Hybrid/Remote Quantitative Analyst Contract Job Trends

Quant Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Quant Analyst daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 309 364
Rank change year-on-year -2 +55 +177
Contract jobs requiring a Quantitative Analyst 3 5 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.029% 0.043% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.046% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - - £534
25th Percentile £563 £413 £666
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £688
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -29.09% +5.77%
75th Percentile £588 £494 £841
90th Percentile - £748 £867
UK median daily rate £575 £619 £767
% change year-on-year -7.07% -19.33% -8.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 9,533 10,861 16,124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.14% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,194 6,881 11,057
10th Percentile £329 £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 £622 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 197 360
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.59
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.19
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.52% -3.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.55
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Quantitative Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Quantitative Analyst job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Quantitative Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Quantitative Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Quantitative Analyst job vacancies

Quantitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Quantitative Analyst 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 Quantitative Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Collateral Management
2 2 (66.67%) EMIR
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Monte Carlo Method
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Physics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Stochastic Calculus
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) VC++
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) XSLT

Quantitative Analyst 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Derivative
2 2 (66.67%) Credit Derivative
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collateral Management
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Monte Carlo Method
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Physics
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stochastic Calculus
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) VC++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) EMIR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle