Quantitative Analysis Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quantitative Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 330 424
Rank change year-on-year +19 +94 +156
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 5 9 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.049% 0.064% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.073% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 20
10th Percentile £379 £269 -
25th Percentile £404 £354 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £430 £563
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% -23.56% +30.81%
75th Percentile £600 £891 £754
90th Percentile £627 £1,075 £915
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £713
% change year-on-year -2.27% -22.81% +39.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Quantitative Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,403 12,352 21,066
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.63% 87.31% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,334 8,355 14,844
10th Percentile £325 £325 £352
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 500 508
10th Percentile £12.62 £15.83 £17.68
25th Percentile £18.52 £25.50 £25.75
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.48
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.81
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.83% +58.73%

Quantitative Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Quantitative Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Quantitative Analysis trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Quantitative Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Quantitative Analysis.

Quantitative Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Quantitative Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Quantitative Analysis over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Quantitative Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Quantitative Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (20.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) C++ Developer
1 2 (40.00%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (40.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) OOD
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality