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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 718 707
Rank change year-on-year +86 -11 +297
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 39 39 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.057% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.069% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 11 24 24
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,125 £45,341
25th Percentile £67,500 £59,125 £47,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £86,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +21.39% -17.62%
75th Percentile £111,250 £130,000 £95,063
90th Percentile £161,250 - £98,519
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £92,625
% change year-on-year +2.35% -54.12% +34.73%

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 43,671 56,801 52,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.34% 82.43% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24,895 30,230 40,176
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £44,804
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,625 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.96% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +1.89% +0.95%

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 October 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 24 October 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 +88 25 £85,000 -19.05% 24
London +59 22 £85,000 -26.09% 13
UK excluding London +63 11 £43,500 +2.35% 15
Scotland - 9 - - 1
Work from Home +61 2 £41,000 -66.87% 10
South East +31 2 £43,500 -28.69% 12

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:

Applications
1 2 (5.13%) LaTeX
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.08%) Adobe Analytics
2 5 (12.82%) Google Analytics
3 3 (7.69%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) Tableau
2 1 (2.56%) KDB
2 1 (2.56%) Kdb+
General
1 25 (64.10%) Analytical Skills
1 25 (64.10%) Finance
2 13 (33.33%) Legal
3 11 (28.21%) Front Office
4 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
5 9 (23.08%) Law
6 6 (15.38%) Marketing
7 5 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (7.69%) Advertising
9 3 (7.69%) Financial Institution
10 2 (5.13%) Digital Economy
11 1 (2.56%) French Language
11 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Data Scientist
2 8 (20.51%) Analyst
2 8 (20.51%) Risk Manager
3 5 (12.82%) Lead
3 5 (12.82%) Lead Data Scientist
3 5 (12.82%) Senior Data Scientist
4 4 (10.26%) Qualitative Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Quantitative Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Senior
5 3 (7.69%) Ad Operations Executive
5 3 (7.69%) Analytics Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Data Insight Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Insight Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Insight Data Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Risk Officer
6 2 (5.13%) Finance Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Head of Analytics
6 2 (5.13%) Head of Finance
6 2 (5.13%) Head of Risk Analytics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 5 (12.82%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (10.26%) Credit Risk
4 3 (7.69%) Market Risk
5 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.56%) Derivative
6 1 (2.56%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (71.79%) Mathematics
2 21 (53.85%) Statistics
3 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (41.03%) Analytics
4 16 (41.03%) Project Management
4 16 (41.03%) Quantitative Finance
5 15 (38.46%) Model Validation
5 15 (38.46%) Validation
6 14 (35.90%) Computer Science
7 12 (30.77%) Data Science
8 9 (23.08%) Collaborative Culture
8 9 (23.08%) Data Analysis
8 9 (23.08%) Data Analytics
8 9 (23.08%) Storytelling
9 8 (20.51%) Physics
10 7 (17.95%) Decision-Making
11 6 (15.38%) Machine Learning
12 5 (12.82%) Backtesting
12 5 (12.82%) Clean Code
12 5 (12.82%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (82.05%) Python
2 11 (28.21%) SQL
3 3 (7.69%) R
4 1 (2.56%) C#
4 1 (2.56%) C++
4 1 (2.56%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 33 (84.62%) Degree
2 29 (74.36%) Master's Degree
3 18 (46.15%) PhD
4 5 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (7.69%) Postgraduate
6 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Basel III
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Adobe
2 8 (20.51%) Google
3 5 (12.82%) Marketo
3 5 (12.82%) Salesforce
3 5 (12.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud