Quantitative Finance Jobs in Edinburgh

Quantitative Finance (Mathematical Finance)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Quantitative Finance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Finance over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Finance 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Quantitative Finance 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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 868 1,335 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.42% 89.60% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 394 935 1,136
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Quantitative Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Quantitative Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Finance in Edinburgh

Quantitative Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (20.00%) LaTeX
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
1 10 (100.00%) Legal
2 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (80.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Risk Officer
2 2 (20.00%) Data Scientist
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Credit Risk
1 2 (20.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 10 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 10 (100.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 10 (100.00%) Validation
2 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (80.00%) Project Management
2 8 (80.00%) Statistics
3 2 (20.00%) Data Science
3 2 (20.00%) Physics
3 2 (20.00%) Qualitative Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (80.00%) Master's Degree
2 8 (80.00%) PhD
3 2 (20.00%) Postgraduate