Quantitative Trading Job Trends in England

Quantitative Trading
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 655 654
Rank change year-on-year +71 -1 +290
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Trading 27 23 25
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.052% 0.047% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.052% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 26 9 18
10th Percentile £100,000 £58,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £125,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £150,000 £167,500 £114,375
90th Percentile £212,500 £201,500 £145,500
UK median annual salary £120,000 £125,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,692 44,038 42,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.67% 90.44% 90.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,525 21,717 32,741
10th Percentile £28,518 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Quantitative Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Quantitative Trading job vacancy trend in England

Quantitative Trading
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Quantitative Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Quantitative Trading

Quantitative Trading
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Quantitative Trading in England

Quantitative Trading
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Trading within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
London +58 27 £120,000 -17.24% 12
Quantitative Trading
UK

Quantitative Trading
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
1 2 (7.41%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) VisualVM
1 2 (7.41%) YourKit
General
1 17 (62.96%) Front Office
2 13 (48.15%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Financial Institution
4 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (77.78%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Quantitative Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Python Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Linux Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) Platform Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Python Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Quantitative Developer
5 2 (7.41%) .NET Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
5 2 (7.41%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (7.41%) C# Developer
5 2 (7.41%) C# Quant Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Front Office Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Java Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
5 2 (7.41%) Scala Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Scala Developer
5 2 (7.41%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (29.63%) Kafka
2 5 (18.52%) PyXLL
3 3 (11.11%) Java Concurrency
4 2 (7.41%) .NET
4 2 (7.41%) Akka
4 2 (7.41%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) Algorithms
2 11 (40.74%) Equities
3 7 (25.93%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (11.11%) Hedge funds
5 2 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
6 1 (3.70%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (3.70%) Fixed Income
6 1 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 14 (51.85%) Algorithmic Trading
2 14 (51.85%) Analytics
3 13 (48.15%) Computer Science
4 11 (40.74%) Data Analytics
5 10 (37.04%) Quantitative Research
6 9 (33.33%) Applied Mathematics
6 9 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
6 9 (33.33%) Mathematics
6 9 (33.33%) Statistics
7 6 (22.22%) Complexity Analysis
7 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
7 6 (22.22%) High-Frequency Trading
7 6 (22.22%) Multithreading
7 6 (22.22%) Order Management
7 6 (22.22%) Prototyping
7 6 (22.22%) Systematic Trading
8 5 (18.52%) CI/CD
8 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (18.52%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) Python
2 11 (40.74%) Java
3 7 (25.93%) C#
4 6 (22.22%) C++
5 2 (7.41%) SQL
6 1 (3.70%) Go
6 1 (3.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 6 (22.22%) PhD
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Ansible
1 3 (11.11%) Progress Chef
2 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Mellanox
1 3 (11.11%) Solarflare