The first table below looks at the demand for the Quantitative Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Quantitative Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quant Analyst
Rank 764 756 759
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Analyst 77 110 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.076% 0.097% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.102% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 49 90 75
Average salary £62,500 £80,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.87% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £50,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £110,050 £92,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-26.66% +50.00%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Quantitative Analyst
UK

Quantitative Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Quantitative Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Quantitative Analyst
Salary Trend

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

England Quantitative Analyst Salary Trend

Quantitative Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Quantitative Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Quantitative Analyst Salary Histogram

Quantitative Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +20 69 £67,500 -15.62%
Yorkshire - 4 - -
South East +1 3 £50,000 -33.33%
Quantitative Analyst
UK

Quantitative Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Quantitative Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 102 (75.56%) Finance
2 65 (48.15%) Mathematics
3 60 (44.44%) Degree
3 60 (44.44%) C++
4 50 (37.04%) PhD
5 46 (34.07%) Analytics
6 40 (29.63%) MATLAB
6 40 (29.63%) Statistics
7 39 (28.89%) Physics
8 35 (25.93%) Computer Science
9 32 (23.70%) Derivative
10 31 (22.96%) Front Office
11 28 (20.74%) C
12 27 (20.00%) Banking
13 26 (19.26%) Risk Management
14 25 (18.52%) C#
14 25 (18.52%) SQL
14 25 (18.52%) Validation
14 25 (18.52%) R
15 24 (17.78%) Hedge funds
16 23 (17.04%) Java
16 23 (17.04%) OO
17 21 (15.56%) Credit Risk
18 20 (14.81%) Monte Carlo Method
19 16 (11.85%) Mathematica
19 16 (11.85%) Equities
20 15 (11.11%) Data Analysis
21 14 (10.37%) Financial Institution
21 14 (10.37%) Python
21 14 (10.37%) .NET

Quantitative Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Quantitative Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (10.37%) .NET
2 8 (5.926%) HTML
3 7 (5.185%) STL
3 7 (5.185%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 6 (4.444%) Mason
4 6 (4.444%) CGI
4 6 (4.444%) CSS
5 3 (2.222%) WPF
6 2 (1.481%) jQuery
6 2 (1.481%) WinForms
6 2 (1.481%) Web Services
6 2 (1.481%) XML
6 2 (1.481%) ASP
7 1 (0.741%) XSLT
7 1 (0.741%) JMS
7 1 (0.741%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 16 (11.85%) Mathematica
2 6 (4.444%) Apache
2 6 (4.444%) SAS
3 2 (1.481%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 6 (4.444%) S-PLUS
2 2 (1.481%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.741%) Maple
Business Applications
1 2 (1.481%) Google Analytics
1 2 (1.481%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.481%) Internet
2 1 (0.741%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.926%) KDB
2 6 (4.444%) Data Mining
2 6 (4.444%) MySQL
3 5 (3.704%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.222%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.481%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.481%) Apache Hive
5 2 (1.481%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.481%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.481%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.481%) TOAD
6 1 (0.741%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.741%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (4.444%) GCC
1 6 (4.444%) GDB
2 2 (1.481%) Visual Studio
General
1 102 (75.56%) Finance
2 31 (22.96%) Front Office
3 27 (20.00%) Banking
4 14 (10.37%) Financial Institution
5 12 (8.889%) Investment Banking
6 6 (4.444%) Marketing
6 6 (4.444%) Games
7 1 (0.741%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 65 (48.15%) Mathematics
2 40 (29.63%) Statistics
3 39 (28.89%) Physics
4 35 (25.93%) Computer Science
5 32 (23.70%) Derivative
6 24 (17.78%) Hedge funds
7 21 (15.56%) Credit Risk
8 16 (11.85%) Equities
9 14 (10.37%) Fixed Income
9 14 (10.37%) Exotic Derivative
10 8 (5.926%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (5.185%) Market Risk
12 6 (4.444%) Machine Learning
12 6 (4.444%) Economics
13 5 (3.704%) Visualisation
14 4 (2.963%) Interest Rate Derivative
15 3 (2.222%) Data Extraction
16 2 (1.481%) Online Games
16 2 (1.481%) Applied Mathematics
16 2 (1.481%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.407%) Linux
2 8 (5.926%) UNIX
3 1 (0.741%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (34.07%) Analytics
2 26 (19.26%) Risk Management
3 25 (18.52%) Validation
4 23 (17.04%) OO
5 20 (14.81%) Monte Carlo Method
6 15 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 12 (8.889%) Investment Management
8 10 (7.407%) Numerical Analysis
9 9 (6.667%) Regression Analysis
10 8 (5.926%) OOP
11 7 (5.185%) Migration
11 7 (5.185%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (5.185%) Fund Management
11 7 (5.185%) Asset Management
12 6 (4.444%) Multithreading
12 6 (4.444%) OOD
13 4 (2.963%) Financial Modelling
13 4 (2.963%) Stochastic Calculus
13 4 (2.963%) Dependency Injection
13 4 (2.963%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 60 (44.44%) C++
2 40 (29.63%) MATLAB
3 28 (20.74%) C
4 25 (18.52%) C#
4 25 (18.52%) SQL
4 25 (18.52%) R
5 23 (17.04%) Java
6 14 (10.37%) Python
7 9 (6.667%) VB
8 6 (4.444%) Shell Script
8 6 (4.444%) Perl
8 6 (4.444%) VBA
9 3 (2.222%) Fortran
10 2 (1.481%) Ruby
10 2 (1.481%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.741%) PHP
Qualifications
1 60 (44.44%) Degree
2 50 (37.04%) PhD
3 4 (2.963%) Postgraduate
4 3 (2.222%) CFA
5 1 (0.741%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.741%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.963%) Basel II
Vendors
1 10 (7.407%) Oracle
2 5 (3.704%) Sybase
3 3 (2.222%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.222%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.481%) Tableau
4 2 (1.481%) Omniture
4 2 (1.481%) Google
4 2 (1.481%) Murex
4 2 (1.481%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.481%) SAP
City, London
A post-graduate degree ideally to a PhD in a highly quantitative subject (mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics or engineering) is desirable, as is a demonstrable interest in...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension etc
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Job Role: Quantitative Analyst / QuantLocation: London, CentralSalary: £40k to £60k + bonus + benefitsQuantitative Analyst / Graduate / Junior Quant (PhD Mathematics). Superb opportunity to join a vibrant, technology focussed Hedge Fund /...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
Quantitative Analyst / Graduate / Junior Quant (PhD Mathematics). Superb opportunity to join a vibrant, technology focussed Hedge Fund / Proprietary Trading firm based in fantastic offices in the heart of...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
A prerequisite is an extremely strong background in mathematics. A post-graduate degree in a highly quantitative subject (mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics or engineering) is desirable, as...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Large Bonus/Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
My client, a premium Lloyd`s Market Insurer, are looking to grow their Risk function with a Risk Analyst-The role, reporting into the Quantitative Risk Manager, will...
High Finance Group
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP50000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
City, London
Operating closely with Front Office stakeholders, Quants and Credit Risk Management The role is for a Front Office Business Analyst to work on analysis of requirements for cross...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + Exceptional Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
West London
Skills: Trading, Mathematics, Linux, Perl, Shell, C / C++, Graduate... Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering. Strong Linux experience. Good Perl and Shell scripting ability. Good knowledge of C/C++, common algorithms...
ComputAppoint
Salary: Excellent Salary + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013