C++ Quantitative Developer Jobs

C++ Quant Developer
UK

The median C++ Quant Developer salary in the UK is £115,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 729 1054 1080
Rank change year-on-year +325 +26 -354
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Quantitative Developer 12 22 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.018% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.019% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 18
10th Percentile £88,000 £95,750 -
25th Percentile £92,500 £117,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £125,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +38.89% -21.74%
75th Percentile £145,000 £132,500 £125,938
90th Percentile £180,000 £180,500 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 50,797 118,142 122,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.32% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37,144 73,821 84,079
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

C++ Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C++ Quantitative Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Quantitative Developer in the UK

C++ Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Quantitative Developer.

Salary trend for C++ Quantitative Developer in the UK

C++ Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Quantitative Developer over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for C++ Quantitative Developer in the UK

C++ Quantitative Developer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Quantitative Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +323 12 £115,000 -8.00% 10
London +271 9 £140,000 +12.00% 10
Work from Home - 5 £115,000 - 8

C++ Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, C++ Quantitative Developer 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 featuring C++ Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 9 (75.00%) Finance
3 5 (41.67%) Python
4 4 (33.33%) Hedge funds
4 4 (33.33%) Analytics
5 3 (25.00%) Low Latency
5 3 (25.00%) Data Structures
5 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
5 3 (25.00%) Investment Management
5 3 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Front Office
6 2 (16.67%) Java
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
6 2 (16.67%) Pricing Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 2 (16.67%) Physics
6 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (16.67%) Systematic Trading
7 1 (8.33%) EMIR
7 1 (8.33%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (8.33%) Concurrent Programming
7 1 (8.33%) Tick Data
7 1 (8.33%) Stochastic Calculus

C++ Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Tick Data
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Front Office
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 3 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (8.33%) Derivative
3 1 (8.33%) Equities
3 1 (8.33%) Exotic Derivative
3 1 (8.33%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 1 (8.33%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Investment Management
2 3 (25.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
3 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
3 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 2 (16.67%) Physics
3 2 (16.67%) Pricing Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Systematic Trading
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.33%) Concurrent Programming
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) Memory Management
4 1 (8.33%) Multithreading
4 1 (8.33%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (8.33%) Quantitative Trading
4 1 (8.33%) Stochastic Calculus
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Dodd-Frank
1 1 (8.33%) EMIR
1 1 (8.33%) MiFID