Java Quantitative Developer Jobs

Java Quant Developer
UK

The median Java Quant Developer salary in the UK is £200,000 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 696 1067 1084
Rank change year-on-year +371 +17 -331
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Quantitative Developer 45 9 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.007% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.008% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 27 9 14
10th Percentile £102,500 £113,500 £109,875
25th Percentile £128,750 £137,500 £114,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £200,000 £155,000 £121,250
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% +27.84% +15.48%
75th Percentile - £162,500 £137,500
90th Percentile - £170,500 £150,000
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 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%

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

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

Salary trend for Java Quantitative Developer in the UK

Java Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram

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

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 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 +369 45 £200,000 +29.03% 3
London +303 45 £200,000 +29.03% 3
Work from Home - 39 £200,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, 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 45 (100.00%) Java
2 27 (60.00%) Finance
3 25 (55.56%) Front Office
4 22 (48.89%) Electronic Trading
5 20 (44.44%) Degree
6 19 (42.22%) Software Engineering
6 19 (42.22%) Algorithmic Trading
6 19 (42.22%) High-Frequency Trading
7 18 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (37.78%) Fixed Income
9 14 (31.11%) Banking
9 14 (31.11%) Investment Banking
9 14 (31.11%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (13.33%) Risk Management
11 5 (11.11%) Algorithms
11 5 (11.11%) Market Making
12 4 (8.89%) Garbage Collection
12 4 (8.89%) Multithreading
12 4 (8.89%) Data Structures
12 4 (8.89%) Analytics
12 4 (8.89%) Low Latency
12 4 (8.89%) Python
12 4 (8.89%) C++
12 4 (8.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (8.89%) Derivative
13 3 (6.67%) Equities
13 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
14 2 (4.44%) Kdb+
14 2 (4.44%) Workflow
14 2 (4.44%) KDB

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) KDB
1 2 (4.44%) Kdb+
General
1 27 (60.00%) Finance
2 25 (55.56%) Front Office
3 14 (31.11%) Banking
3 14 (31.11%) Investment Banking
4 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (31.11%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (37.78%) Fixed Income
3 5 (11.11%) Algorithms
4 4 (8.89%) Data Structures
4 4 (8.89%) Derivative
4 4 (8.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (6.67%) Equities
6 2 (4.44%) Hedge funds
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (48.89%) Electronic Trading
2 19 (42.22%) Algorithmic Trading
2 19 (42.22%) High-Frequency Trading
2 19 (42.22%) Software Engineering
3 6 (13.33%) Risk Management
4 5 (11.11%) Market Making
5 4 (8.89%) Analytics
5 4 (8.89%) Garbage Collection
5 4 (8.89%) Low Latency
5 4 (8.89%) Multithreading
6 2 (4.44%) Computer Science
6 2 (4.44%) Workflow
7 1 (2.22%) Agile
7 1 (2.22%) Data Analysis
7 1 (2.22%) Functional Programming
7 1 (2.22%) Mathematics
7 1 (2.22%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (2.22%) Physics
7 1 (2.22%) TDD
7 1 (2.22%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 45 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (8.89%) C++
2 4 (8.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (44.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.22%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (2.22%) PhD