The first table below looks at the demand for the Quantitative Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 23 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quant Analyst
Rank 534 542 561
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Analyst 70 99 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.161% 0.185% 0.138%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.172% 0.197% 0.147%
Number of salaries quoted 45 79 68
Average salary £67,500 £80,000 £68,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.62% +16.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £111,500 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £75,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-26.66% +66.66%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40671 50354 54941
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.40% 93.93% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34205 43701 46341
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Quantitative Analyst
England

Quantitative Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Quantitative Analyst Salary Trend

Quantitative Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Quantitative Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +1 13 £66,250 -33.75%
Canary Wharf - 7 £72,500 -
Docklands, London - 1 £90,000 -
Quantitative Analyst
England

Quantitative Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 97 (77.60%) Finance
2 59 (47.20%) Mathematics
3 58 (46.40%) C++
4 57 (45.60%) Degree
5 49 (39.20%) PhD
6 43 (34.40%) Analytics
7 39 (31.20%) MATLAB
8 38 (30.40%) Statistics
9 37 (29.60%) Physics
10 32 (25.60%) Derivative
11 31 (24.80%) Computer Science
12 30 (24.00%) Front Office
13 28 (22.40%) C
14 27 (21.60%) Banking
15 26 (20.80%) Risk Management
16 25 (20.00%) Validation
16 25 (20.00%) R
17 23 (18.40%) Hedge funds
17 23 (18.40%) C#
17 23 (18.40%) Java
17 23 (18.40%) SQL
17 23 (18.40%) OO
18 20 (16.00%) Monte Carlo Method
19 17 (13.60%) Credit Risk
20 16 (12.80%) Equities
20 16 (12.80%) Mathematica
21 15 (12.00%) Data Analysis
22 14 (11.20%) Exotic Derivative
22 14 (11.20%) Python
22 14 (11.20%) Financial Institution

Quantitative Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 13 (10.40%) .NET
2 8 (6.400%) HTML
3 7 (5.600%) STL
3 7 (5.600%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 6 (4.800%) CSS
4 6 (4.800%) CGI
4 6 (4.800%) Mason
5 3 (2.400%) WPF
6 2 (1.600%) WinForms
6 2 (1.600%) Web Services
6 2 (1.600%) XML
6 2 (1.600%) ASP
6 2 (1.600%) jQuery
7 1 (0.800%) Ajax
7 1 (0.800%) XSLT
7 1 (0.800%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 16 (12.80%) Mathematica
2 6 (4.800%) Apache
3 2 (1.600%) SAS
3 2 (1.600%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 6 (4.800%) S-PLUS
2 2 (1.600%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.800%) Maple
Business Applications
1 2 (1.600%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.800%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.400%) KDB
2 6 (4.800%) MySQL
3 5 (4.000%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.200%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.400%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.600%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.600%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.600%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.600%) Apache Hive
6 2 (1.600%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.600%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.800%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.800%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (4.800%) GCC
1 6 (4.800%) GDB
2 2 (1.600%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (77.60%) Finance
2 30 (24.00%) Front Office
3 27 (21.60%) Banking
4 14 (11.20%) Financial Institution
5 12 (9.600%) Investment Banking
6 6 (4.800%) Games
7 3 (2.400%) Marketing
8 1 (0.800%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 59 (47.20%) Mathematics
2 38 (30.40%) Statistics
3 37 (29.60%) Physics
4 32 (25.60%) Derivative
5 31 (24.80%) Computer Science
6 23 (18.40%) Hedge funds
7 17 (13.60%) Credit Risk
8 16 (12.80%) Equities
9 14 (11.20%) Exotic Derivative
10 13 (10.40%) Fixed Income
11 8 (6.400%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (5.600%) Market Risk
13 4 (3.200%) Interest Rate Derivative
13 4 (3.200%) Machine Learning
14 3 (2.400%) Economics
15 2 (1.600%) Credit Derivative
15 2 (1.600%) Online Games
15 2 (1.600%) Applied Mathematics
15 2 (1.600%) Visualisation
16 1 (0.800%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.000%) Linux
2 8 (6.400%) UNIX
3 1 (0.800%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.40%) Analytics
2 26 (20.80%) Risk Management
3 25 (20.00%) Validation
4 23 (18.40%) OO
5 20 (16.00%) Monte Carlo Method
6 15 (12.00%) Data Analysis
7 12 (9.600%) Investment Management
8 10 (8.000%) Numerical Analysis
9 9 (7.200%) Regression Analysis
10 8 (6.400%) OOP
11 7 (5.600%) Fund Management
11 7 (5.600%) Asset Management
11 7 (5.600%) Migration
11 7 (5.600%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (4.800%) OOD
12 6 (4.800%) Multithreading
13 4 (3.200%) Benchmarking
13 4 (3.200%) TDD
13 4 (3.200%) Software Engineering
13 4 (3.200%) Operations Research
Programming Languages
1 58 (46.40%) C++
2 39 (31.20%) MATLAB
3 28 (22.40%) C
4 25 (20.00%) R
5 23 (18.40%) C#
5 23 (18.40%) Java
5 23 (18.40%) SQL
6 14 (11.20%) Python
7 9 (7.200%) VB
8 6 (4.800%) Perl
8 6 (4.800%) VBA
8 6 (4.800%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.400%) Fortran
10 2 (1.600%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.600%) Ruby
11 1 (0.800%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (45.60%) Degree
2 49 (39.20%) PhD
3 4 (3.200%) Postgraduate
4 3 (2.400%) CFA
5 1 (0.800%) CAPM
5 1 (0.800%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 10 (8.000%) Oracle
2 5 (4.000%) Sybase
3 3 (2.400%) Red Hat
3 3 (2.400%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.600%) Murex
4 2 (1.600%) Business Objects
4 2 (1.600%) Tableau
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
City, London
The function validates all market risk models including economic capital, behavioral, counterparty credit risk and liquidity models... - Extensive stakeholder engagement and stakeholder management - Challenge the methodology for how...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £65k - £80k
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Great opportunity to further develop your statistical modelling ability whilst working for a Global organisation. The Opportunity You will build predictive models that will enhance business strategies and...
Salary: £35000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 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