Java Quantitative Developer Job Trends

Java Quant Developer
UK

The median Java Quant Developer salary in the UK is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 787 721
Rank change year-on-year +126 -66 +479
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Quantitative Developer 12 11 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.014% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.015% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 32
10th Percentile £118,000 £45,900 £102,500
25th Percentile £122,500 £82,500 £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £120,000 £200,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -40.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £137,500 - -
90th Percentile £150,000 £124,500 -
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 44,459 74,568 58,777
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 95.26% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 26,159 45,575 45,404
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Java Quantitative Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Java Quantitative Developer 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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Quantitative Developer over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Java Quantitative Developer 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 13 September 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 +111 12 £125,000 +4.17% 2
London +61 12 £125,000 +4.17% 2
Work from Home +76 3 £115,000 -

Java Quantitative Developer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 September 2025, Java 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 Java Quantitative Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) Python
1 12 (100.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 11 (91.67%) Master's Degree
2 11 (91.67%) Data Analysis
2 11 (91.67%) PhD
2 11 (91.67%) Degree
3 10 (83.33%) Finance
3 10 (83.33%) Equities
3 10 (83.33%) Market Making
4 9 (75.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 9 (75.00%) Electronic Trading
4 9 (75.00%) Dependency Injection
5 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
5 8 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (66.67%) Algorithms
6 7 (58.33%) Business Strategy
6 7 (58.33%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (58.33%) Quantitative Research
7 6 (50.00%) Machine Learning
7 6 (50.00%) Low Latency
7 6 (50.00%) Stochastic Modelling
7 6 (50.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (50.00%) Banking
7 6 (50.00%) Statistics
8 2 (16.67%) TDD
8 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (8.33%) Java Concurrency

Java 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:

General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Equities
2 8 (66.67%) Algorithms
3 7 (58.33%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) High-Frequency Trading
2 11 (91.67%) Data Analysis
3 10 (83.33%) Market Making
4 9 (75.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 9 (75.00%) Dependency Injection
4 9 (75.00%) Electronic Trading
5 7 (58.33%) Business Strategy
5 7 (58.33%) Quantitative Research
6 6 (50.00%) Computer Science
6 6 (50.00%) Low Latency
6 6 (50.00%) Machine Learning
6 6 (50.00%) Statistics
6 6 (50.00%) Stochastic Modelling
7 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (16.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Degree
1 11 (91.67%) Master's Degree
1 11 (91.67%) PhD