C++ Quantitative Developer Contract Job Trends in London

C++ Quant Developer
England > London

The median C++ Quant Developer daily rate in London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 374 409
Rank change year-on-year +15 +35 +154
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Quantitative Developer 8 8 27
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.060% 0.050% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.053% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 23
10th Percentile £763 - £850
25th Percentile £834 £825 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £900 £950
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +31.03%
75th Percentile £956 £950 -
90th Percentile £988 £965 £1,028
England median daily rate £900 £900 £950
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +31.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,372 15,124 19,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.07% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,262 9,866 14,212
10th Percentile £335 £343 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 173 212
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.15 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.89 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.17% -13.58% +22.73%
75th Percentile £49.00 £58.75 £61.59
90th Percentile £67.75 £78.75 £76.23
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +66.53%

C++ Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'C++ Quantitative Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

C++ Quantitative Developer job vacancy trend in London

C++ Quantitative Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Quantitative Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Quantitative Developer job vacancies in London

C++ Quantitative Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ Quantitative Developer in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ Quantitative Developer in London

C++ Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, C++ Quantitative Developer 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 London region featuring C++ Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) Low Latency
3 5 (62.50%) Multithreading
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) Linux
4 3 (37.50%) Front Office
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Equities
5 2 (25.00%) Banking
5 2 (25.00%) OOP
5 2 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
5 2 (25.00%) Derivative
5 2 (25.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
5 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
5 2 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
5 2 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
5 2 (25.00%) Automated Trading
5 2 (25.00%) Order Management
5 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven
5 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
6 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 1 (12.50%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (12.50%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (12.50%) Numerate Degree

C++ Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) GCC
1 1 (12.50%) GDB
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Front Office
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) International Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
1 1 (12.50%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (25.00%) Derivative
1 2 (25.00%) Equities
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Low Latency
2 5 (62.50%) Multithreading
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
4 2 (25.00%) Automated Trading
4 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven
4 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) OOP
4 2 (25.00%) Order Management
4 2 (25.00%) Quantitative Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
4 2 (25.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) PnL Attribution
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Solace