Quantitative Researcher Jobs in London

Quant Researcher
England > London

The median Quant Researcher salary in London is £200,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 497 613
Rank change year-on-year +105 +116 +262
Permanent jobs requiring a Quantitative Researcher 1 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.008% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.009% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £73,500
25th Percentile £175,000 £67,500 £93,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £200,000 £70,000 £113,750
Median % change year-on-year +185.71% -38.46% -5.21%
75th Percentile £225,000 £72,500 £124,688
90th Percentile - - £135,375
England median annual salary £200,000 £70,000 £113,750
% change year-on-year +185.71% -38.46% -5.21%

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 11,624 22,265 32,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.22% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,221 16,628 23,661
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £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 £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Quantitative Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Researcher in London

Quantitative Researcher
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Quantitative Researcher in London

Quantitative Researcher Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Quantitative Researcher 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 Researcher in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Systematic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Quantitative Researcher 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithmic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree