C++ Quantitative Developer Jobs

C++ Quant Developer
UK

The median C++ Quant Developer salary in the UK is £145,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 893 987 1162
Rank change year-on-year +94 +175 -296
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Quantitative Developer 15 11 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.010% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.011% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 43
10th Percentile £56,250 £102,625 -
25th Percentile £93,125 £110,625 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £145,000 £140,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +40.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £168,750 £180,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £183,750 £213,750 £142,000
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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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
London +155 15 £145,000 +3.57% 3
England +136 15 £145,000 +3.57% 3
Work from Home +99 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 15 (100.00%) C++
2 12 (80.00%) Finance
3 11 (73.33%) Quantitative Trading
4 10 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
4 10 (66.67%) Hedge funds
4 10 (66.67%) Algorithms
4 10 (66.67%) Algorithmic Trading
5 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (53.33%) Data Structures
7 5 (33.33%) Python
8 4 (26.67%) Analytics
9 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
9 3 (20.00%) Fintech
9 3 (20.00%) Java
9 3 (20.00%) Degree
10 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
10 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
10 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
10 2 (13.33%) PhD
10 2 (13.33%) Equities
10 2 (13.33%) C#
10 2 (13.33%) Front Office
10 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
10 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
10 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
10 2 (13.33%) Azure
10 2 (13.33%) AWS
10 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (6.67%) Mockito
11 1 (6.67%) Market Making

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Big Data
1 1 (6.67%) Flink
1 1 (6.67%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Mockito
General
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Front Office
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (6.67%) gRPC
1 1 (6.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 10 (66.67%) Hedge funds
2 8 (53.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (13.33%) Equities
4 1 (6.67%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Quantitative Trading
2 10 (66.67%) Algorithmic Trading
2 10 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
3 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) Fintech
6 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
6 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
7 1 (6.67%) Backtesting
7 1 (6.67%) Financial Modelling
7 1 (6.67%) Low Latency
7 1 (6.67%) Market Making
7 1 (6.67%) Mathematical Modelling
7 1 (6.67%) Pricing Analytics
7 1 (6.67%) Quantitative Finance
7 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (6.67%) Time Series Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (33.33%) Python
3 3 (20.00%) Java
4 2 (13.33%) C#
5 1 (6.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (13.33%) PhD
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes