Quantitative Developer Jobs in London

Quant Developer
England > London

The median Quant Developer salary in London is £140,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 348 544
Rank change year-on-year +29 +196 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Developer 81 158 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.64% 0.67% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.71% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 43 111 75
10th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £77,500
25th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £137,500 £122,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +12.24% +22.50%
75th Percentile £165,000 £155,000 £150,000
90th Percentile £174,500 £172,500 £162,500
England median annual salary £140,000 £137,500 £122,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +12.24% +22.50%

All Permanent 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 11,452 22,183 33,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.12% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,427 16,676 24,569
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Developer in London

Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Quantitative Developer in London

Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Developer in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Developer in London

Quantitative Developer
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 Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Central London +29 15 £140,000 +12.00% 7
Quantitative Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 64 (79.01%) Python
2 48 (59.26%) C++
3 46 (56.79%) Low Latency
4 43 (53.09%) Hedge funds
5 42 (51.85%) Equities
6 38 (46.91%) Finance
7 34 (41.98%) Linux
8 28 (34.57%) Algorithms
8 28 (34.57%) Multithreading
9 21 (25.93%) Degree
9 21 (25.93%) Physics
9 21 (25.93%) Algorithmic Trading
10 19 (23.46%) Front Office
10 19 (23.46%) Analytics
11 18 (22.22%) OO
12 17 (20.99%) OOP
13 16 (19.75%) Data Structures
14 15 (18.52%) Mathematics
15 14 (17.28%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 14 (17.28%) Master's Degree
16 13 (16.05%) Order Management
16 13 (16.05%) Test Automation
16 13 (16.05%) Visualisation
16 13 (16.05%) Kubernetes
16 13 (16.05%) PhD
16 13 (16.05%) Management Information System
17 12 (14.81%) Fixed Income
17 12 (14.81%) Data Management
17 12 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
17 12 (14.81%) Data Visualisation

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.70%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.58%) Azure
2 2 (2.47%) GCP
3 1 (1.23%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) KDB
2 2 (2.47%) Redis
3 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (13.58%) Git
2 3 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 38 (46.91%) Finance
2 19 (23.46%) Front Office
3 12 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.64%) Banking
4 7 (8.64%) Investment Banking
5 6 (7.41%) Advertising
6 3 (3.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.28%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 11 (13.58%) Pandas
3 10 (12.35%) NumPy
4 8 (9.88%) React
5 7 (8.64%) AngularJS
5 7 (8.64%) Flask
5 7 (8.64%) Plotly
6 1 (1.23%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.23%) SciPy
6 1 (1.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 43 (53.09%) Hedge funds
2 42 (51.85%) Equities
3 28 (34.57%) Algorithms
4 16 (19.75%) Data Structures
5 13 (16.05%) Management Information System
6 12 (14.81%) Fixed Income
7 8 (9.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (8.64%) Derivative
9 4 (4.94%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (3.70%) Equity Derivative
11 2 (2.47%) Market Risk
11 2 (2.47%) Replication
12 1 (1.23%) Interest Rate Derivative
12 1 (1.23%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 34 (41.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (56.79%) Low Latency
2 28 (34.57%) Multithreading
3 21 (25.93%) Algorithmic Trading
3 21 (25.93%) Physics
4 19 (23.46%) Analytics
5 18 (22.22%) OO
6 17 (20.99%) OOP
7 15 (18.52%) Mathematics
8 13 (16.05%) Order Management
8 13 (16.05%) Test Automation
8 13 (16.05%) Visualisation
9 12 (14.81%) Data Management
9 12 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
10 11 (13.58%) CI/CD
10 11 (13.58%) Containerisation
10 11 (13.58%) Dashboard Development
11 10 (12.35%) Risk Management
12 9 (11.11%) Computer Science
13 8 (9.88%) Backtesting
14 7 (8.64%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 64 (79.01%) Python
2 48 (59.26%) C++
3 7 (8.64%) Java
4 5 (6.17%) SQL
5 3 (3.70%) VBA
6 2 (2.47%) C#
7 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.23%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (25.93%) Degree
2 14 (17.28%) Master's Degree
3 13 (16.05%) PhD
4 2 (2.47%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.23%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 7 (8.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (16.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (4.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.47%) Google
3 1 (1.23%) Murex