Java Quantitative Developer Job Trends in London

Java Quant Developer
England > London

The median Java Quant Developer salary in London 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 364 441 456
Rank change year-on-year +77 +15 +403
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Quantitative Developer 11 12 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.092% 0.063% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.066% 0.23%
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 -
England median annual salary £125,000 £85,000 £177,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% -52.11% +20.34%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 10,881 18,262 22,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 95.38% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7,078 11,940 18,134
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Java Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Java Quantitative Developer in London

Java Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for Java Quantitative Developer job vacancies in London

Java Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Java Quantitative Developer in London

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

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 London 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 London 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