Quantitative Analysis Job Trends

Quantitative Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 756 627 711
Rank change year-on-year -129 +84 +12
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 56 45 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.092% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.10% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 22 11 25
10th Percentile £32,575 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £39,570 £76,875 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% -15.00% +32.01%
75th Percentile £81,250 £111,250 £130,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £161,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,091 £32,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +28.41% -24.71% -54.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Quantitative Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,468 43,703 59,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.32% 88.90% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 59,116 24,458 31,674
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.95% -2.78%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quantitative Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Quantitative Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quantitative Analysis over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 12 October 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
England -117 50 £47,500 -44.12% 48
London -53 39 £60,000 -29.41% 36
Work from Home -25 25 £47,500 +15.85% 24
UK excluding London -137 13 £41,091 +28.41% 15
East of England - 7 - - 1
Scotland -4 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 £41,091 - 4
North West - 2 - - 3
West Midlands - 2 £41,091 - 4
North of England - 2 - - 4

Quantitative Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.57%) Apache
1 2 (3.57%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.50%) Anthropic Claude
2 7 (12.50%) ChatGPT
2 7 (12.50%) GitHub
2 7 (12.50%) GitHub Copilot
2 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
3 6 (10.71%) AWS
3 6 (10.71%) Azure
3 6 (10.71%) GCP
4 5 (8.93%) Google Analytics
5 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.79%) Figma
6 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (30.36%) Power BI
2 9 (16.07%) Tableau
3 8 (14.29%) Looker
4 3 (5.36%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.57%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.79%) Mixpanel
6 1 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 35 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (57.14%) Finance
3 24 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 9 (16.07%) Banking
4 9 (16.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (14.29%) Marketing
6 7 (12.50%) Financial Institution
6 7 (12.50%) Front Office
7 6 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
9 3 (5.36%) Local Government
10 2 (3.57%) Games
11 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.79%) Private Banking
11 1 (1.79%) Retail
11 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Analyst
2 13 (23.21%) Qualitative Analyst
2 13 (23.21%) Quantitative Analyst
3 9 (16.07%) Senior
4 8 (14.29%) Developer
4 8 (14.29%) Java Developer
4 8 (14.29%) Java Quantitative Developer
4 8 (14.29%) Market Analyst
4 8 (14.29%) Quantitative Developer
5 7 (12.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Java Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Java Software Developer
5 7 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 6 (10.71%) Market Risk Analyst
6 6 (10.71%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
6 6 (10.71%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Data Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Security Researcher
8 3 (5.36%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Flash
2 1 (1.79%) NumPy
2 1 (1.79%) Pandas
2 1 (1.79%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.00%) Derivative
2 8 (14.29%) Equities
2 8 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (12.50%) Equity Derivative
3 7 (12.50%) Fixed Income
3 7 (12.50%) Hedge funds
3 7 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (10.71%) Market Risk
5 4 (7.14%) Educational Technology
6 3 (5.36%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.79%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 27 (48.21%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (39.29%) Analytics
4 20 (35.71%) Quantitative Research
5 18 (32.14%) AI
6 17 (30.36%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (28.57%) Machine Learning
7 16 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (28.57%) Visualisation
8 15 (26.79%) Actionable Insight
9 14 (25.00%) Statistics
10 12 (21.43%) Agile
10 12 (21.43%) Mathematics
11 11 (19.64%) Business Development
11 11 (19.64%) Economics
11 11 (19.64%) User Experience
12 10 (17.86%) Dashboard Development
13 9 (16.07%) User Research
14 8 (14.29%) Investment Management
14 8 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (60.71%) Python
2 21 (37.50%) SQL
3 12 (21.43%) R
4 8 (14.29%) Java
5 2 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (50.00%) Degree
2 7 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) Basel III
1 6 (10.71%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.93%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) Amplitude
3 1 (1.79%) Revolut