Quantitative Analysis Contracts

Quantitative Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Quantitative Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Quantitative Analysis over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 660 767
Rank change year-on-year +97 +107 -111
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 23 56 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.092% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 39 65
10th Percentile £305 £460 £150
25th Percentile £371 £556 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +44.44% +94.59%
75th Percentile £535 £860 £545
90th Percentile £560 £955 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -5.13% -2.50% +207.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.25
Median hourly rate £10.42 - £37.50
75th Percentile - - £44.25
90th Percentile - - £47.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £10.42 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Quantitative Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,706 54,523 81,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 89.87% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,375 37,727 57,191
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,416 1,789 1,947
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -
75th Percentile £58.70 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year -2.78% +80.41% -7.83%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Quantitative Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Analysis over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

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Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +83 22 £450 -33.33% 48
London +73 15 £450 -33.33% 40
Work from Home +108 9 £410 -27.11% 18
UK excluding London +73 6 £463 -5.13% 12
East of England +17 2 - -
Scotland +40 1 - - 6
North of England +38 1 £550 +15.79% 1
North West +23 1 £550 +15.79% 1
Midlands - 1 £375 -
South East - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £375 -

Quantitative Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) dbt
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
1 2 (8.70%) Tableau
2 1 (4.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (47.83%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Law
4 4 (17.39%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (4.35%) Games
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Police
6 1 (4.35%) Retail
6 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Data Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Lead Data Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Metrics Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Functional Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.35%) C++ Quantitative Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Data Scientist
5 1 (4.35%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Quantitative Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Report Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Research Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Derivative
1 3 (13.04%) Equities
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.35%) BYOD
3 1 (4.35%) Credit Risk
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Economics
3 4 (17.39%) Market Research
3 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.04%) Analytics
4 3 (13.04%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.04%) Due Diligence
4 3 (13.04%) Mathematics
4 3 (13.04%) Statistics
5 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.70%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (8.70%) Model Validation
5 2 (8.70%) Quantitative Research
5 2 (8.70%) SDLC
5 2 (8.70%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) C++
3 1 (4.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (4.35%) PhD
4 1 (4.35%) Postgraduate
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 3 (13.04%) IFRS
3 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.35%) FINREP
4 1 (4.35%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) Intel
2 1 (4.35%) Sun