Quantitative Analysis Contracts in England

Quantitative Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 519 597
Rank change year-on-year +75 +78 +113
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 41 23 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.062% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.071% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 7 39
10th Percentile £403 £305 £443
25th Percentile £500 £371 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £450 £675
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £875 £535 £888
90th Percentile £938 £560 £978
UK median daily rate £675 £430 £650
% change year-on-year +56.98% -33.85% +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £10.42 -
UK median hourly rate - £10.42 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Quantitative Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Quantitative Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Analysis in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Analysis in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Analysis in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Quantitative Analysis in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +62 40 £675 +50.00% 105
South East +46 1 - - 49
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (17.07%) SAS
2 4 (9.76%) Confluence
3 2 (4.88%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.32%) Collibra
3 2 (4.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) Power BI
1 8 (19.51%) Tableau
2 6 (14.63%) Data Mining
3 4 (9.76%) Metadata
3 4 (9.76%) QlikView
4 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
5 2 (4.88%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
General
1 27 (65.85%) Finance
2 23 (56.10%) Front Office
3 11 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Banking
5 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Marketing
6 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Back Office
8 1 (2.44%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.44%) Games
8 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
8 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Retail
8 1 (2.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (68.29%) Analyst
2 20 (48.78%) Product Manager
3 19 (46.34%) Business Analyst
4 18 (43.90%) Business Manager
4 18 (43.90%) Product Analyst
4 18 (43.90%) Product Business Analyst
5 7 (17.07%) Developer
6 6 (14.63%) Data Analyst
7 5 (12.20%) Quantitative Developer
8 4 (9.76%) Banking Analyst
8 4 (9.76%) Data Scientist
9 3 (7.32%) Python Developer
10 2 (4.88%) Data Quality Analyst
10 2 (4.88%) Governance Analyst
10 2 (4.88%) SAS Analyst
10 2 (4.88%) SAS Data Analyst
11 1 (2.44%) Commercial Analyst
11 1 (2.44%) Marketing Manager
11 1 (2.44%) Operations Analyst
11 1 (2.44%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (48.78%) Derivative
2 19 (46.34%) Equities
3 18 (43.90%) Fixed Income
3 18 (43.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (43.90%) Hedge funds
3 18 (43.90%) Product Ownership
4 4 (9.76%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (9.76%) Reference Data
5 3 (7.32%) Data Structures
5 3 (7.32%) Taxonomies
6 2 (4.88%) Algorithms
6 2 (4.88%) Credit Risk
6 2 (4.88%) Grid Computing
7 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (43.90%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (68.29%) Analytics
2 21 (51.22%) Agile
2 21 (51.22%) Roadmaps
3 19 (46.34%) Asset Management
3 19 (46.34%) Machine Learning
4 18 (43.90%) Artificial Intelligence
4 18 (43.90%) Front End Development
4 18 (43.90%) Investment Management
4 18 (43.90%) Order Management
4 18 (43.90%) Portfolio Management
4 18 (43.90%) Risk Analytics
5 8 (19.51%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (17.07%) Data Analysis
6 7 (17.07%) Data Visualisation
6 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (17.07%) Visualisation
7 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
8 5 (12.20%) Data Modelling
8 5 (12.20%) Data Science
8 5 (12.20%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 17 (41.46%) Python
2 14 (34.15%) SQL
3 4 (9.76%) C++
4 3 (7.32%) R
5 2 (4.88%) C#
5 2 (4.88%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.44%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 23 (56.10%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.88%) MBA
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) HNC
4 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) Data Quality
2 4 (9.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (9.76%) GDPR
3 3 (7.32%) QA
4 1 (2.44%) GLP
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) Ab Initio
1 3 (7.32%) Databricks
1 3 (7.32%) IBM
1 3 (7.32%) Informatica
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Spotify
3 1 (2.44%) Atlassian