The first table below looks at the demand for the Quantitative Developer 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 Developer 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quant Developer
Rank 466 496 428
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 118 141 225
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.270% 0.263% 0.388%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.289% 0.280% 0.415%
Number of salaries quoted 98 122 198
Average salary £70,000 £87,500 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £96,500 £119,500 £100,750
UK excluding London average salary £82,500 - £60,000
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
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 Developer
England

Quantitative Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Quantitative Developer Salary Trend

Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram

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

London Quantitative Developer Salary Histogram

Quantitative Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Developer within the London 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
City of London -17 16 £62,500 -34.21%
Quantitative Developer
England

Quantitative Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 157 (62.30%) C++
2 120 (47.62%) Finance
3 107 (42.46%) Mathematics
4 96 (38.10%) C#
5 93 (36.90%) Front Office
6 84 (33.33%) Java
7 82 (32.54%) Computer Science
8 81 (32.14%) Degree
9 72 (28.57%) Hedge funds
10 64 (25.40%) Derivative
10 64 (25.40%) Algorithmic Trading
11 60 (23.81%) Multithreading
12 59 (23.41%) Analytics
13 57 (22.62%) Fixed Income
14 53 (21.03%) PhD
15 50 (19.84%) MATLAB
16 48 (19.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 46 (18.25%) Python
18 45 (17.86%) OO
19 43 (17.06%) VBA
20 40 (15.87%) Physics
21 33 (13.10%) Big Data
21 33 (13.10%) F#
22 26 (10.32%) STL
23 25 (9.921%) SQL
23 25 (9.921%) Machine Learning
24 24 (9.524%) Hadoop
24 24 (9.524%) Equities
24 24 (9.524%) Interest Rate Derivative
25 23 (9.127%) Banking

Quantitative Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 26 (10.32%) STL
2 19 (7.540%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 9 (3.571%) .NET
4 8 (3.175%) WPF
5 7 (2.778%) WinForms
5 7 (2.778%) JMS
5 7 (2.778%) J2EE
5 7 (2.778%) Protocol Buffers
5 7 (2.778%) Apache Avro
6 5 (1.984%) J2SE
7 3 (1.190%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.794%) WCF
8 2 (0.794%) XML
8 2 (0.794%) ATL
8 2 (0.794%) COM
9 1 (0.397%) COM+
9 1 (0.397%) Ajax
9 1 (0.397%) Django
Application Platforms
1 7 (2.778%) Mathematica
2 4 (1.587%) Rendezvous
Applications
1 9 (3.571%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.794%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.778%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.10%) Big Data
2 24 (9.524%) Hadoop
3 17 (6.746%) Apache Cassandra
4 15 (5.952%) KDB
5 13 (5.159%) RDBMS
6 12 (4.762%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.794%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.397%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.778%) Maven
1 7 (2.778%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 7 (2.778%) Git (software)
1 7 (2.778%) Hudson
2 5 (1.984%) JIRA
2 5 (1.984%) Selenium
3 2 (0.794%) JUnit
4 1 (0.397%) Ant
4 1 (0.397%) Jenkins
General
1 120 (47.62%) Finance
2 93 (36.90%) Front Office
3 23 (9.127%) Banking
4 20 (7.937%) Financial Institution
5 6 (2.381%) Games
6 3 (1.190%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.190%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.397%) Marketing
7 1 (0.397%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 107 (42.46%) Mathematics
2 82 (32.54%) Computer Science
3 72 (28.57%) Hedge funds
4 64 (25.40%) Derivative
5 57 (22.62%) Fixed Income
6 48 (19.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 40 (15.87%) Physics
8 25 (9.921%) Machine Learning
9 24 (9.524%) Equities
9 24 (9.524%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 22 (8.730%) Statistics
11 19 (7.540%) Credit Risk
12 18 (7.143%) Equity Derivative
13 9 (3.571%) Swaptions
14 8 (3.175%) Credit Derivative
14 8 (3.175%) Management Information System
14 8 (3.175%) Grid Computing
15 7 (2.778%) Applied Mathematics
15 7 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
16 5 (1.984%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.143%) UNIX
2 16 (6.349%) Windows
3 11 (4.365%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (25.40%) Algorithmic Trading
2 60 (23.81%) Multithreading
3 59 (23.41%) Analytics
4 45 (17.86%) OO
5 22 (8.730%) Pattern Recognition
6 14 (5.556%) Electronic Trading
7 11 (4.365%) Risk Management
7 11 (4.365%) Financial Modelling
8 7 (2.778%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (2.778%) TDD
8 7 (2.778%) Software Engineering
8 7 (2.778%) Monte Carlo Method
9 5 (1.984%) RAD
9 5 (1.984%) Data Analysis
9 5 (1.984%) Computer Architecture
10 4 (1.587%) Risk Analytics
10 4 (1.587%) Signal Processing
10 4 (1.587%) Investment Management
10 4 (1.587%) Stress Testing
10 4 (1.587%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 157 (62.30%) C++
2 96 (38.10%) C#
3 84 (33.33%) Java
4 50 (19.84%) MATLAB
5 46 (18.25%) Python
6 43 (17.06%) VBA
7 33 (13.10%) F#
8 25 (9.921%) SQL
9 11 (4.365%) R
10 10 (3.968%) C
11 9 (3.571%) Perl
12 5 (1.984%) Groovy
13 4 (1.587%) Ruby
14 2 (0.794%) JavaScript
15 1 (0.397%) Lisp
15 1 (0.397%) PHP
15 1 (0.397%) Haskell
15 1 (0.397%) Erlang
15 1 (0.397%) Scala
Qualifications
1 81 (32.14%) Degree
2 53 (21.03%) PhD
3 2 (0.794%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.397%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.794%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (2.778%) MOM
2 5 (1.984%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (5.556%) Sybase
2 9 (3.571%) Oracle
3 7 (2.778%) Facebook
4 6 (2.381%) Reuters
4 6 (2.381%) Bloomberg
5 5 (1.984%) StatPro
5 5 (1.984%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.587%) DataSynapse
6 4 (1.587%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.794%) Google
7 2 (0.794%) Microsoft
London
This is a global team responsible for the real-time pricing / analytics functionality for the broker as well as producing prices external distribution to Bloomberg, Reuters and external...
Real Staffing
Salary: £85000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
With teams in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney the teams work relentlessly, directly, and iteratively with desks all over the world to provide innovative,...
ITHR
Salary: £75000 - £90000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
A global Financial Institution is seeking a C++ Developer... In order to succeed in this position you should demonstrate the following - Expert level software development skills in C++ (...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
55,000- £70,000 + Extremely Competitive Bonus and Benefits Package(PhD, MATLAB, Big Data, Hadoop, MACHINE LEARNING) This is an exciting front office role for a strong Quantitative...
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + Competitive Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Global financial institution requires a highly skilled Python developer who is comfortable working close with Quants. You must also have a strong infrastructure background working on High Performance...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £90 - £110000 per annum + benefits, bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013