Quantitative Trading Job Trends in London

Quantitative Trading
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Quantitative Trading skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 404 411
Rank change year-on-year +36 +7 +267
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Trading 27 21 25
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.20% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 26 7 17
10th Percentile £100,000 £54,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £111,250 £90,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £145,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +38.10% -
75th Percentile £150,000 £180,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £212,500 £210,500 £151,000
England median annual salary £120,000 £125,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,117 14,907 16,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.36% 94.37% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,725 8,332 13,201
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Quantitative Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Quantitative Trading job vacancy trend in London

Quantitative Trading
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Trading.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Trading

Quantitative Trading
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Trading in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Trading in London

Quantitative Trading
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Trading within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +57 11 £112,500 -10.00% 24
Quantitative Trading
England

Quantitative Trading
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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