Quantitative Consultant Contract Job Trends

Quant Consultant
UK

As of 20 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quant Consultant daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 - 642
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Quantitative Consultant 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £235
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 29,964 35,807 47,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.94% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,916 22,003 32,212
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,585 1,672 1,513
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.16 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.68% +99.20%

Quantitative Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Quantitative Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Consultant in the UK

Quantitative Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantitative Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quantitative Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Quantitative Consultant
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
London - 2 - -
England - 2 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -

Quantitative Consultant Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Quantitative Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Quantitative Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Murex
2 1 (50.00%) Quark
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Murex Flex
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) CMake
2 1 (50.00%) Market Making
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Stack
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview

Quantitative Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) CMake
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Murex Flex
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Trading
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Market Making
1 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Murex
1 1 (50.00%) Quark