Java Quantitative Developer Job Trends in the City of London

Java Quant Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Java Quant Developer salary in the City of London is £160,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Quantitative Developer 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.061% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £101,000
25th Percentile £150,000 - £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £160,000 - £105,000
75th Percentile £170,000 - £107,500
90th Percentile - - £163,000
Central London median annual salary £160,000 - £105,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,539 2,639 3,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 94.01% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 1,749 2,734
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

Java Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Quantitative Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Java Quantitative Developer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Java Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Java Quantitative Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Java Quantitative Developer job vacancies in the City of London

Java Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Java Quantitative Developer 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 permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Java Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Java Concurrency
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Market Making
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Order Routing
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems

Java Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (100.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) Java Concurrency
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Market Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Order Routing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree