Quantitative Research Jobs in England

Quantitative Research
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Quantitative Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Research over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 637 674 649
Rank change year-on-year +37 -25 +46
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Research 46 168 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.095% 0.19% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.23% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 33 102 172
10th Percentile £53,440 £29,930 £47,783
25th Percentile £62,500 £44,598 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £102,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% +61.54%
75th Percentile £128,750 £146,250 £150,000
90th Percentile £187,000 £168,750 £200,000
UK median annual salary £110,000 £80,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -23.81% +75.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Quantitative Research 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 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Quantitative Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Research in England.

Salary trend for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Research in England

Quantitative Research
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 Research within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +51 43 £110,000 -20.00% 301
South East +78 3 £35,000 +11.11% 213
Quantitative Research
UK

Quantitative Research
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.17%) Confluence
1 1 (2.17%) Jupyter
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.35%) AWS
1 2 (4.35%) Azure
1 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.17%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (2.17%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.17%) Figma
2 1 (2.17%) GCP
2 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) KDB
1 2 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
1 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.35%) Tableau
2 1 (2.17%) Big Data
2 1 (2.17%) Kdb+
2 1 (2.17%) MySQL
2 1 (2.17%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.17%) Redis
2 1 (2.17%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Git
2 7 (15.22%) Gradle
3 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 31 (67.39%) Finance
2 22 (47.83%) Social Skills
3 20 (43.48%) Front Office
4 12 (26.09%) Banking
5 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (15.22%) Law
7 6 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (6.52%) Financial Institution
8 3 (6.52%) Investment Banking
8 3 (6.52%) Marketing
9 2 (4.35%) Local Government
9 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
10 1 (2.17%) Advertising
10 1 (2.17%) Agriculture
10 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Developer
2 9 (19.57%) Analyst
2 9 (19.57%) Business Manager
3 7 (15.22%) Business Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 7 (15.22%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
3 7 (15.22%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Java Developer
4 6 (13.04%) Finance Business Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Finance Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Financial Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Quantitative Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Senior
5 5 (10.87%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) C++ Developer
6 4 (8.70%) Lead
6 4 (8.70%) Lead Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Python Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Python Software Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) React
2 1 (2.17%) Kafka
2 1 (2.17%) NumPy
2 1 (2.17%) Pandas
2 1 (2.17%) Qt
2 1 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.17%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Hedge funds
2 14 (30.43%) Algorithms
3 10 (21.74%) Derivative
4 9 (19.57%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (19.57%) Equities
4 9 (19.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (17.39%) Fixed Income
6 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
6 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.17%) Market Risk
7 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (19.57%) Linux
2 1 (2.17%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (45.65%) Agile
2 15 (32.61%) Analytics
3 13 (28.26%) Decision-Making
3 13 (28.26%) Software Engineering
4 12 (26.09%) Algorithmic Trading
5 11 (23.91%) Qualitative Research
6 10 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (21.74%) CI/CD
7 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (19.57%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (17.39%) Asset Management
8 8 (17.39%) Electronic Trading
8 8 (17.39%) Portfolio Management
8 8 (17.39%) TDD
9 7 (15.22%) BDD
9 7 (15.22%) Business Analysis
9 7 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (15.22%) Investment Management
9 7 (15.22%) Performance Attribution
9 7 (15.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (45.65%) Python
2 19 (41.30%) SQL
3 12 (26.09%) Java
4 8 (17.39%) C++
5 3 (6.52%) C#
6 1 (2.17%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.17%) R
6 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (28.26%) Degree
2 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) BISAM
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.35%) Adobe
4 1 (2.17%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.17%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.17%) Optimizely
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) Qubit
4 1 (2.17%) Refinitiv
4 1 (2.17%) Vertica