Physics Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Physics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 381 478
Rank change year-on-year +101 +97 +2
Permanent jobs citing Physics 153 214 186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.97% 0.63% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.69% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 45 137 61
10th Percentile £38,500 £20,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £40,240 £31,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £40,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -42.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £69,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £62,344
% change year-on-year -4.66% -15.79% -0.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,670 30,949 40,734
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.39% 91.59% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9,785 23,494 28,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Physics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Physics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Physics trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Physics
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Physics.

Physics salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Physics
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Physics over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Physics salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Physics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 74 (48.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.65%) Blender
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.54%) AWS
2 9 (5.88%) Amazon SageMaker
3 5 (3.27%) GitHub
4 2 (1.31%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.65%) Azure
5 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.27%) RS-485
2 1 (0.65%) 5G
2 1 (0.65%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.54%) Tableau
2 5 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (2.61%) Redis
4 2 (1.31%) Power BI
4 2 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.65%) GIS
5 1 (0.65%) QGIS
5 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (7.84%) Git
2 3 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.65%) JIRA
4 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (20.92%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.80%) Electronics
3 12 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.19%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (6.54%) Manufacturing
6 9 (5.88%) Agriculture
7 8 (5.23%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.92%) Finance
9 5 (3.27%) Military
10 4 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.61%) Retail
11 3 (1.96%) Advertising
12 2 (1.31%) Banking
12 2 (1.31%) Games
12 2 (1.31%) Law
12 2 (1.31%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.65%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.65%) Marketing
13 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (48.37%) Trainer
2 32 (20.92%) Senior
3 20 (13.07%) Software Engineer
4 14 (9.15%) Research Scientist
5 13 (8.50%) Data Scientist
6 11 (7.19%) Senior Data Scientist
7 9 (5.88%) Principal Data Scientist
8 8 (5.23%) Analyst
9 7 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (3.27%) Electronics Engineer
11 5 (3.27%) Principal Engineer
11 5 (3.27%) Principal Software Engineer
11 5 (3.27%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 4 (2.61%) Applications Engineer
12 4 (2.61%) C++ Software Engineer
12 4 (2.61%) Lead
13 3 (1.96%) Developer
13 3 (1.96%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.76%) scikit-learn
1 18 (11.76%) TensorFlow
2 9 (5.88%) Keras
2 9 (5.88%) NumPy
2 9 (5.88%) Pandas
2 9 (5.88%) PySpark
2 9 (5.88%) PyTorch
3 4 (2.61%) Node.js
4 2 (1.31%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.65%) Django
5 1 (0.65%) Flask
5 1 (0.65%) MACH
5 1 (0.65%) OpenCV
5 1 (0.65%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.65%) React
5 1 (0.65%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 36 (23.53%) Algorithms
2 10 (6.54%) Credit Risk
3 6 (3.92%) FPGA
4 5 (3.27%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (3.27%) Life Science
4 5 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.27%) Verilog
5 3 (1.96%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.96%) SCADA
6 2 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.31%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.31%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.65%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.65%) GNSS
7 1 (0.65%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.65%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (0.65%) Self-Driving Car
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.76%) Linux
2 12 (7.84%) Unix
3 3 (1.96%) Windows
4 1 (0.65%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (72.55%) Mathematics
2 102 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 74 (48.37%) Conversational UI
4 34 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 29 (18.95%) Software Engineering
5 29 (18.95%) Statistics
6 28 (18.30%) Machine Learning
7 26 (16.99%) Data Science
8 21 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (13.73%) Visualisation
9 17 (11.11%) Analytics
10 15 (9.80%) Decision-Making
10 15 (9.80%) Economics
10 15 (9.80%) SDLC
11 14 (9.15%) Chemistry
12 13 (8.50%) Biology
13 12 (7.84%) Data Analytics
14 10 (6.54%) Data Visualisation
14 10 (6.54%) Predictive Modelling
14 10 (6.54%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 51 (33.33%) Python
2 25 (16.34%) C++
3 20 (13.07%) SQL
4 16 (10.46%) C
5 10 (6.54%) R
6 9 (5.88%) Fortran
6 9 (5.88%) Java
7 8 (5.23%) Bash
7 8 (5.23%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.31%) C#
8 2 (1.31%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.31%) Rust
9 1 (0.65%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 141 (92.16%) Degree
2 98 (64.05%) PhD
3 93 (60.78%) Master's Degree
4 12 (7.84%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 9 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.23%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.92%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.31%) QA
2 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.65%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.65%) IFRS
2 1 (0.65%) IFRS 9
2 1 (0.65%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.31%) Ansible
1 2 (1.31%) FortiGate
1 2 (1.31%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.31%) Prometheus
1 2 (1.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 74 (48.37%) PayPal
2 9 (5.88%) Databricks
3 5 (3.27%) EMC
4 3 (1.96%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (1.96%) Siemens
4 3 (1.96%) Wonderware
5 2 (1.31%) Arista
5 2 (1.31%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (1.31%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.31%) Oracle
5 2 (1.31%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.65%) Foundry
6 1 (0.65%) Intel
6 1 (0.65%) Palantir
6 1 (0.65%) SAP