Java Quantitative Developer Job Trends

Java Quant Developer
UK

The median Java Quant Developer salary in the UK is £155,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 672 666 799
Rank change year-on-year -6 +133 +209
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Quantitative Developer 4 3 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.007% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.007% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile - - £137,750
25th Percentile £150,000 - £162,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £155,000 £120,000 £200,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -40.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £165,000 £123,750 -
90th Percentile £168,000 £126,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 65,777 41,647 74,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.11% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,594 22,804 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £39,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,624
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.66%

Java Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Quantitative Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Java Quantitative Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Java Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Java Quantitative Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Java Quantitative Developer job vacancies in the UK

Java 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 Java Quantitative Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. 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 +33 4 £155,000 +29.17%
England 0 4 £155,000 +29.17%
Work from Home - 3 £160,000 -

Java Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, Java Quantitative Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Java Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (75.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (75.00%) PhD
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (50.00%) High-Frequency Trading
3 2 (50.00%) Java Concurrency
3 2 (50.00%) Market Making
4 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (25.00%) Kafka
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Memory Management
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (25.00%) Smart Order Routing
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Stochastic Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) TDD

Java Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (75.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
2 3 (75.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Low Latency
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (50.00%) High-Frequency Trading
3 2 (50.00%) Market Making
4 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Memory Management
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (25.00%) Smart Order Routing
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Stochastic Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (75.00%) PhD
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree