Quantitative Research Contract Job Trends in London

Quantitative Research
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Quantitative Research skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 373 345
Rank change year-on-year +49 -28 +19
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 40 17 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.11% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.12% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 8 87
10th Percentile £300 £422 £400
25th Percentile £460 £459 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £697 £781 £800
90th Percentile £810 £843 £920
England median daily rate £575 £463 £611
% change year-on-year +24.32% -24.34% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
England median hourly rate - £20.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year - -13.04% -62.60%

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 12,278 14,368 19,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.49% 89.16% 90.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,102 9,540 14,376
10th Percentile £330 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
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 249 177 228
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.11
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.19
Median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% -6.67% +5.63%
75th Percentile £47.50 £55.00 £62.81
90th Percentile £63.75 £75.00 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.39% +51.91%

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
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research in London over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Research in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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 22 September 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 +5 3 £500 -39.81% 37
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:

Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) EViews
Business Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Aladdin
2 2 (5.00%) Bankmaster
2 2 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) SaaS
2 2 (5.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) KDB
2 2 (5.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (50.00%) Front Office
2 19 (47.50%) Finance
3 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (12.50%) Banking
6 3 (7.50%) Investment Banking
7 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Digital Health
8 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (45.00%) Analyst
2 11 (27.50%) Business Analyst
3 8 (20.00%) Business Manager
3 8 (20.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
3 8 (20.00%) User Researcher
4 7 (17.50%) Qualitative Analyst
4 7 (17.50%) Quantitative Analyst
5 6 (15.00%) User Experience Researcher
6 4 (10.00%) Data Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) Developer
7 3 (7.50%) Python Developer
8 2 (5.00%) Commodities Business Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Designer
8 2 (5.00%) Lead
8 2 (5.00%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Risk Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) UI Designer
8 2 (5.00%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (5.00%) UX Designer
9 1 (2.50%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) NumPy
1 3 (7.50%) Pandas
2 2 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (5.00%) XML
2 2 (5.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Fixed Income
2 9 (22.50%) Derivative
3 8 (20.00%) Hedge funds
4 3 (7.50%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (7.50%) Equities
4 3 (7.50%) Virtual Team
5 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
5 2 (5.00%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.50%) Credit Derivative
6 1 (2.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Agile
2 15 (37.50%) Qualitative Research
2 15 (37.50%) User Research
3 13 (32.50%) Analytics
4 12 (30.00%) User Experience
4 12 (30.00%) UX Research
5 11 (27.50%) Business Analysis
5 11 (27.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (22.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 8 (20.00%) Asset Management
7 8 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (20.00%) Investment Management
7 8 (20.00%) Performance Attribution
7 8 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
8 6 (15.00%) Service Design
8 6 (15.00%) Validation
9 5 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
9 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (12.50%) Greeks
9 5 (12.50%) PnL Attribution
Programming Languages
1 21 (52.50%) Python
2 11 (27.50%) SQL
3 7 (17.50%) VBA
4 5 (12.50%) Java
5 2 (5.00%) C#
5 2 (5.00%) C++
5 2 (5.00%) VC++
6 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.50%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (5.00%) EMIR
4 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (20.00%) BISAM
2 2 (5.00%) Google
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle
2 2 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.50%) ION Trading
3 1 (2.50%) Qualtrics