Qualitative Analyst
UK

The median Qualitative Analyst salary in the UK is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 939 1186
Rank change year-on-year +64 +247 -332
Permanent jobs requiring a Qualitative Analyst 19 42 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.042% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.046% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 19 33 36
10th Percentile £52,500 - £42,500
25th Percentile £66,125 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -3.03%
75th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £157,500 £137,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - £65,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Qualitative Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Qualitative Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Qualitative Analyst.

Salary trend for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Qualitative Analyst over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Qualitative Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +110 19 £100,000 +11.11% 32
England +57 19 £100,000 +11.11% 35
Work from Home +75 4 £88,250 +47.08% 11

Qualitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Qualitative Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Qualitative Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (94.74%) Python
2 14 (73.68%) C++
3 12 (63.16%) Statistics
3 12 (63.16%) Degree
3 12 (63.16%) Mathematics
4 11 (57.89%) Statistical Modelling
4 11 (57.89%) C#
4 11 (57.89%) PhD
4 11 (57.89%) Master's Degree
5 10 (52.63%) Physics
6 9 (47.37%) Computer Science
6 9 (47.37%) Kalman Filter
6 9 (47.37%) Data Science
7 8 (42.11%) MATLAB
7 8 (42.11%) Finance
8 7 (36.84%) R
9 4 (21.05%) Quantitative Analysis
9 4 (21.05%) Derivative
9 4 (21.05%) SQL
10 3 (15.79%) OOP
10 3 (15.79%) OO
10 3 (15.79%) Financial Institution
10 3 (15.79%) Banking
10 3 (15.79%) Monte Carlo Method
10 3 (15.79%) Analytics
11 2 (10.53%) Low Latency
11 2 (10.53%) GitHub
11 2 (10.53%) Hedge funds
11 2 (10.53%) Reinsurance
11 2 (10.53%) Data Architecture

Qualitative Analyst Skill Set
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 (5.26%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) GDB
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
2 3 (15.79%) Financial Institution
3 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Front Office
4 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (5.26%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Derivative
2 2 (10.53%) Client/Server
2 2 (10.53%) Fixed Income
2 2 (10.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (10.53%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (10.53%) Hedge funds
2 2 (10.53%) Reinsurance
3 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.26%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Mathematics
1 12 (63.16%) Statistics
2 11 (57.89%) Statistical Modelling
3 10 (52.63%) Physics
4 9 (47.37%) Computer Science
4 9 (47.37%) Data Science
4 9 (47.37%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (21.05%) Quantitative Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Monte Carlo Method
6 3 (15.79%) OO
6 3 (15.79%) OOP
7 2 (10.53%) Data Architecture
7 2 (10.53%) Investment Management
7 2 (10.53%) Low Latency
7 2 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (5.26%) Financial Modelling
8 1 (5.26%) Model Validation
8 1 (5.26%) Pricing Analytics
8 1 (5.26%) Stochastic Calculus
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) Python
2 14 (73.68%) C++
3 11 (57.89%) C#
4 8 (42.11%) MATLAB
5 7 (36.84%) R
6 4 (21.05%) SQL
7 2 (10.53%) Java
7 2 (10.53%) VBA
8 1 (5.26%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Degree
2 11 (57.89%) Master's Degree
2 11 (57.89%) PhD
3 2 (10.53%) CFA