Physics Jobs in Surrey

Physics
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 118 103
Rank change year-on-year +24 -15 +45
Permanent jobs citing Physics 11 39 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 0.88% 1.46% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.66% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9 31 7
10th Percentile - £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £37,500 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.37% - -36.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,375 £57,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £65,000 £74,950
South East median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £44,375
% change year-on-year +25.00% +12.68% -11.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,151 2,351 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 92.38% 87.76% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 626 1,478 1,040
10th Percentile £28,600 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,058 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £90,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Physics in Surrey

Physics
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend for Physics in Surrey

Physics
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in Surrey over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Physics in Surrey

Physics
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Physics within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Guildford -2 9 £70,000 +47.37% 21
Woking - 2 - - 4
Physics
South East

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Subversion
2 2 (18.18%) Git
3 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (9.09%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) TestRail
3 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aeronautics
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Lead
2 5 (45.45%) Developer
3 4 (36.36%) Lead Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Lead Software Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Software Developer
4 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
5 2 (18.18%) C Developer
5 2 (18.18%) C/C++ Developer
5 2 (18.18%) C++ Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Hardware Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) C/C++ Software Developer
6 1 (9.09%) C++ GUI Developer
6 1 (9.09%) C++ Software Developer
6 1 (9.09%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) GUI Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Lead Python Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Linux Developer
6 1 (9.09%) MATLAB Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Performance Engineer
6 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) OpenGL
2 1 (9.09%) Qt
2 1 (9.09%) Vulkan
2 1 (9.09%) WinForms
2 1 (9.09%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Algorithms
1 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (27.27%) Device Driver
2 3 (27.27%) FPGA
2 3 (27.27%) VHDL
3 2 (18.18%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (9.09%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Mathematics
2 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Device Driver Development
3 3 (27.27%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Signal Processing
4 2 (18.18%) Image Processing
4 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematical Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (18.18%) Signal Processing
5 1 (9.09%) CAD
5 1 (9.09%) CAE
5 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C++
2 7 (63.64%) C
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) C#
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded C
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded C++
4 2 (18.18%) Fortran
4 2 (18.18%) Java
4 2 (18.18%) MATLAB
4 2 (18.18%) Python
4 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
5 1 (9.09%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (81.82%) PhD
3 7 (63.64%) Master's Degree
4 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
5 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Firmware