Quantitative Analysis Job Trends

Quantitative Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 629 740 732
Rank change year-on-year +111 -8 +294
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 49 61 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.078% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.097% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 11 27 19
10th Percentile £47,500 £54,000 £45,341
25th Percentile £76,875 £60,500 £46,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £100,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +73.91% -39.47%
75th Percentile £111,250 £130,000 £87,250
90th Percentile £161,250 - £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -47.54% +6.09% -25.81%

All Process and 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 43,797 63,176 57,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.73% 81.14% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,693 35,881 43,260
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Quantitative Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Analysis 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Top 6 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 17 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 +73 29 £85,000 -15.00% 32
London +50 27 £85,000 -26.09% 25
UK excluding London +100 11 £32,000 -47.54% 12
Scotland - 10 - - 1
Work from Home +57 3 £41,000 -79.50% 19
South East +51 1 £32,000 -47.54% 5

Quantitative Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) LaTeX
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.69%) Adobe Analytics
2 10 (20.41%) Google Analytics
3 3 (6.12%) Google Docs
4 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (36.73%) Tableau
2 1 (2.04%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.04%) KDB
2 1 (2.04%) Kdb+
2 1 (2.04%) Metadata
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) QlikView
2 1 (2.04%) SAS EBI
General
1 35 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (55.10%) Finance
3 17 (34.69%) Law
4 15 (30.61%) Legal
5 13 (26.53%) Front Office
6 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
7 11 (22.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (22.45%) Marketing
8 7 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (6.12%) Advertising
9 3 (6.12%) Financial Institution
10 2 (4.08%) Digital Economy
11 1 (2.04%) Banking
11 1 (2.04%) French Language
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Data Scientist
2 12 (24.49%) Analyst
3 10 (20.41%) Lead
3 10 (20.41%) Lead Data Scientist
3 10 (20.41%) Senior Data Scientist
4 8 (16.33%) Risk Manager
5 7 (14.29%) Data Analyst
6 6 (12.24%) Data Insight Analyst
6 6 (12.24%) Insight Analyst
6 6 (12.24%) Insight Data Analyst
7 5 (10.20%) Risk Officer
8 4 (8.16%) Qualitative Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Quantitative Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Senior
9 3 (6.12%) Ad Operations Executive
9 3 (6.12%) Analytics Manager
10 2 (4.08%) Finance Manager
10 2 (4.08%) Head of Analytics
10 2 (4.08%) Head of Finance
10 2 (4.08%) Head of Risk Analytics
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (12.24%) Algorithms
3 5 (10.20%) Credit Risk
4 3 (6.12%) Market Risk
5 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.04%) Derivative
6 1 (2.04%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.04%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (77.55%) Mathematics
2 31 (63.27%) Statistics
3 24 (48.98%) Analytics
4 23 (46.94%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (44.90%) Computer Science
6 18 (36.73%) Data Analysis
6 18 (36.73%) Project Management
6 18 (36.73%) Quantitative Finance
7 17 (34.69%) Collaborative Culture
7 17 (34.69%) Data Analytics
7 17 (34.69%) Data Science
7 17 (34.69%) Model Validation
7 17 (34.69%) Storytelling
7 17 (34.69%) Validation
8 12 (24.49%) Decision-Making
9 10 (20.41%) Performance Optimisation
10 8 (16.33%) Physics
11 7 (14.29%) Predictive Modelling
11 7 (14.29%) User Experience
11 7 (14.29%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 43 (87.76%) Python
2 20 (40.82%) SQL
3 3 (6.12%) R
4 1 (2.04%) C#
4 1 (2.04%) C++
4 1 (2.04%) Java
4 1 (2.04%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 43 (87.76%) Degree
2 39 (79.59%) Master's Degree
3 20 (40.82%) PhD
4 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (6.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) Basel III
1 1 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.04%) GDPR
Vendors
1 17 (34.69%) Adobe
2 13 (26.53%) Google
3 10 (20.41%) Marketo
3 10 (20.41%) Salesforce
3 10 (20.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud