Quantitative Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quant Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Quant Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 298 428
Rank change year-on-year +3 +130 +168
Contract jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 9 47 49
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.33% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 42 32
10th Percentile £700 - £729
25th Percentile £788 £688 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £900 £890
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.18% +7.82%
75th Percentile £919 £1,250 £950
90th Percentile £969 - £995
UK median daily rate £850 £900 £875
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +16.67%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Quantitative Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Quantitative Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Quantitative Developer
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 Developer.

Quantitative Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Quantitative Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Quantitative Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Quantitative Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Quantitative Developer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 7 (77.78%) Python
3 6 (66.67%) Banking
4 4 (44.44%) Investment Banking
4 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 4 (44.44%) C++
4 4 (44.44%) Analytics
4 4 (44.44%) Quantitative Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Java
5 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
6 2 (22.22%) Physics
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) Numerical Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Credit Risk
6 2 (22.22%) Stochastic Calculus
6 2 (22.22%) Derivative
6 2 (22.22%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
6 2 (22.22%) TDD
6 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
6 2 (22.22%) Fintech
6 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
6 2 (22.22%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (22.22%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (22.22%) Refactoring

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Banking
3 4 (44.44%) Investment Banking
4 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Credit Risk
1 2 (22.22%) Derivative
1 2 (22.22%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (22.22%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (11.11%) Hedge funds
2 1 (11.11%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Analytics
1 4 (44.44%) Quantitative Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Credit Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (22.22%) Fintech
3 2 (22.22%) Numerical Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Physics
3 2 (22.22%) Refactoring
3 2 (22.22%) Stochastic Calculus
3 2 (22.22%) TDD
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Code Optimisation
4 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 1 (11.11%) Quantitative Trading
4 1 (11.11%) Stochastic Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) C++
3 3 (33.33%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) Rust
4 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Basel II