Quantitative Investing Job Trends in England

Quantitative Investment
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Quantitative Investing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 675 655
Rank change year-on-year +73 -20 +333
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Investing 10 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.019% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.011% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £60,000 £178,125 £130,250
25th Percentile £150,000 £182,813 £138,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £200,000 £206,250 £157,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +30.95% +57.50%
75th Percentile - £223,438 £163,750
90th Percentile - £224,375 -
UK median annual salary £200,000 £206,250 £157,500
% change year-on-year -3.03% +30.95% +57.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Quantitative Investing 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 42,784 44,895 41,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.28% 90.18% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25,500 22,481 31,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Quantitative Investing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Quantitative Investing job vacancy trend in England

Quantitative Investing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Quantitative Investing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Quantitative Investing

Quantitative Investing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Investing in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Investing in England

Quantitative Investing
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 Investing within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +64 10 £200,000 -3.03% 9
Quantitative Investing
UK

Quantitative Investing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) IaaS
2 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Python Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Credit Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (10.00%) Derivative
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (10.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (60.00%) Data Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Data Modelling
2 6 (60.00%) Data Pipeline
2 6 (60.00%) Data Science
2 6 (60.00%) ETL
2 6 (60.00%) Fintech
2 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (10.00%) Low Latency
4 1 (10.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) OOD
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Bash
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes