Quantitative Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Quant Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Quant Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £850, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Quantitative Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - -
Scotland median daily rate £788 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 533 584 872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 94.35% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 315 519
10th Percentile £255 £229 £200
25th Percentile £413 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £555 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 25
10th Percentile £17.43 £20.30 £14.37
25th Percentile £21.31 £22.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £35.50 £24.00 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year +47.92% -55.31% +186.40%
75th Percentile £64.69 £24.18 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 - £68.40
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.74% -34.29% +97.52%

Quantitative Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Quantitative Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Quantitative Analyst job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Quantitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Quantitative Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Quantitative Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Market Making
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Systematic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Tick Data
1 1 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Quantitative Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Market Making
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Systematic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL