Quantitative Developer Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Quant Developer
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The median Quant Developer daily rate in Canary Wharf is £1,000, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 9.26% - 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.64% - 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - £950
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £1,000 - £950

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Canary Wharf

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Canary Wharf. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Canary Wharf with a recognized job title 47 48 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.04% 73.85% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 45 125
10th Percentile £360 £392 £455
25th Percentile £495 £450 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -6.09% -
75th Percentile £675 £595 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £759 £748
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £585 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +8.33% -6.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £28.89 - -
25th Percentile £34.49 - -
Median hourly rate £43.83 - -
75th Percentile £53.16 - -
90th Percentile £58.77 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £32.00 - -

Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Job postings that featured Quantitative Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Developer in Canary Wharf

Quantitative Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantitative Developer job vacancies in Canary Wharf.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantitative Developer job vacancies in Canary Wharf

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Canary Wharf

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Quantitative Developer contract 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 contract job ads across the Canary Wharf region featuring Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 5 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 5 (100.00%) Front Office
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Equities
1 5 (100.00%) Sophis
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
1 5 (100.00%) Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 5 (100.00%) Physics
1 5 (100.00%) Data Pipeline

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 5 (100.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Equities
1 5 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
1 5 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 5 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 5 (100.00%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C++
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Sophis