Hybrid/Remote Junior Quantitative Developer Contract Job Trends

Junior Quant Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior Quant Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
6 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Quantitative Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,934 10,054 15,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 93.29% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,406 6,412 10,608
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £627
90th Percentile £721 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 374 176 503
10th Percentile £15.74 £19.30 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.31 £25.25 £20.80
Median hourly rate £51.21 £38.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.88% -19.47% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.84 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.04
UK median hourly rate £29.65 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.17% -5.71% -

Junior Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior Quantitative Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Junior Quantitative Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Junior Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, Junior 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Junior Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Junior Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL