Quantitative Investing Jobs in London

Quantitative Investment
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Quantitative Investing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Investing over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 498 623
Rank change year-on-year +102 +125 +241
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Investing 5 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.039% 0.030% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.033% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 6
10th Percentile - - £91,250
25th Percentile £100,000 £151,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £170,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +70.00% -
75th Percentile £155,000 £172,500 -
90th Percentile £197,000 - £160,000
England median annual salary £115,000 £170,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -32.35% +70.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Quantitative Investing 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 12,416 21,495 32,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.21% 91.13% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,234 15,924 23,365
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,428
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,555 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.30% -5.93% +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 Investing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Investing in London

Quantitative Investing
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Quantitative Investing in London

Quantitative Investing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Investing in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Investing in London

Quantitative Investing
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 Investing within the London region over the 6 months to 15 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 - 2 £105,000 - 1
Quantitative Investing
England

Quantitative Investing
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 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Front Office
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Low Latency C++ Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Hedge funds
2 2 (40.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 2 (40.00%) High-Frequency Trading
1 2 (40.00%) Low Latency
1 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (40.00%) Metaprogramming
1 2 (40.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Systematic Trading
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (20.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Go
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Tenable