Quantitative Trading Job Trends in Central London

Quantitative Trading
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Quantitative Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 175 170
Rank change year-on-year +42 -5 +96
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Trading 10 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.40% 0.094% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.098% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £110,125 - -
25th Percentile £111,250 £117,500 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £125,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £137,188 £132,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £145,500 - £112,000
London median annual salary £112,500 £145,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -22.41% +38.10% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Quantitative Trading falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,181 3,066 2,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.21% 95.75% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,607 1,844 2,595
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Quantitative Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quantitative Trading relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Quantitative Trading job vacancy trend in Central London

Quantitative Trading
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Quantitative Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Quantitative Trading

Quantitative Trading
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Trading in Central London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Trading in Central London

Quantitative Trading
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Trading within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +33 10 £112,500 -10.00% 5
Quantitative Trading
London

Quantitative Trading
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 9 (90.00%) Front Office
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Python Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) Kafka
2 3 (30.00%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (10.00%) PyXLL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Algorithms
1 8 (80.00%) Equities
2 5 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Analytics
1 9 (90.00%) Low Latency
2 8 (80.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 8 (80.00%) Applied Mathematics
2 8 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (80.00%) Electronic Trading
2 8 (80.00%) Mathematics
2 8 (80.00%) Quantitative Research
2 8 (80.00%) Statistics
3 6 (60.00%) Data Analytics
4 5 (50.00%) Complexity Analysis
4 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
4 5 (50.00%) High-Frequency Trading
4 5 (50.00%) Multithreading
4 5 (50.00%) Order Management
4 5 (50.00%) Prototyping
4 5 (50.00%) Systematic Trading
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Smart Order Routing
6 1 (10.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Python
2 8 (80.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 5 (50.00%) PhD