Physics Jobs in London

Physics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 362 432
Rank change year-on-year +43 +70 -3
Permanent jobs citing Physics 88 151 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.68% 0.61% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.68% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 60 76 111
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £43,318
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £111,250 £113,125 £122,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £155,000 £162,500
England median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% -19.23% +8.33%

All Process and 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 12,364 22,142 29,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.03% 89.35% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,986 16,050 21,866
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,000 £115,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in London

Physics
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Physics in London

Physics
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in London over the 6 months to 13 June 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 13 June 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 +31 48 £90,000 -10.00% 26
North London - 1 £70,000 -
Physics
England

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (3.41%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.27%) Apache
3 1 (1.14%) MTS
3 1 (1.14%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.41%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.77%) Azure
2 5 (5.68%) AWS
3 3 (3.41%) GCP
4 2 (2.27%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.14%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.14%) Firewall
1 1 (1.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.50%) Tableau
2 4 (4.55%) Tick Data
3 2 (2.27%) Big Data
3 2 (2.27%) Hadoop
3 2 (2.27%) Power BI
4 1 (1.14%) KDB
4 1 (1.14%) Kdb+
4 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.14%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.14%) CMake
3 1 (1.14%) JIRA
3 1 (1.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.14%) TestRail
General
1 30 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 27 (30.68%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (20.45%) Finance
4 10 (11.36%) Banking
5 6 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.55%) Investment Banking
7 4 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.41%) Legal
8 3 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.27%) Front Office
10 1 (1.14%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.14%) Avionics
10 1 (1.14%) German Language
10 1 (1.14%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (27.27%) Analyst
1 24 (27.27%) Developer
2 20 (22.73%) Senior
3 17 (19.32%) Qualitative Analyst
3 17 (19.32%) Quantitative Analyst
3 17 (19.32%) Quantitative Developer
4 10 (11.36%) Data Scientist
4 10 (11.36%) Senior Data Scientist
5 9 (10.23%) Graduate
5 9 (10.23%) Principal Data Scientist
6 7 (7.95%) Python Developer
6 7 (7.95%) React Developer
6 7 (7.95%) Software Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.55%) C++ Developer
8 4 (4.55%) Data Analyst
8 4 (4.55%) Data Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Senior Quantitative Analyst
9 3 (3.41%) Excel Analyst
9 3 (3.41%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.18%) Pandas
2 11 (12.50%) scikit-learn
2 11 (12.50%) TensorFlow
3 9 (10.23%) PySpark
4 7 (7.95%) AngularJS
4 7 (7.95%) Flask
4 7 (7.95%) NumPy
4 7 (7.95%) Plotly
4 7 (7.95%) React
5 4 (4.55%) Node.js
6 2 (2.27%) PyTorch
7 1 (1.14%) HTML5
7 1 (1.14%) OpenCL
7 1 (1.14%) QML
7 1 (1.14%) Qt
7 1 (1.14%) REST
7 1 (1.14%) VTK
7 1 (1.14%) Vulkan
7 1 (1.14%) WinForms
7 1 (1.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.77%) Algorithms
2 10 (11.36%) Credit Risk
3 9 (10.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (10.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (5.68%) Equities
4 5 (5.68%) Fixed Income
4 5 (5.68%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (4.55%) Hedge funds
6 3 (3.41%) Sports Betting
7 2 (2.27%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.14%) CUDA
8 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.14%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.14%) Housing Association
8 1 (1.14%) Life Science
8 1 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.68%) Linux
2 1 (1.14%) Unix
2 1 (1.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (73.86%) Mathematics
2 43 (48.86%) Computer Science
3 37 (42.05%) Artificial Intelligence
4 30 (34.09%) Statistics
5 28 (31.82%) Data Science
6 21 (23.86%) Visualisation
7 19 (21.59%) Analytics
7 19 (21.59%) Machine Learning
8 15 (17.05%) Decision-Making
8 15 (17.05%) Kalman Filter
9 14 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
9 14 (15.91%) Biology
9 14 (15.91%) Data Management
9 14 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (14.77%) Algorithmic Trading
11 11 (12.50%) Chemistry
11 11 (12.50%) CI/CD
11 11 (12.50%) Containerisation
11 11 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
11 11 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 56 (63.64%) Python
2 28 (31.82%) C++
3 24 (27.27%) Java
4 22 (25.00%) C#
5 18 (20.45%) SQL
6 10 (11.36%) JavaScript
7 8 (9.09%) TypeScript
8 6 (6.82%) MATLAB
9 4 (4.55%) Rust
10 3 (3.41%) C
10 3 (3.41%) F#
11 2 (2.27%) R
12 1 (1.14%) Bash
12 1 (1.14%) C-shell
12 1 (1.14%) Fortran
12 1 (1.14%) Go
12 1 (1.14%) PowerShell
12 1 (1.14%) T-SQL
12 1 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (78.41%) Degree
2 41 (46.59%) Master's Degree
3 29 (32.95%) PhD
4 9 (10.23%) DBS Check
5 6 (6.82%) Postgraduate
6 4 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.14%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.14%) IFRS
1 1 (1.14%) IFRS 9
1 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 8 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (1.14%) KVM
2 1 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.14%) Ansible
2 1 (1.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (10.23%) Databricks
2 7 (7.95%) Foundry
2 7 (7.95%) Palantir
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.41%) PayPal
4 1 (1.14%) Cisco
4 1 (1.14%) Dell
4 1 (1.14%) HP
4 1 (1.14%) Juniper
4 1 (1.14%) NetApp
4 1 (1.14%) VMware