25 of 25 Quantitative Research Jobs in the UK excluding London

strategic role where you will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) , driving optimal user experience across our digital products. You will be responsible for defining, executing, and synthesizing research that directly informs design and product strategy. This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days per week in our Newcastle office, working within a dynamic cross-functional environment. Contract … holiday entitlement of 33 days (pro-rata) . Key Responsibilities As a Senior User Researcher, you will operate independently and champion the user voice by: Conducting End-to-End Research: Independently design, plan, and execute research using a wide array of methodologies, including in-depth user interviews, contextual inquiries, and usability testing. Applying Mixed-Methods Mastery: Utilizing Advanced … Proficiency in both Qualitative Research and Quantitative Research (e.g., surveys, analytics, A/B testing) to deliver holistic, actionable insights. Creating Strategic Deliverables: Creating and maintaining critical user-centered artifacts, including detailed user personas and comprehensive journey maps , to align product strategy. Providing Design Guidance: Offering expert guidance to cross-functional teams, ensuring all design concepts and More ❯

provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients. Lombard Odier Investment Managers ("LOIM") is the asset management business of the Lombard Odier Group. In order to strengthen our Systematic Research team, we are looking for a London based: Quantitative Analyst We are seeking a hands on quantitative researcher with strong software/DevOps/MLOps capability to … develop, productionise, and scale systematic investment models and sustainability analytics. You will own the end to end research to production lifecycle : automating data operations, building and validating quant models, and integrating them into scalable platforms, while providing timely responses to internal and external client queries. The role is a key contributor to our forward looking research roadmap, including … the build out of new systematic franchises in nature, biodiversity, adjacent sustainability thematics and beyond. YOUR ROLE 1) Quantitative Research & Model Development Design innovative new quantitative models and metrics, extend, and maintain quantitative models, metrics and investment frameworks, with rigorous back‐testing, scenario design, and attribution . Integrate new indicators and alternative datasets; formalise feature engineering More ❯

RESEARCH DIRECTOR (QUANTITATIVE) UP TO £80,000 HYBRID - LONDON (4 DAYS PER WEEK) Please note, you must be a UK resident and citizen to apply. THE COMPANY This fast-growing creative consumer consultancy partners with major brands to help them uncover possibilities and bring bold ideas to life. Blending quantitative and qualitative research with strategic and … creative thinking, the business delivers high-impact insight that inspires smarter decisions and stronger brands. Having seen significant growth in its quantitative offer, the consultancy now works with leading names across FMCG, travel, media, and consumer goods, helping them challenge convention and make confident commercial moves. With a small, senior-led team and a culture that values curiosity, collaboration … and creativity, this is an opportunity to join a business that's defining what modern research looks like. THE ROLE As a Senior Quantitative Insight Consultant, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering strategic, data-driven insight to clients while shaping the continued growth of the consultancy's quantitative capability. In this hands-on and varied More ❯

are recruiting for a User Researcher to help our client understand their users and create experiences that truly meet their needs. In this role you'll plan and conduct research, analyse findings and work closely with designers and stakeholders to turn insights into practical improvements. Your work will ensure that every product and service delivered is intuitive, accessible and … trends and best practices to enhance user experience strategies. Develop and present design concepts and prototypes to stakeholders for review and approval. Key Skills: Advanced proficiency in User Experience Research Tools and Techniques Advanced proficiency in User Research Additionally, advanced proficiency in Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, and Responsive and Adaptive Design Please note, BPSS checks More ❯

Quantitative Developer | Algo Trading Desk | London | £160k + bonus I'm partnered exclusively with a commodities trading firm who are looking for a Quantitative Developer to join their algorithmic trading desk in London. This is an opportunity to work across quantitative research, software engineering and trading teams - helping to shape the next generation of technology that … powers trading strategies across global energy and commodities markets. What you'll be doing Working very closely with the CEO, the role involves developing and deploying scalable quantitative systems, contributing to a greenfield pricing and signal-generation platform and applying advanced mathematics and optimisation to real trading problems. Design and implement mathematical and statistical solutions to drive trading performance. … Transform research prototypes into high-quality, production-ready code. Build and maintain components of a pricing and alpha-generation platform. What you need Proven ability to write clean, efficient code in Python, with additional experience in at least one compiled language - ideally C++, Rust, or Java. Strong grasp of mathematical reasoning, including applied statistics, probability and numerical methods. Educated More ❯

User Researcher to support a major Central Government digital programme focused on improving public-facing services and digital products used across the UK. You will conduct high-quality strategic research with citizens, service users, and local government teams to shape user-centred design, product direction and organisational decision-making. This role requires someone with strong expertise in end-to … end user research and a background working with local authorities or councils to understand how public services operate at a local level. What You'll Do As a Senior User Researcher , you will: Lead and deliver a wide range of user research projects (discovery through to evaluative) involving local government officers and end users Plan, design and conduct … research using both qualitative and quantitative methods Run research activities end-to-end: designing, recruiting, conducting sessions, analysing data and presenting insights Translate findings into clear, actionable insights that influence product, service and strategic decisions Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams including product managers, designers, policy specialists and developers Engage and involve stakeholders across local and central government More ❯

Robert Half Technology are assisting a rapidly growing hedge fund to recruit a Quantitative Developer on a contract basis A leading hedge fund with a strong track record in systematic and quantitative trading. The firm combines advanced research, technology, and data to deliver market-leading performance across multiple asset classes. They are seeking a Quantitative Developer … on a 6-month contract to support the ongoing development of research tools, trading models, and infrastructure enhancements within their core systematic strategies team. Role The Quantitative Developer will collaborate with researchers to implement, test, and deploy quantitative trading strategies and risk models. Build and enhance data pipelines and backtesting frameworks for large-scale market data. Integrate … new data sources and ensure data quality and reliability across research environments. Refactor and optimise existing code for performance and maintainability. Contribute to tooling and automation that accelerate research and deployment cycles. Support production systems and ensure smooth handover of deliverables. Profile Proven experience as a Quantitative Developer within a hedge fund, prop trading, or systematic trading More ❯

Quantitative Researcher £150,000 GBP + £100,000 Onsite WORKING Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent My client is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitative strategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for their clients. They have deep expertise in trading, technology … analysis and compute farms. With offices around the globe, they emphasize true, global collaboration by aligning their investment, technology, and operations teams functionally around the world. Building on their quantitative research platform and process-driven approach, they also run discretionary strategies to augment their systematic approach and monetize opportunities which may not be suitable to be traded in … a systematic strategy. Role/Responsibilities: Perform rigorous and innovative research to discover systematic anomalies in equity markets End-to-end development: alpha idea generation, data processing, strategy backtesting, optimization, and production implementation Identify and evaluate new datasets for stock return predictions Maintain and improve the portfolio trading in the production environment Requirements: MS or PhD in physics, engineering More ❯

inclusive place to work. As a Lead User Researcher in our Digital Customer Experience team, you'll help Sky better understand our customers and their needs. You'll lead research initiatives within Agile teams, collaborate across Sky to inform the transformation of digital journeys on sky.com and the My Sky app, and contribute to building a thriving research … outstanding customer experiences. What you'll do Lead within a team of user researchers to analyse, define, and improve end-to-end journeys across multiple channels. Plan and run research activities including usability testing, field studies, card sorting, tree testing, ethnography, diary studies, and surveys. Champion the customer voice in strategic conversations, ensuring needs and behaviours drive prioritisation and … design outcomes. Shape research practices and operations, promoting the value of user research across the organisation Champion AI-enhanced research tools , analytics integration, and data-driven processes to improve efficiency, quality, and insight scalability. Ensure accessibility , representation, and inclusive practices are embedded across all our digital experiences. What you'll bring Proven experience leading user research More ❯

to modernise the systems and services that support property ownership across England and Wales. As the Head of Systems Value, you will provide senior leadership that brings together user research and business analysis to drive evidence-based decision making across the organisation. 2-year FTC, £73,347 - £78,213 (dependant on location) plus 29% pension contribution and full Civil … Systems Value on a fixed term appointment for 2 years and possible extension to a permanent placement. Job description As the Head of Systems Value, you will combine user research and business analysis to drive evidence-based decision making across HM Land Registry. You will be responsible for building and leading a cross-disciplinary team that integrates qualitative user … insights with quantitative business metrics to inform product strategy and organisational priorities. By utilising your expertise in both research methodologies and business analysis, you will establish frameworks for connecting user needs to business outcomes, lead research initiatives through the product lifecycle and partner with executive stakeholders to influence strategic direction. You will work with teams across the More ❯

to modernise the systems and services that support property ownership across England and Wales. As the Head of Systems Value, you will provide senior leadership that brings together user research and business analysis to drive evidence-based decision making across the organisation. 2-year FTC, £73,347 - £78,213 (dependant on location) plus 29% pension contribution and full Civil … Systems Value on a fixed term appointment for 2 years and possible extension to a permanent placement. Job description As the Head of Systems Value, you will combine user research and business analysis to drive evidence-based decision making across HM Land Registry. You will be responsible for building and leading a cross-disciplinary team that integrates qualitative user … insights with quantitative business metrics to inform product strategy and organisational priorities. By utilising your expertise in both research methodologies and business analysis, you will establish frameworks for connecting user needs to business outcomes, lead research initiatives through the product lifecycle and partner with executive stakeholders to influence strategic direction. You will work with teams across the More ❯

to modernise the systems and services that support property ownership across England and Wales. As the Head of Systems Value, you will provide senior leadership that brings together user research and business analysis to drive evidence-based decision making across the organisation. 2-year FTC, £73,347 - £78,213 (dependant on location) plus 29% pension contribution and full Civil … Systems Value on a fixed term appointment for 2 years and possible extension to a permanent placement. Job description As the Head of Systems Value, you will combine user research and business analysis to drive evidence-based decision making across HM Land Registry. You will be responsible for building and leading a cross-disciplinary team that integrates qualitative user … insights with quantitative business metrics to inform product strategy and organisational priorities. By utilising your expertise in both research methodologies and business analysis, you will establish frameworks for connecting user needs to business outcomes, lead research initiatives through the product lifecycle and partner with executive stakeholders to influence strategic direction. You will work with teams across the More ❯

the forefront of understanding user needs, behaviours, and pain points to help design and deliver outstanding user experiences. As a User Researcher , you will work independently, taking ownership of research activities from planning to delivery. You’ll act as a subject matter expert within your team, collaborating with designers, developers, and product managers to ensure our solutions are user … focused and data-driven. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about research-led design who thrives in a collaborative, agile environment. Key Responsibilities Conduct user interviews, usability testing, and other research methods to gather insights and feedback. Analyse how users perform tasks to identify opportunities for improved experiences. Create and maintain user personas , journey maps , and … other artefacts that visualise user experiences. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between user needs and design outcomes. Present research findings and design concepts or prototypes to stakeholders for review and decision-making. Actively participate in team discussions and provide innovative solutions to design or usability challenges. Stay up to date on UX trends, research More ❯

to generate actionable insights for AI-enabled digital services. Use tools such as Power BI, Python, or R to visualise data and support decision-making across product lifecycles User Research: Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to understand user needs, behaviours and pain points in relation to AI-driven products. Requirements Gathering Collaborate with product owners, technical teams … and policy leads, to define clear and measurable requirements for AI use cases Market Analysis Conduct horizon scanning and market research to identify emerging AI technologies and trends relevant to electoral services. Reporting Prepare structured reports and dashboards for the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) on AI product performance, risks, and milestones Performance/Product Adoption Define and track key More ❯

C# Strategy Developer – Front Office Trading Overview Our client is a global quantitative trading firm that brings together exceptional talent in technology, trading, and quantitative research to compete in dynamic financial markets. Specializing in derivatives trading, market making, and systematic strategies, our client leverages cutting-edge technology and a collaborative culture to achieve sustained success. Within the … organization, technologists play a pivotal role in shaping the future of electronic trading. They design and build advanced, high-performance systems that empower traders and quantitative researchers to make data-driven decisions in some of the world's most competitive markets. Our client is seeking an experienced C# Strategy Developer to join its Front Office Trading Technology team in … fast-paced, collaborative environments where technology and strategy intersect. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and enhance C# applications that support and drive real-time trading strategies. Collaborate directly with traders, quantitative analysts, and the Head of Trading Desk to develop tools and analytics that enable informed decision-making. Build and maintain high-performance, low-latency systems supporting execution, pricing, and More ❯

+ £70000 Onsite WORKING Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent My client is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitative strategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for our clients. They have deep expertise in trading, technology and operations and attribute their success to … analysis and compute farms. With offices around the globe, they emphasize true, global collaboration by aligning their investment, technology, and operations teams functionally around the world. Building on their quantitative research platform and process-driven approach, they also runs discretionary strategies to take advantage of opportunities which cannot be traded fully systematically. They are looking to hire recent … be to help maintain target portfolio positions by assisting the senior traders with daily portfolio monitoring, maintenance, and hedging. As a collaborative organization, the discretionary traders work closely with quantitative researchers to leverage their world-class research platform to improve both discretionary and systematic strategies. You will leverage and develop a broad range of skills including fundamental and More ❯

products and solutions to market, taking the lead on launch strategy, planning, timelines and budget to ensure maximum impact. Develop a deep understanding of our customers through qualitative and quantitative research and market research in order to inform effective and impactful business decisions. Lead multiple multichannel marketing campaigns end to end, creating regular content refreshes to increase More ❯

Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner. Collaborate with other software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers in cross-functional team environments. You need: 1+ years of hands-on Software Development experience in C++, STL, Boost, Linux. A passion for new technologies and More ❯

My client, who are a government funded organisation, working within the public sector are looking for an additional User Experience Research Consultant to come in and work initially on a 12 week basis fully remote. You Must have had experience of working alongside Gov.uk, please do not apply if this is not the case! You will be a User … Experience (UX) Research specialist that is passionate about research, user centered design, and building great products. An advocate of rapid iterative testing during development and upfront product discovery research. You will have created and led UX Research processes and strategy within an agile development environment, whilst working across multiple teams and platforms. From lab based testing, diary … to ensure the UX specification is successfully translated into visual design and code you must offer 3-4 years' experience working at an Agency or client-side doing user research, quantitive and qualitative research, or usability roles. The researcher would be consulting alongside a UX team of 2 designers, one junior researcher and two Front End developers and More ❯

collaboration with our Performance, Creative, Brand, and Technology teams. This will help our clients grow and create real value in their brand, marketing, and technology. Blending both qualitative and quantitative data, you’ll ensure our clients deliver a unique, high-performance brand and user experience, using the most sophisticated data analysis and modelling tools. What might that look like … day-to-day? Lead the research, and execution of CRO roadmaps across a diverse portfolio of entrepreneurial businesses. Build and implement test hypotheses using tools like VWO, A/B Tasty, or Mida. Analyse user behaviour via GA4, Hotjar, Clarity, SessionCam, or equivalent, and translate insights into prioritised test plans. Identify UX barriers and improvement opportunities across key customer … journeys, suggesting actionable development changes where needed. Plan and lead quantitative and qualitative research, including user journey audits, customer surveys, and user testing. Translate research into wireframes, storyboards, user flows, or annotated mock-ups using tools like Figma, InVision, and Adobe XD. Work collaboratively with performance and creative teams to ensure optimisation insights feed into broader campaign More ❯

Junior Quantitative Researcher Title : Junior Quantitative Researcher Company : Proprietary HFT Location : Cambridge Compensation : Up to £300,000 Company : A proprietary trading firm in Cambridge, specialising in the research and development of ultra-low-latency automated trading strategies, are looking for a Quantitative Researcher with a demonstrable background of iterating rapidly on complex mathematical experiments. It is … important that you have been involved in fast-paced research projects involving rapid iteration, as this dynamic role will require you to rapidly prototype - and ultimately move into production brand new models, often from scratch. Role : You will build upon existing models as well as design new trading algorithms to increase profitability Work closely with a close-knit team … proportionally to your success About you: Highly numerate Comfortable with C++ (must) Experience with Python Work well to tight deadlines Top grades Experience managing experiments/mathematical or statistical research involving rapid iteration. Full details are available. Please don't hesitate to get in touch. More ❯

Junior Quantitative Researcher Title : Junior Quantitative Researcher Company : Proprietary HFT Location : Cambridge Compensation : Up to £300,000 Company : A proprietary trading firm in Cambridge, specialising in the research and development of ultra-low-latency automated trading strategies, are looking for a Quantitative Researcher with a demonstrable background of iterating rapidly on complex mathematical experiments. It is … important that you have been involved in fast-paced research projects involving rapid iteration, as this dynamic role will require you to rapidly prototype - and ultimately move into production brand new models, often from scratch. Role : You will build upon existing models as well as design new trading algorithms to increase profitability Work closely with a close-knit team … proportionally to your success About you: Highly numerate Comfortable with C++ (must) Experience with Python Work well to tight deadlines Top grades Experience managing experiments/mathematical or statistical research involving rapid iteration. Full details are available. Please don't hesitate to get in touch. More ❯

strong understanding of best practices and methodologies, User Experience Designers are the primary end-user advocates who produce online experiences that engage even the most discerning audiences. They are research, data and design enthusiasts who create engaging and useful digital products and services to serve a wide variety of online experiences. The User Experience Designer provides cross-functional teams … managing stakeholder relations and providing strategic and UX direction Lead and analyse usability testing, stakeholder interviews, and other user-centered design methods. Present design solutions to clients, backed by research and best practices. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, conduct knowledge sharing and mentoring of junior staff. Identify opportunities to improve the user experience and deliver business value. Conduct qualitative and … quantitative user research to develop personas, user journeys, and experience maps. Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at More ❯

Junior Quantitative Researcher £120,000 GBP + £70,000 Onsite WORKING Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Our client has an extensive and impressive track record of successfully running Quant trading strategies for over a decade, they spun out as a hedge fund and now operate globally. They are a highly interdisciplinary firm, operating around the … quant modelling and technology. Their trades are facilitated by state-of-the-art infrastructure which handles their larger trading volumes easily. Role: Using the firms automated trading framework to research and apply strategies Using progressive statistical approaches to analyse data and ascertain opportunities for trading To build upon and develop strong understanding of market structures of the various exchanges … and asset classes. Pre market - checking that all required data and processes are ready. During market - sporadically monitoring behaviour and performance of strategies. Ideal Candidate: Quantitative background - including Master/PhD's in Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Financial Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science and Physics from a top University. Programming proficiency with at least one major programming or scripting More ❯

Quantitative Researcher/Trader £150,000 GBP 120,000 Onsite WORKING Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent My client is a global investment management firm that utilizes a diversified portfolio of systematic and quantitative strategies across financial markets that seeks to achieve high quality, uncorrelated returns for their clients. With offices around the globe, they … role ? Your core objective is to create high quality predictive signals ? By leveraging access to large and diversified datasets you will identify statistical patterns and opportunities ? Share and discuss research results, methodology, data sets and processes with other researchers ? Implement the signals and the relevant datasets within the global execution platform ? Monitor signal behaviour and model performance over time … You would lead the full strategy research cycle from signal generation to implementation Your present skillset ? Min 4 years of relevant experience ? Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as data science, statistics, mathematics, physics or engineering ? Strong knowledge in statistics, machine learning, NLP or AI techniques is a plus ? Capacity to multi-task in a fast paced More ❯