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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 754 643 739
Rank change year-on-year -111 +96 +26
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 39 45 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.090% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 28
10th Percentile £32,575 £41,300 £50,921
25th Percentile £36,269 £59,375 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £85,000 £95,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% -10.99% +66.09%
75th Percentile £81,250 £148,125 £130,000
90th Percentile - £161,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £32,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year - -47.54% +22.00%

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 80,366 44,460 65,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.73% 80.84%
Number of salaries quoted 55,743 25,365 40,240
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -7.07%

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 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Top 8 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 31 August 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 -84 34 £47,500 -44.12% 59
London -39 30 £47,500 -44.12% 51
Work from Home -25 18 £47,500 +15.85% 17
UK excluding London -124 5 - - 13
North West -7 3 - - 1
North of England -67 3 - - 1
Scotland -11 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1

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 (5.13%) Apache
1 2 (5.13%) Apache Spark
1 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Power Platform
2 6 (15.38%) AWS
2 6 (15.38%) Azure
2 6 (15.38%) GCP
2 6 (15.38%) Google Analytics
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.13%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.64%) Tableau
2 9 (23.08%) Looker
3 8 (20.51%) Power BI
4 2 (5.13%) Data Mining
4 2 (5.13%) Mixpanel
4 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 26 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (43.59%) Finance
3 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 10 (25.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (20.51%) Financial Institution
6 6 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (12.82%) Marketing
8 3 (7.69%) Local Government
9 2 (5.13%) Banking
9 2 (5.13%) Games
9 2 (5.13%) Retail Banking
10 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.56%) Law
10 1 (2.56%) Legal
10 1 (2.56%) Retail
10 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Market Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Market Risk Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Qualitative Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Quantitative Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Risk Analyst
2 7 (17.95%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Product Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Product Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Managing Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) Data Scientist
6 2 (5.13%) Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Development Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Quantitative Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Flash
2 1 (2.56%) NumPy
2 1 (2.56%) Pandas
2 1 (2.56%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Derivative
2 7 (17.95%) Market Risk
3 4 (10.26%) Algorithms
3 4 (10.26%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Equities
4 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.56%) PMI
4 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (46.15%) Decision-Making
3 16 (41.03%) Analytics
4 12 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
4 12 (30.77%) Business Development
4 12 (30.77%) Quantitative Research
4 12 (30.77%) User Experience
5 11 (28.21%) AI
6 10 (25.64%) Machine Learning
6 10 (25.64%) Mentoring
7 9 (23.08%) Agile
7 9 (23.08%) Dashboard Development
7 9 (23.08%) Product Strategy
7 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (20.51%) Risk Management
9 7 (17.95%) Data Visualisation
9 7 (17.95%) Regulatory Compliance
9 7 (17.95%) Statistics
9 7 (17.95%) Stochastic Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (48.72%) Python
2 13 (33.33%) SQL
3 10 (25.64%) R
4 1 (2.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (53.85%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) Postgraduate
2 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) Basel III
2 5 (12.82%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (10.26%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) Google
3 2 (5.13%) Amplitude
4 1 (2.56%) Revolut