 4 (6.56%) PyTorch
2 2 (3.28%) NumPy
2 2 (3.28%) Pandas
2 2 (3.28%) PySpark
2 2 (3.28%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.64%) Django
3 1 (1.64%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.64%) Flask
3 1 (1.64%) Google JAX
3 1 (1.64%) JAX
3 1 (1.64%) Streamlit
3 1 (1.64%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (9.84%) Algorithms
3 5 (8.20%) Derivative
4 4 (6.56%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (3.28%) Clustering
6 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.28%) Equities
6 2 (3.28%) Fixed Income
6 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.28%) RISC-V
6 2 (3.28%) Verilog
6 2 (3.28%) VHDL
7 1 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.64%) Grid Computing
7 1 (1.64%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.64%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (1.64%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Linux
2 2 (3.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (68.85%) Mathematics
2 32 (52.46%) Computer Science
3 29 (47.54%) AI
4 22 (36.07%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (29.51%) Data Science
6 17 (27.87%) Machine Learning
7 12 (19.67%) Biology
8 10 (16.39%) Chemistry
9 9 (14.75%) Economics
10 7 (11.48%) Backtesting
10 7 (11.48%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (11.48%) Risk Management
11 6 (9.84%) Data Visualisation
11 6 (9.84%) Software Engineering
11 6 (9.84%) Statistics
11 6 (9.84%) Visualisation
12 5 (8.20%) Agile
12 5 (8.20%) LLM
12 5 (8.20%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 30 (49.18%) Python
2 7 (11.48%) SQL
3 5 (8.20%) R
4 4 (6.56%) C++
4 4 (6.56%) Scala
5 3 (4.92%) F#
5 3 (4.92%) Haskell
5 3 (4.92%) OCaml
6 2 (3.28%) Bash
6 2 (3.28%) Java
6 2 (3.28%) MATLAB
6 2 (3.28%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (3.28%) Tcl
7 1 (1.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (72.13%) Degree
2 22 (36.07%) PhD
3 19 (31.15%) Master's Degree
4 6 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (9.84%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.56%) Numerate Degree
5 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) PayPal
2 3 (4.92%) Google
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft