C++ Quantitative Developer Jobs

C++ Quant Developer
UK

The median C++ Quant Developer salary in the UK is £170,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 894 902
Rank change year-on-year +198 +8 +353
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Quantitative Developer 33 17 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.016% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.017% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 12
10th Percentile £135,000 £56,250 £107,250
25th Percentile £146,250 £93,125 £127,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £170,000 £145,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% +7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £175,000 £168,750 £180,000
90th Percentile - £183,750 £209,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 51,867 102,282 81,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 94.79% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 27,945 72,135 54,053
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +5.94%

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 30 June 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ Quantitative Developer in the UK

C++ Quantitative Developer
Top 2 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 30 June 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
England +196 33 £170,000 +17.24% 61
London +123 33 £170,000 +17.24% 60

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 2025, 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 33 (100.00%) C++
2 31 (93.94%) Low Latency
3 30 (90.91%) Equities
3 30 (90.91%) Python
3 30 (90.91%) Hedge funds
4 29 (87.88%) Linux
5 18 (54.55%) Algorithms
6 17 (51.52%) Data Structures
6 17 (51.52%) Finance
7 16 (48.48%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 15 (45.45%) Test Automation
8 15 (45.45%) Multithreading
8 15 (45.45%) OOP
8 15 (45.45%) OO
8 15 (45.45%) Management Information System
8 15 (45.45%) Front Office
8 15 (45.45%) Order Management
9 1 (3.03%) Design Patterns
9 1 (3.03%) Prototyping
9 1 (3.03%) Quantitative Finance
9 1 (3.03%) Complexity Analysis
9 1 (3.03%) Kdb+
9 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (3.03%) Quantitative Research
9 1 (3.03%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (3.03%) Performance Optimisation
9 1 (3.03%) Quantitative Trading
9 1 (3.03%) Market Making
9 1 (3.03%) Linear Algebra
9 1 (3.03%) Java

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 (3.03%) KDB
1 1 (3.03%) Kdb+
1 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
General
1 17 (51.52%) Finance
2 15 (45.45%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (48.48%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 30 (90.91%) Equities
1 30 (90.91%) Hedge funds
2 18 (54.55%) Algorithms
3 17 (51.52%) Data Structures
4 15 (45.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.03%) Derivative
5 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
5 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 29 (87.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (93.94%) Low Latency
2 15 (45.45%) Multithreading
2 15 (45.45%) OO
2 15 (45.45%) OOP
2 15 (45.45%) Order Management
2 15 (45.45%) Test Automation
3 1 (3.03%) Agile
3 1 (3.03%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis
3 1 (3.03%) Design Patterns
3 1 (3.03%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (3.03%) Linear Algebra
3 1 (3.03%) Market Making
3 1 (3.03%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.03%) Memory Management
3 1 (3.03%) Open Source
3 1 (3.03%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (3.03%) Quantitative Analysis
3 1 (3.03%) Quantitative Trading
3 1 (3.03%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) C++
2 30 (90.91%) Python
3 1 (3.03%) C#
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) SQL