Quantitative Finance Contract Job Trends in London

Quantitative Finance (Mathematical Finance)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Quantitative Finance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 373 397
Rank change year-on-year +29 +24 +163
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Finance 27 20 37
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.20% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 19 31
10th Percentile £528 £468 £575
25th Percentile £653 £493 £685
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £775 £800
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £989 £876 £950
90th Percentile £1,000 £900 £1,188
England median daily rate £788 £775 £800
% change year-on-year +1.61% -3.13% -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Quantitative Finance 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,381 14,325 18,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.48% 89.25% 90.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,179 9,289 13,517
10th Percentile £334 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.88%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 177 228
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £21.69
Median hourly rate £31.49 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% -6.25% +5.44%
75th Percentile £48.00 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.75 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

Quantitative Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Quantitative Finance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Quantitative Finance job vacancy trend in London

Quantitative Finance
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Finance

Quantitative Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Finance in London over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Finance in London

Quantitative Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Finance

Quantitative Finance
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Finance within the London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Central London +10 4 £869 +2.60% 4
East London - 1 £1,000 -
Quantitative Finance
England

Quantitative Finance
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.70%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) KDB
2 5 (18.52%) Kdb+
3 1 (3.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) QUnit
2 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.70%) Artifactory
3 1 (3.70%) GitLab
General
1 27 (100.00%) Finance
2 20 (74.07%) Front Office
3 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Banking
5 4 (14.81%) Investment Banking
6 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (11.11%) Financial Institution
6 3 (11.11%) Legal
7 2 (7.41%) Law
8 1 (3.70%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Senior
3 6 (22.22%) Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Qualitative Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Quantitative Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Developer
4 5 (18.52%) Python Developer
5 4 (14.81%) C++ Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Quantitative Developer
6 2 (7.41%) C++ Quantitative Developer
6 2 (7.41%) KDB Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Product Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior C++ Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Product Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Product Owner
7 1 (3.70%) Quantitative Analyst Developer
7 1 (3.70%) React Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) NumPy
1 4 (14.81%) Pandas
2 3 (11.11%) React
3 2 (7.41%) Dask
3 2 (7.41%) HTML
3 2 (7.41%) HTML5
4 1 (3.70%) .NET
4 1 (3.70%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.70%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.70%) Flask
4 1 (3.70%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 14 (51.85%) Fixed Income
2 11 (40.74%) Derivative
3 8 (29.63%) Algorithms
3 8 (29.63%) Equities
4 7 (25.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (14.81%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (14.81%) Equity Derivative
5 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
6 3 (11.11%) Virtual Team
7 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (7.41%) Credit Derivative
7 2 (7.41%) Credit Risk
7 2 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (7.41%) Hedge funds
8 1 (3.70%) Swaptions
8 1 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Linux
1 5 (18.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Mathematics
2 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
3 8 (29.63%) Computer Science
4 6 (22.22%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 6 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (22.22%) Physics
5 5 (18.52%) Algorithmic Trading
5 5 (18.52%) Analytics
5 5 (18.52%) Complexity Analysis
5 5 (18.52%) Data Pipeline
5 5 (18.52%) Flow Trading
5 5 (18.52%) Software Delivery
5 5 (18.52%) Statistical Analysis
6 4 (14.81%) AI
6 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
6 4 (14.81%) Low Latency
6 4 (14.81%) Quantitative Research
6 4 (14.81%) TDD
6 4 (14.81%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (59.26%) Python
2 9 (33.33%) C++
3 3 (11.11%) C#
3 3 (11.11%) Java
4 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.70%) C
5 1 (3.70%) SQL
5 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Master's Degree
3 3 (11.11%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (11.11%) PhD
4 1 (3.70%) Postgraduate
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Rundeck