Senior Quantitative Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Senior Quant Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 2 August 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Quant Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh.

 6 months to
2 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Quantitative Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

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 729 601 793
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 91.90% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 310 435
10th Percentile £325 £254 £176
25th Percentile £406 £406 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £638
Scotland median daily rate £459 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -0.81% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 15 39
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.45
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £27.35 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.03% +51.94% +1.58%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.13 £20.05
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £51.00
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.71 £18.13
% change year-on-year +77.57% +8.71% +2.31%

Senior Quantitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Senior 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 Senior Quantitative Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Capital Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Stochastic Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Capital Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Stochastic Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
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