The first table below looks at the demand for the Quantitative Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Quantitative Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quant Developer
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £82,500 - £60,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1009 1284 1472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.46% 95.82% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 587 951 1062
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Quantitative Developer
Scotland

Quantitative Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Quantitative Developer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Quantitative Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Quantitative Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Quantitative Developer Salary Trend

Quantitative Developer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Quantitative Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Quantitative Developer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) PhD
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) OO
2 5 (83.33%) Front Office
2 5 (83.33%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) Derivative
3 4 (66.67%) VBA
3 4 (66.67%) Finance
4 3 (50.00%) Equities
4 3 (50.00%) Exotic Derivative
4 3 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (50.00%) OOP
4 3 (50.00%) C++
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (50.00%) Middleware
4 3 (50.00%) Analytics
5 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
6 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 1 (16.67%) Physics

Quantitative Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Quantitative Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Quantitative Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
General
1 5 (83.33%) Front Office
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Derivative
2 3 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (50.00%) Equities
2 3 (50.00%) Exotic Derivative
3 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) OO
2 3 (50.00%) OOP
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) Java
3 4 (66.67%) VBA
4 3 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PhD
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft