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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 753 635 740
Rank change year-on-year -118 +105 +25
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 36 46 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.092% 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 31
10th Percentile £32,575 £39,750 £47,236
25th Percentile £36,269 £53,438 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £101,250 £91,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.91% +11.26% +58.26%
75th Percentile £81,250 £154,688 £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 79,395 44,536 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.97% 80.72%
Number of salaries quoted 54,920 25,310 42,355
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
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 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

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 24 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

Quantitative Analysis
Top 7 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 24 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 -87 32 £47,500 -53.09% 26
London -30 29 £47,500 -53.09% 22
Work from Home -18 15 £47,500 +15.85% 7
UK excluding London -109 3 - - 10
North West -15 2 - -
North of England -38 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 2

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 (5.56%) Apache
1 2 (5.56%) Apache Spark
1 2 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) AWS
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
1 6 (16.67%) GCP
1 6 (16.67%) Google Analytics
2 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.56%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) Tableau
2 9 (25.00%) Looker
3 5 (13.89%) Power BI
4 2 (5.56%) Data Mining
4 2 (5.56%) Mixpanel
4 2 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 26 (72.22%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (47.22%) Finance
3 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 10 (27.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (22.22%) Financial Institution
6 6 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (13.89%) Marketing
8 2 (5.56%) Banking
8 2 (5.56%) Games
8 2 (5.56%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.78%) Law
9 1 (2.78%) Legal
9 1 (2.78%) Retail
9 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Market Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Market Risk Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Qualitative Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Quantitative Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Quantitative Risk Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Risk Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Product Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Product Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (5.56%) Actuarial Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Business Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Data Scientist
5 2 (5.56%) Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Development Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Quantitative Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Technical Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) Flash
2 1 (2.78%) NumPy
2 1 (2.78%) Pandas
2 1 (2.78%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Derivative
2 7 (19.44%) Market Risk
3 4 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 4 (11.11%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Equities
4 1 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.78%) PMI
4 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 16 (44.44%) Analytics
4 12 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 12 (33.33%) User Experience
5 11 (30.56%) AI
6 10 (27.78%) Machine Learning
6 10 (27.78%) Mentoring
7 9 (25.00%) Agile
7 9 (25.00%) Business Development
7 9 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
7 9 (25.00%) Product Strategy
7 9 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
7 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (22.22%) Risk Management
9 7 (19.44%) Regulatory Compliance
9 7 (19.44%) Stochastic Modelling
9 7 (19.44%) Thought Leadership
10 6 (16.67%) Mathematics
10 6 (16.67%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 16 (44.44%) Python
2 13 (36.11%) SQL
3 7 (19.44%) R
4 1 (2.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.78%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) Basel III
2 5 (13.89%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Google
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.56%) Amplitude
4 1 (2.78%) Revolut