Quantitative Research Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quantitative Research
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Quantitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Research over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 300 412
Rank change year-on-year +36 +112 +78
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Research 40 45 65
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.33% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 41 44
10th Percentile £426 £363 £405
25th Percentile £516 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +16.67% -0.94%
75th Percentile £866 £763 £595
90th Percentile £875 - £610
UK median daily rate £575 £513 £594
% change year-on-year +12.20% -13.68% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 - -
75th Percentile £21.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Quantitative Research 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 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Quantitative Research
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Quantitative Research
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 Research.

Quantitative Research daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Quantitative Research
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Quantitative Research daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Quantitative Research
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.50%) EViews
Business Applications
1 17 (42.50%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) AWS
1 1 (2.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 30 (75.00%) Finance
2 27 (67.50%) Front Office
3 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (25.00%) Financial Institution
5 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Advertising
7 1 (2.50%) Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Marketing
7 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Publishing
7 1 (2.50%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) Business Analyst
2 19 (47.50%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
3 18 (45.00%) Analyst
4 17 (42.50%) Business Manager
5 9 (22.50%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
5 9 (22.50%) Front Office Business Analyst
5 9 (22.50%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
6 7 (17.50%) Financial Analyst
7 6 (15.00%) Finance Business Analyst
7 6 (15.00%) Finance Manager
8 5 (12.50%) User Researcher
9 2 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
9 2 (5.00%) Software Engineer
10 1 (2.50%) Business Consultant
10 1 (2.50%) Consultant
10 1 (2.50%) Data Consultant
10 1 (2.50%) Developer
10 1 (2.50%) Front Office Developer
10 1 (2.50%) Product Manager
10 1 (2.50%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (67.50%) Fixed Income
2 18 (45.00%) Hedge funds
3 17 (42.50%) Derivative
4 1 (2.50%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.50%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (65.00%) Business Analysis
1 26 (65.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 22 (55.00%) Agile
3 18 (45.00%) Analytics
4 17 (42.50%) Asset Management
4 17 (42.50%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (42.50%) Investment Management
4 17 (42.50%) Performance Attribution
4 17 (42.50%) Portfolio Management
5 10 (25.00%) Economics
5 10 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (22.50%) Electronic Trading
6 9 (22.50%) Manual Testing
6 9 (22.50%) Product Management
6 9 (22.50%) Regression Testing
6 9 (22.50%) Test Automation
7 8 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
8 6 (15.00%) User Research
9 3 (7.50%) Ethnography
9 3 (7.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 20 (50.00%) Python
2 18 (45.00%) SQL
3 2 (5.00%) C++
4 1 (2.50%) Java
4 1 (2.50%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.50%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) BISAM
2 9 (22.50%) ION Trading