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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 367 431
Rank change year-on-year +71 +64 +25
Permanent jobs citing Physics 91 145 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.70% 0.61% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.67% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 64 76 118
10th Percentile £29,900 £33,000 £43,318
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -14.71% +1.49%
75th Percentile £122,500 £100,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £165,000 £137,500 £164,000
England median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.66% -19.23% +4.00%

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 12,446 21,516 32,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.97% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,205 15,872 23,232
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,171
25th Percentile £55,500 £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 £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
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 21 May 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 21 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
Central London +19 51 £92,500 +5.71% 28
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 (3.30%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.20%) Apache
3 1 (1.10%) MTS
3 1 (1.10%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.10%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.38%) Azure
2 7 (7.69%) AWS
3 3 (3.30%) GCP
4 2 (2.20%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.10%) GitHub
5 1 (1.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) Firewall
1 1 (1.10%) LAN
1 1 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.10%) Wireless
1 1 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.89%) Tableau
2 4 (4.40%) Tick Data
3 2 (2.20%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.10%) KDB
4 1 (1.10%) Kdb+
4 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (27.47%) Git
2 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.10%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.10%) CMake
3 1 (1.10%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.10%) TestRail
General
1 30 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.18%) Finance
3 21 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.09%) Banking
5 5 (5.49%) Investment Banking
6 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Front Office
7 3 (3.30%) Legal
7 3 (3.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.20%) Advertising
8 2 (2.20%) Electronics
8 2 (2.20%) German Language
8 2 (2.20%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.10%) Avionics
9 1 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 27 (29.67%) Developer
2 23 (25.27%) Analyst
2 23 (25.27%) Senior
3 19 (20.88%) Quantitative Developer
4 18 (19.78%) Qualitative Analyst
4 18 (19.78%) Quantitative Analyst
5 13 (14.29%) Data Scientist
6 11 (12.09%) Senior Data Scientist
7 9 (9.89%) Principal Data Scientist
8 8 (8.79%) Graduate
9 7 (7.69%) Python Developer
9 7 (7.69%) React Developer
9 7 (7.69%) Software Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) C++ Developer
10 5 (5.49%) Consultant
11 4 (4.40%) Data Analyst
11 4 (4.40%) Graduate Consultant
11 4 (4.40%) Senior Analyst
12 3 (3.30%) Excel Analyst
12 3 (3.30%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (17.58%) Pandas
2 13 (14.29%) scikit-learn
2 13 (14.29%) TensorFlow
3 9 (9.89%) NumPy
3 9 (9.89%) PySpark
4 7 (7.69%) AngularJS
4 7 (7.69%) Flask
4 7 (7.69%) Plotly
4 7 (7.69%) React
5 5 (5.49%) Node.js
6 4 (4.40%) PyTorch
7 2 (2.20%) Google JAX
7 2 (2.20%) JAX
8 1 (1.10%) HTML5
8 1 (1.10%) MACH
8 1 (1.10%) OpenCL
8 1 (1.10%) QML
8 1 (1.10%) Qt
8 1 (1.10%) REST
8 1 (1.10%) VTK
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.48%) Algorithms
2 11 (12.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (10.99%) Credit Risk
4 7 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (6.59%) Equities
5 6 (6.59%) Fixed Income
6 5 (5.49%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (5.49%) Onboarding
7 4 (4.40%) Hedge funds
8 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.10%) CUDA
9 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.10%) Housing Association
9 1 (1.10%) Life Science
9 1 (1.10%) Sports Betting
9 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.49%) Linux
2 1 (1.10%) Unix
2 1 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (71.43%) Mathematics
2 43 (47.25%) Computer Science
3 32 (35.16%) Data Science
4 31 (34.07%) Artificial Intelligence
5 30 (32.97%) Statistics
6 23 (25.27%) Visualisation
7 21 (23.08%) Analytics
8 20 (21.98%) Machine Learning
9 15 (16.48%) Algorithmic Trading
9 15 (16.48%) Data Management
9 15 (16.48%) Kalman Filter
9 15 (16.48%) Statistical Modelling
10 12 (13.19%) Biology
10 12 (13.19%) CI/CD
10 12 (13.19%) Containerisation
10 12 (13.19%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (13.19%) Decision-Making
11 11 (12.09%) Customer Experience
11 11 (12.09%) Dashboard Development
11 11 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 57 (62.64%) Python
2 29 (31.87%) C++
3 26 (28.57%) C#
4 17 (18.68%) Java
4 17 (18.68%) SQL
5 7 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 5 (5.49%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.40%) Rust
8 3 (3.30%) C
8 3 (3.30%) F#
8 3 (3.30%) R
9 2 (2.20%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.10%) Bash
10 1 (1.10%) C-shell
10 1 (1.10%) Fortran
10 1 (1.10%) Go
10 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (81.32%) Degree
2 46 (50.55%) Master's Degree
3 36 (39.56%) PhD
4 9 (9.89%) DBS Check
5 5 (5.49%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.20%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.10%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.20%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.10%) IFRS
2 1 (1.10%) IFRS 9
2 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) Docker
2 1 (1.10%) KVM
2 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (12.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.10%) Ansible
2 1 (1.10%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (9.89%) Databricks
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.10%) Cisco
3 1 (1.10%) Dell
3 1 (1.10%) Foundry
3 1 (1.10%) HP
3 1 (1.10%) Juniper
3 1 (1.10%) NetApp
3 1 (1.10%) Palantir
3 1 (1.10%) PayPal
3 1 (1.10%) VMware