Qualitative Analyst
UK

The median Qualitative Analyst salary in the UK is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 949 1156
Rank change year-on-year +81 +207 -307
Permanent jobs requiring a Qualitative Analyst 26 40 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.038% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.042% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 25 31 40
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £59,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £187,500 £137,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - £65,000 -

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Qualitative Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Qualitative Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Qualitative Analyst.

Salary trend for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Qualitative Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Qualitative Analyst in the UK

Qualitative Analyst
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Qualitative Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +97 26 £100,000 +11.11% 32
London +117 25 £100,000 +11.11% 28
Work from Home +95 5 £85,750 +42.92% 13

Qualitative Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Qualitative Analyst 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 Qualitative Analyst in the job title.

1 23 (88.46%) Python
2 19 (73.08%) C++
3 16 (61.54%) Mathematics
4 15 (57.69%) Degree
5 14 (53.85%) Finance
6 13 (50.00%) Statistics
7 12 (46.15%) Physics
7 12 (46.15%) C#
8 11 (42.31%) PhD
8 11 (42.31%) Statistical Modelling
8 11 (42.31%) Master's Degree
9 10 (38.46%) Derivative
10 9 (34.62%) Computer Science
10 9 (34.62%) Data Science
10 9 (34.62%) Kalman Filter
11 6 (23.08%) R
11 6 (23.08%) MATLAB
12 5 (19.23%) OOP
12 5 (19.23%) OO
12 5 (19.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (19.23%) Java
12 5 (19.23%) SQL
12 5 (19.23%) GitHub
12 5 (19.23%) Analytics
13 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
13 4 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (15.38%) Investment Management
13 4 (15.38%) JIRA
13 4 (15.38%) Banking

Qualitative Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) GitHub
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
2 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Big Data
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) GDB
General
1 14 (53.85%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Financial Institution
4 2 (7.69%) Advertising
4 2 (7.69%) Front Office
4 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (3.85%) COM
1 1 (3.85%) STL
1 1 (3.85%) XML
1 1 (3.85%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Derivative
2 5 (19.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (11.54%) Credit Derivative
4 3 (11.54%) Hedge funds
5 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
5 2 (7.69%) Client/Server
5 2 (7.69%) Fixed Income
5 2 (7.69%) Reinsurance
6 1 (3.85%) Credit Risk
6 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Mathematics
2 13 (50.00%) Statistics
3 12 (46.15%) Physics
4 11 (42.31%) Statistical Modelling
5 9 (34.62%) Computer Science
5 9 (34.62%) Data Science
5 9 (34.62%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (19.23%) Analytics
6 5 (19.23%) OO
6 5 (19.23%) OOP
7 4 (15.38%) Investment Management
7 4 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (11.54%) Model Validation
8 3 (11.54%) Monte Carlo Method
9 2 (7.69%) Analytical Modelling
9 2 (7.69%) Data Architecture
9 2 (7.69%) Low Latency
9 2 (7.69%) Quantitative Analysis
9 2 (7.69%) Risk Management
10 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 23 (88.46%) Python
2 19 (73.08%) C++
3 12 (46.15%) C#
4 6 (23.08%) MATLAB
4 6 (23.08%) R
5 5 (19.23%) Java
5 5 (19.23%) SQL
6 3 (11.54%) VBA
7 1 (3.85%) C
7 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.85%) VC++
Qualifications
1 15 (57.69%) Degree
2 11 (42.31%) Master's Degree
2 11 (42.31%) PhD
3 2 (7.69%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle