Java Quantitative Developer Job Trends in England

Java Quant Developer
UK > England

The median Java Quant Developer salary in England is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 September 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 629 746 694
Rank change year-on-year +117 -52 +445
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Quantitative Developer 11 12 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.017% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.018% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 32
10th Percentile £118,000 £33,700 £102,500
25th Percentile £122,500 £52,000 £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £85,000 £177,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -52.11% +20.34%
75th Percentile £137,500 £103,750 £200,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £113,500 -
UK median annual salary £125,000 £85,000 £177,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% -52.11% +20.34%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 39,121 66,408 53,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 95.18% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 23,575 42,216 41,141
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Java Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Java Quantitative Developer in England

Java Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Java Quantitative Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Java Quantitative Developer job vacancies in England

Java Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Quantitative Developer in England over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Java Quantitative Developer in England

Java Quantitative Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Quantitative Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 6 September 2025. 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
London +77 11 £125,000 +47.06% 1
Java Quantitative Developer
UK

Java Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Java 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 England region featuring Java Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) Python
1 11 (100.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 10 (90.91%) Market Making
2 10 (90.91%) Master's Degree
2 10 (90.91%) Data Analysis
2 10 (90.91%) Finance
2 10 (90.91%) Equities
2 10 (90.91%) PhD
2 10 (90.91%) Degree
3 8 (72.73%) Algorithmic Trading
3 8 (72.73%) Electronic Trading
3 8 (72.73%) Dependency Injection
4 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
4 7 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (63.64%) Business Strategy
4 7 (63.64%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (63.64%) Algorithms
4 7 (63.64%) Quantitative Research
5 6 (54.55%) Machine Learning
5 6 (54.55%) Low Latency
5 6 (54.55%) Stochastic Modelling
5 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
5 6 (54.55%) Banking
5 6 (54.55%) Statistics
6 1 (9.09%) TDD
6 1 (9.09%) Java Concurrency
6 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills

Java Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 6 (54.55%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Equities
2 7 (63.64%) Algorithms
2 7 (63.64%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 10 (90.91%) Data Analysis
2 10 (90.91%) Market Making
3 8 (72.73%) Algorithmic Trading
3 8 (72.73%) Dependency Injection
3 8 (72.73%) Electronic Trading
4 7 (63.64%) Business Strategy
4 7 (63.64%) Quantitative Research
5 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
5 6 (54.55%) Low Latency
5 6 (54.55%) Machine Learning
5 6 (54.55%) Statistics
5 6 (54.55%) Stochastic Modelling
6 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Degree
1 10 (90.91%) Master's Degree
1 10 (90.91%) PhD