Physics Job Trends in Surrey

Physics
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Physics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 95 84
Rank change year-on-year +5 -11 +52
Permanent jobs citing Physics 8 28 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.71% 1.66% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.90% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 11
10th Percentile £62,500 £32,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £71,875 £33,750 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -9.09% -35.29%
75th Percentile £105,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £105,375 £82,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £51,750
% change year-on-year +23.81% +1.45% +8.95%

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 1,016 1,476 907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 89.99% 87.29% 91.06%
Number of salaries quoted 682 697 608
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% -0.91% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,625 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Physics
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Physics job vacancy trend in Surrey

Physics
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Physics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Physics

Physics
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Physics in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 October 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 14 October 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 -10 5 £90,000 +123.60% 7
Physics
South East

Physics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
1 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
1 3 (37.50%) TestRail
2 1 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 3 (37.50%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) C++ Software Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Qt
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (37.50%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
4 1 (12.50%) FPGA
4 1 (12.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
2 3 (37.50%) Mathematical Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Multithreading
2 3 (37.50%) Parallel Programming
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Device Driver Development
4 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (12.50%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) Bash
2 3 (37.50%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) C
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (75.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (62.50%) PhD
4 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware