Quantitative Analysis Jobs in Scotland

Quantitative Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Analysis 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 147 272 222
Rank change year-on-year +125 -50 +27
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 14 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.48% 0.045% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.049% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £45,000
UK median annual salary £112,500 £47,236 £62,000
% change year-on-year +138.17% -23.81% -4.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Quantitative Analysis 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,723 6,177 4,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.81% 92.44% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 2,398 2,191
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,055
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -8.70% +5.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,798 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Quantitative Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Analysis in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quantitative Analysis in Scotland.

Salary trend for Quantitative Analysis in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh - 14 - - 5
Quantitative Analysis
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) LaTeX
2 1 (7.14%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) GitHub
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
1 3 (21.43%) GitLab
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
2 10 (71.43%) Legal
3 9 (64.29%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (57.14%) Front Office
5 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
6 3 (21.43%) Banking
6 3 (21.43%) Retail Banking
6 3 (21.43%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Risk Officer
2 4 (28.57%) Risk Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Audit Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Data Scientist
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Credit Risk
1 2 (14.29%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Mathematics
1 11 (78.57%) Statistics
2 10 (71.43%) Model Validation
2 10 (71.43%) Quantitative Finance
2 10 (71.43%) Validation
3 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (57.14%) Project Management
4 6 (42.86%) Data Science
5 3 (21.43%) Coaching
5 3 (21.43%) Internal Audit
5 3 (21.43%) OO
5 3 (21.43%) OOP
5 3 (21.43%) Workflow
5 3 (21.43%) Workflow Management
6 2 (14.29%) Physics
6 2 (14.29%) Qualitative Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.14%) Analytics
7 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 1 (7.14%) Prescriptive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
2 8 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 8 (57.14%) PhD
3 2 (14.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA