Quantitative Developer Jobs in the City of London

Quant Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Quant Developer salary in the City of London is £150,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 166 223
Rank change year-on-year +43 +57 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 15 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.74% 0.48% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.50% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 7
10th Percentile £111,000 £66,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £140,000 £75,625 £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 £125,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -7.41% +63.64%
75th Percentile £172,500 £147,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £174,000 £175,000 £170,500
Central London median annual salary £150,000 £125,000 £135,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -7.41% +63.64%

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 1,898 3,211 4,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 96.05% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,450 2,540 3,708
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,875 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Quantitative Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Developer in the City of London

Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Developer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Quantitative Developer in the City of London

Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Developer in the City of London

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Quantitative Developer 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 permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Python
1 9 (60.00%) C++
1 9 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 7 (46.67%) Analytics
4 6 (40.00%) Low Latency
4 6 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 6 (40.00%) Physics
4 6 (40.00%) Degree
4 6 (40.00%) Algorithms
5 5 (33.33%) Market Making
5 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
5 5 (33.33%) Derivative
5 5 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (33.33%) Fixed Income
5 5 (33.33%) PhD
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (26.67%) OOP
6 4 (26.67%) OO
6 4 (26.67%) Data Management
6 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
6 4 (26.67%) Azure
6 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
6 4 (26.67%) Refactoring
6 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
6 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (26.67%) Containerisation
6 4 (26.67%) Kubernetes
6 4 (26.67%) Dashboard Development

Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) KDB
2 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Front Office
4 2 (13.33%) Advertising
5 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (6.67%) NumPy
1 1 (6.67%) Pandas
1 1 (6.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.67%) SciPy
1 1 (6.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 5 (33.33%) Derivative
2 5 (33.33%) Fixed Income
3 4 (26.67%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (20.00%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
5 1 (6.67%) Equities
5 1 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (6.67%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (6.67%) Swaptions
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 7 (46.67%) Analytics
3 6 (40.00%) Low Latency
3 6 (40.00%) Physics
3 6 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 5 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
4 5 (33.33%) Market Making
5 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 4 (26.67%) Containerisation
5 4 (26.67%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) Data Management
5 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
5 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (26.67%) OO
5 4 (26.67%) OOP
5 4 (26.67%) Proprietary Trading
5 4 (26.67%) Refactoring
5 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
6 3 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) C++
1 9 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (6.67%) R
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 5 (33.33%) PhD
3 1 (6.67%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Postgraduate
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Murex