Quantitative Research Contracts in London

Quantitative Research
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Quantitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Research 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 291 338 388
Rank change year-on-year +47 +50 +85
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 62 53 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.49% 0.30% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.34% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 46 70
10th Percentile £406 £385 £363
25th Percentile £525 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £623
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -11.65% +8.26%
75th Percentile £788 £763 £759
90th Percentile £875 - £850
England median daily rate £575 £525 £608
% change year-on-year +9.52% -13.58% +10.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £37.00 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Quantitative Research 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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Quantitative Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in London.

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in London.

Hourly rate trend for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
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 Research within the London 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
Central London +4 6 £600 +26.32% 10
East London - 2 £285 - 1
West London - 1 £450 - 3
Quantitative Research
England

Quantitative Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.45%) Adobe XD
3 4 (6.45%) InVision
3 4 (6.45%) Sketch
4 1 (1.61%) EViews
4 1 (1.61%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (27.42%) Aladdin
2 2 (3.23%) Bankmaster
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.06%) Figma
2 1 (1.61%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) KDB
2 1 (1.61%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.61%) MS Access
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 42 (67.74%) Finance
2 37 (59.68%) Front Office
3 17 (27.42%) Social Skills
4 11 (17.74%) Financial Institution
5 7 (11.29%) Banking
6 4 (6.45%) Investment Banking
6 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Marketing
8 2 (3.23%) Retail
9 1 (1.61%) Advertising
9 1 (1.61%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Local Government
9 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.61%) Publishing
9 1 (1.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (46.77%) Business Analyst
2 27 (43.55%) Analyst
3 19 (30.65%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
4 17 (27.42%) Business Manager
5 10 (16.13%) Front Office Business Analyst
6 9 (14.52%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
6 9 (14.52%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 7 (11.29%) Financial Analyst
7 7 (11.29%) User Researcher
8 6 (9.68%) Finance Business Analyst
8 6 (9.68%) Finance Manager
9 5 (8.06%) Designer
9 5 (8.06%) Interaction Designer
9 5 (8.06%) Qualitative Analyst
9 5 (8.06%) Quantitative Analyst
10 4 (6.45%) Data Analyst
10 4 (6.45%) UX Designer
11 3 (4.84%) Commodities Business Analyst
11 3 (4.84%) Developer
11 3 (4.84%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) NumPy
1 1 (1.61%) Pandas
1 1 (1.61%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 28 (45.16%) Fixed Income
2 18 (29.03%) Hedge funds
3 17 (27.42%) Derivative
4 2 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.23%) NHS
4 2 (3.23%) Social Media
5 1 (1.61%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.61%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.61%) Equities
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.77%) Business Analysis
1 29 (46.77%) User Acceptance Testing
2 24 (38.71%) Agile
2 24 (38.71%) Analytics
3 18 (29.03%) Qualitative Research
4 17 (27.42%) Asset Management
4 17 (27.42%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (27.42%) Investment Management
4 17 (27.42%) Performance Attribution
4 17 (27.42%) Portfolio Management
5 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (20.97%) Economics
6 13 (20.97%) Electronic Trading
7 12 (19.35%) Manual Testing
7 12 (19.35%) Product Management
7 12 (19.35%) Regression Testing
7 12 (19.35%) Test Automation
7 12 (19.35%) User Experience
8 11 (17.74%) Usability Testing
8 11 (17.74%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 32 (51.61%) Python
2 19 (30.65%) SQL
3 7 (11.29%) Java
4 5 (8.06%) VBA
5 4 (6.45%) C++
6 1 (1.61%) C#
6 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (27.42%) Degree
2 5 (8.06%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.61%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (27.42%) BISAM
2 9 (14.52%) ION Trading
3 4 (6.45%) Adobe
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.61%) TIBCO