Quantitative Analyst Jobs in London

Quant Analyst
England > London

The median Quant Analyst salary in London is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 617 816
Rank change year-on-year +146 +199 -263
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Analyst 25 35 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.095% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.10% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 24 30 41
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,938 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £187,500 £137,500 £96,250
England median annual salary £100,000 £90,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +20.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,027 34,996 62,096
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.06% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16,644 25,517 35,134
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,375 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

Quantitative Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Analyst in London

Quantitative Analyst
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Analyst in London.

Salary trend for Quantitative Analyst in London

Quantitative Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Analyst in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analyst in London

Quantitative Analyst
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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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 +47 15 £80,000 -11.11% 1
Quantitative Analyst
England

Quantitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Quantitative Analyst 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 Quantitative Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (88.00%) Python
2 18 (72.00%) C++
3 16 (64.00%) Mathematics
4 15 (60.00%) Degree
5 13 (52.00%) Statistics
5 13 (52.00%) Finance
6 12 (48.00%) C#
6 12 (48.00%) Physics
7 11 (44.00%) PhD
7 11 (44.00%) Statistical Modelling
7 11 (44.00%) Master's Degree
8 9 (36.00%) Data Science
8 9 (36.00%) Kalman Filter
8 9 (36.00%) Computer Science
8 9 (36.00%) Derivative
9 6 (24.00%) OOP
9 6 (24.00%) OO
10 5 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (20.00%) MATLAB
10 5 (20.00%) Java
10 5 (20.00%) SQL
10 5 (20.00%) GitHub
10 5 (20.00%) Analytics
11 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
11 4 (16.00%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (16.00%) Banking
11 4 (16.00%) Investment Management
11 4 (16.00%) R
11 4 (16.00%) JIRA
12 3 (12.00%) Monte Carlo Method

Quantitative Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Big Data
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) GDB
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.00%) Advertising
4 2 (8.00%) Front Office
4 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (4.00%) COM
1 1 (4.00%) STL
1 1 (4.00%) XML
1 1 (4.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Derivative
2 5 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (16.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (8.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.00%) Client/Server
4 2 (8.00%) Credit Derivative
4 2 (8.00%) Fixed Income
4 2 (8.00%) Hedge funds
4 2 (8.00%) Reinsurance
5 1 (4.00%) Credit Risk
5 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Mathematics
2 13 (52.00%) Statistics
3 12 (48.00%) Physics
4 11 (44.00%) Statistical Modelling
5 9 (36.00%) Computer Science
5 9 (36.00%) Data Science
5 9 (36.00%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (24.00%) OO
6 6 (24.00%) OOP
7 5 (20.00%) Analytics
8 4 (16.00%) Investment Management
8 4 (16.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (12.00%) Monte Carlo Method
10 2 (8.00%) Data Architecture
10 2 (8.00%) Low Latency
10 2 (8.00%) Model Validation
10 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
11 1 (4.00%) Agile
11 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis
11 1 (4.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (88.00%) Python
2 18 (72.00%) C++
3 12 (48.00%) C#
4 5 (20.00%) Java
4 5 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 5 (20.00%) SQL
5 4 (16.00%) R
6 3 (12.00%) VBA
7 1 (4.00%) C
7 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.00%) VC++
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Degree
2 11 (44.00%) Master's Degree
2 11 (44.00%) PhD
3 2 (8.00%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle