Quantitative Finance Jobs in London

Quantitative Finance (Mathematical Finance)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Quantitative Finance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Finance over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 476 610
Rank change year-on-year +99 +134 +232
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Finance 16 23 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.097% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.11% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £124,750 £139,000 £62,250
25th Percentile £150,625 £141,250 £86,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £185,000 £167,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% +91.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £230,000 £203,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £239,000 £212,000 £127,000
England median annual salary £115,000 £98,750 £87,500
% change year-on-year +16.46% +12.86% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Quantitative Finance 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 12,397 21,536 32,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.18% 91.13% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,220 15,919 23,171
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,477
25th Percentile £56,000 £51,532 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Quantitative Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Quantitative Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Finance in London

Quantitative Finance
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Quantitative Finance in London

Quantitative Finance
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Finance in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Finance in London

Quantitative Finance
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 Finance within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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 +28 2 £170,000 - 4
Quantitative Finance
England

Quantitative Finance
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) KDB
1 1 (6.25%) Kdb+
1 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Front Office
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Risk Officer
3 2 (12.50%) C++ Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Qualitative Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Quantitative Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) C++ Quantitative Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Electronic Trading C++ Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 1 (6.25%) KDB Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Python Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Quantitative Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Risk Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior C++ Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (6.25%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Algorithms
2 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.25%) Derivative
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Equities
3 1 (6.25%) Fixed Income
3 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (6.25%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Unix
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Statistics
2 11 (68.75%) Model Validation
2 11 (68.75%) Validation
3 8 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 6 (37.50%) Agile
4 6 (37.50%) Business Development
4 6 (37.50%) Machine Learning
4 6 (37.50%) Quantitative Analysis
4 6 (37.50%) Quantitative Risk Management
4 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 6 (37.50%) Stochastic Calculus
4 6 (37.50%) Stress Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Project Management
6 3 (18.75%) High-Frequency Trading
6 3 (18.75%) Low Latency
7 2 (12.50%) Analytics
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 2 (12.50%) Electronic Trading
7 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) Python
2 6 (37.50%) C
2 6 (37.50%) R
3 3 (18.75%) C++
4 2 (12.50%) Java
5 1 (6.25%) Bash
5 1 (6.25%) C#
5 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Master's Degree
2 5 (31.25%) PhD
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) IFRS
1 6 (37.50%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg
1 1 (6.25%) Reuters