Quantitative Research Job Trends in London

Quantitative Research
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Quantitative Research skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 388 356
Rank change year-on-year +60 -32 +124
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Research 46 40 87
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.33% 0.26% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.27% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 31 23 70
10th Percentile £47,500 £61,000 £67,300
25th Percentile £100,625 £88,750 £97,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £125,000 £137,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +19.57%
75th Percentile £145,000 £166,875 £170,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £213,500 £188,500
England median annual salary £112,500 £120,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.63% +2.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Quantitative Research 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 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Quantitative Research
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Quantitative Research job vacancy trend in London

Quantitative Research
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Research.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Quantitative Research

Quantitative Research
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Research in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Research in London

Quantitative Research
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 Research within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +54 20 £112,500 +104.55% 14
Quantitative Research
England

Quantitative Research
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:

Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.17%) Sketch
2 1 (2.17%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) AWS
2 6 (13.04%) Azure
3 4 (8.70%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (8.70%) OpenShift
4 2 (4.35%) Google Analytics
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.17%) CloudFront
5 1 (2.17%) Figma
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Git
1 4 (8.70%) GitLab
1 4 (8.70%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (47.83%) Finance
2 17 (36.96%) Front Office
3 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
4 11 (23.91%) Banking
5 9 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (15.22%) Financial Institution
7 6 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
9 4 (8.70%) Games
10 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (4.35%) Investment Banking
12 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (2.17%) Electronics
12 1 (2.17%) Law
12 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
12 1 (2.17%) Marketing
12 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (41.30%) Developer
2 9 (19.57%) Quantitative Developer
3 7 (15.22%) Java Developer
4 6 (13.04%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
4 6 (13.04%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
4 6 (13.04%) Java Quantitative Developer
5 5 (10.87%) User Researcher
6 4 (8.70%) Analyst
6 4 (8.70%) Platform Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior
7 3 (6.52%) Senior User Experience Researcher
7 3 (6.52%) User Experience Researcher
8 2 (4.35%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) C# Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Product Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Qualitative Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Quantitative Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Quantitative Researcher
9 1 (2.17%) Network Support
9 1 (2.17%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.39%) Kafka
2 6 (13.04%) Java Concurrency
3 3 (6.52%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (4.35%) XML
4 2 (4.35%) XSLT
5 1 (2.17%) .NET
5 1 (2.17%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.17%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.17%) HTML
5 1 (2.17%) HTML5
5 1 (2.17%) J2SE
5 1 (2.17%) NumPy
5 1 (2.17%) Pandas
5 1 (2.17%) PySpark
5 1 (2.17%) React
5 1 (2.17%) REST
5 1 (2.17%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 22 (47.83%) Algorithms
2 19 (41.30%) Equities
3 16 (34.78%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (10.87%) Derivative
4 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
5 4 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (8.70%) Hedge funds
5 4 (8.70%) Private Cloud
5 4 (8.70%) Public Cloud
6 3 (6.52%) Cloud Native
6 3 (6.52%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (6.52%) Product Ownership
6 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
7 2 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (2.17%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (2.17%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 21 (45.65%) Low Latency
3 20 (43.48%) Electronic Trading
4 15 (32.61%) Algorithmic Trading
5 14 (30.43%) Analytics
5 14 (30.43%) Data Analysis
5 14 (30.43%) Statistics
6 11 (23.91%) High-Frequency Trading
6 11 (23.91%) Mathematics
6 11 (23.91%) Multithreading
6 11 (23.91%) Qualitative Research
6 11 (23.91%) User Research
7 10 (21.74%) Actionable Insight
7 10 (21.74%) Business Strategy
8 9 (19.57%) Agile
8 9 (19.57%) Market Making
8 9 (19.57%) Quantitative Trading
9 8 (17.39%) Applied Mathematics
9 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (15.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (56.52%) Python
2 18 (39.13%) Java
3 6 (13.04%) C++
4 4 (8.70%) Bash
4 4 (8.70%) C#
4 4 (8.70%) Go
4 4 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 4 (8.70%) SQL
5 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.35%) R
5 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.35%) VBA
5 2 (4.35%) VC++
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) Degree
2 12 (26.09%) Master's Degree
3 11 (23.91%) PhD
4 4 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) EMIR
2 2 (4.35%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.70%) Ansible
2 4 (8.70%) Rancher
2 4 (8.70%) Terraform
2 4 (8.70%) vRealize
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) VMware
3 2 (4.35%) Google
3 2 (4.35%) Mercator
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) Adobe
4 1 (2.17%) Databricks
4 1 (2.17%) SAP