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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 83 75
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 +53
Permanent jobs citing Physics 6 23 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.36% 1.87% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 2.04% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 17
10th Percentile - £44,000 £36,850
25th Percentile £75,000 £50,000 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +9.09% -32.31%
75th Percentile £105,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £82,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £56,430 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.95% +9.09% +27.17%

All Process & 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 1,380 1,127 905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 82.34% 91.48% 90.32%
Number of salaries quoted 794 517 597
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,875 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

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
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 29 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
Guildford -18 2 £90,000 +35.85% 4
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Safety Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 2 (33.33%) Mathematical Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 2 (33.33%) Parallel Programming
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Safety Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (33.33%) PhD
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Def Stans
1 1 (16.67%) IEC 61508