Quantitative Analysis Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Quantitative Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Quantitative Analysis over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Quantitative Analysis UK
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	833	861	911
Rank change year-on-year	+28	+50
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Analysis	50	62	64
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.057%	0.063%	0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.063%	0.071%	0.066%
Number of salaries quoted	35	46	31
Median salary	£57,500	£47,500	£57,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+21.05%	-17.39%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,500	£38,000	£44,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£73,750	£75,000
UK excluding London median salary	£57,500	£40,000	£44,500
% change year-on-year	+43.75%	-10.11%

Quantitative Analysis is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	78925	87582	97637
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	89.72%	88.95%	88.02%
Number of salaries quoted	63638	73140	79819
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£50,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£32,500	£31,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£75,000	£77,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Quantitative Analysis as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis.

Salary trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

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Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK

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Top 18 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 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+35	45	£62,500	+31.57%	10
London	+18	39	£63,750	+27.50%	9
City of London	+27	12	£63,750	-8.92%	2
South East	+36	2	£55,000	+37.50%
West Midlands	-	2	-	-	1
Halesowen	-	2	-	-	1
Berkshire	+32	1	-	-
Surrey	+19	1	£55,000	+37.50%
Manchester	-23	1	£52,500	+69.35%
North West	-38	1	£52,500	+69.35%
West End of London	-	1	-	-
Scotland	-	1	£40,000	-	1
Yorkshire	-	1	-	-
West Yorkshire	-	1	-	-
Maidenhead	-	1	-	-
Leeds	-	1	-	-
Horley	-	1	£55,000	-
Glasgow	-	1	£40,000	-	1

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Quantitative Analysis also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Quantitative Analysis.

1	75 (65.79%)	SQL
2	74 (64.91%)	Finance
3	45 (39.47%)	Statistics
4	43 (37.72%)	Mathematics
5	39 (34.21%)	Analytical Skills
5	39 (34.21%)	PhD
6	34 (29.82%)	Analytics
7	33 (28.95%)	Degree
8	32 (28.07%)	Python
9	30 (26.32%)	Microsoft Excel
10	29 (25.44%)	Microsoft
10	29 (25.44%)	R
11	26 (22.81%)	Big Data
12	25 (21.93%)	Marketing
13	22 (19.30%)	SAS

13	22 (19.30%)	Business Intelligence
13	22 (19.30%)	Data Modelling
14	21 (18.42%)	Java
15	19 (16.67%)	Agile Software Development
16	18 (15.79%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
16	18 (15.79%)	Machine Learning
16	18 (15.79%)	Algorithms
16	18 (15.79%)	Computer Science
17	17 (14.91%)	Performance Tuning
17	17 (14.91%)	Asset Management
17	17 (14.91%)	Stakeholder Management
18	16 (14.04%)	Data Analysis
18	16 (14.04%)	Root Cause Analysis
18	16 (14.04%)	Process Improvement
18	16 (14.04%)	Critical Success Factor

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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	22 (19.30%)	SAS
2	5 (4.39%)	Apache Spark

Applications
1	30 (26.32%)	Microsoft Excel
2	18 (15.79%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	11 (9.65%)	Stata
4	9 (7.89%)	SPSS
5	2 (1.75%)	Microsoft Office
6	1 (0.88%)	Spreadsheet

Cloud Services
1	4 (3.51%)	Microsoft Azure
2	2 (1.75%)	AdWords
2	2 (1.75%)	Google Analytics
3	1 (0.88%)	Adobe Analytics

Communications & Networking
1	1 (0.88%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	26 (22.81%)	Big Data
2	15 (13.16%)	Data Mining
3	10 (8.77%)	Data Warehouse
3	10 (8.77%)	Hadoop
4	9 (7.89%)	Data Mart
4	9 (7.89%)	Enterprise Data Warehouse
4	9 (7.89%)	OLAP
5	8 (7.02%)	NoSQL
6	6 (5.26%)	Apache Hive
7	5 (4.39%)	SQL Server
8	4 (3.51%)	KNIME
8	4 (3.51%)	STATISTICA
8	4 (3.51%)	Text Mining
9	2 (1.75%)	Relational Database
10	1 (0.88%)	BusinessObjects
10	1 (0.88%)	Looker
10	1 (0.88%)	MySQL
10	1 (0.88%)	QlikView

Development Applications
1	5 (4.39%)	Atlassian Bamboo
1	5 (4.39%)	Jenkins
1	5 (4.39%)	JUnit
1	5 (4.39%)	TestNG
2	1 (0.88%)	Git (software)

General
1	74 (64.91%)	Finance
2	25 (21.93%)	Marketing
3	12 (10.53%)	Front Office
4	10 (8.77%)	Games
5	7 (6.14%)	Advertising
6	5 (4.39%)	Banking
7	3 (2.63%)	Financial Institution
7	3 (2.63%)	Mandarin Language
8	2 (1.75%)	Investment Banking
9	1 (0.88%)	Corporate Banking
9	1 (0.88%)	International Banking
9	1 (0.88%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	57 (50.00%)	Analyst
2	16 (14.04%)	Process Analyst
3	15 (13.16%)	Qualitative Analyst
3	15 (13.16%)	Quantitative Analyst
4	14 (12.28%)	Business Systems Analyst
4	14 (12.28%)	Data Scientist
4	14 (12.28%)	Insurance Systems Analyst
4	14 (12.28%)	Systems Analyst
5	13 (11.40%)	Developer
6	12 (10.53%)	Financial Analyst
6	12 (10.53%)	SQL Analyst
7	11 (9.65%)	Business Analyst
7	11 (9.65%)	Data Analyst
7	11 (9.65%)	Data Business Analyst
8	10 (8.77%)	Consultant
8	10 (8.77%)	Data Consultant
8	10 (8.77%)	Software Engineer
9	9 (7.89%)	Data Warehouse Analyst
9	9 (7.89%)	Java Consultant
9	9 (7.89%)	Training Consultant

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	5 (4.39%)	Guice
1	5 (4.39%)	JAX-RS
1	5 (4.39%)	JAX-WS
1	5 (4.39%)	Spring
1	5 (4.39%)	Web Services
2	4 (3.51%)	CSS
2	4 (3.51%)	CSS3
2	4 (3.51%)	HTML
2	4 (3.51%)	HTML5
2	4 (3.51%)	J2EE
2	4 (3.51%)	JRuby
2	4 (3.51%)	React
2	4 (3.51%)	Velocity
3	3 (2.63%)	Natural Language Processing
4	1 (0.88%)	.NET
4	1 (0.88%)	.NET Framework
4	1 (0.88%)	Boost C++ Libraries
4	1 (0.88%)	D3.js
4	1 (0.88%)	Pandas
4	1 (0.88%)	STL

Miscellaneous
1	39 (34.21%)	Analytical Skills
2	18 (15.79%)	Algorithms
2	18 (15.79%)	Computer Science
3	16 (14.04%)	Fintech
4	13 (11.40%)	Fixed Income
5	2 (1.75%)	BBC
5	2 (1.75%)	Credit Risk
5	2 (1.75%)	Equities
5	2 (1.75%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
5	2 (1.75%)	Hedge funds
5	2 (1.75%)	NHS
5	2 (1.75%)	Smartphone
6	1 (0.88%)	CUDA
6	1 (0.88%)	Derivative
6	1 (0.88%)	Handset
6	1 (0.88%)	Life Science
6	1 (0.88%)	Mobile App
6	1 (0.88%)	Mobile Games
6	1 (0.88%)	Smart Meter
6	1 (0.88%)	User Experience

Operating Systems
1	2 (1.75%)	Windows
2	1 (0.88%)	Unix

Processes & Methodologies
1	45 (39.47%)	Statistics
2	43 (37.72%)	Mathematics
3	34 (29.82%)	Analytics
4	22 (19.30%)	Business Intelligence
4	22 (19.30%)	Data Modelling
5	19 (16.67%)	Agile Software Development
6	18 (15.79%)	Machine Learning
7	17 (14.91%)	Asset Management
7	17 (14.91%)	Performance Tuning
7	17 (14.91%)	Stakeholder Management
8	16 (14.04%)	Critical Success Factor
8	16 (14.04%)	Data Analysis
8	16 (14.04%)	Process Improvement
8	16 (14.04%)	Root Cause Analysis
8	16 (14.04%)	Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8	16 (14.04%)	Wireframes
9	14 (12.28%)	Physics
10	13 (11.40%)	Economics
11	11 (9.65%)	Data Analytics
11	11 (9.65%)	Operations Research

Programming Languages
1	75 (65.79%)	SQL
2	32 (28.07%)	Python
3	29 (25.44%)	R
4	21 (18.42%)	Java
5	15 (13.16%)	MATLAB
6	9 (7.89%)	PL/SQL
7	6 (5.26%)	Scala
8	5 (4.39%)	Clojure
8	5 (4.39%)	JavaScript
8	5 (4.39%)	Kotlin
9	4 (3.51%)	C++
9	4 (3.51%)	Groovy
9	4 (3.51%)	Jython
10	3 (2.63%)	VBA
11	2 (1.75%)	C#
12	1 (0.88%)	Julia
12	1 (0.88%)	VB

Qualifications
1	39 (34.21%)	PhD
2	33 (28.95%)	Degree
3	13 (11.40%)	Numerate Degree
4	12 (10.53%)	Master's Degree
5	1 (0.88%)	Computer Science Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (7.89%)	Data Quality
1	9 (7.89%)	QA
2	6 (5.26%)	Basel II
2	6 (5.26%)	IFRS
2	6 (5.26%)	IFRS 9
3	1 (0.88%)	PMO

Systems Management
1	2 (1.75%)	EMC NetWorker

Vendors
1	29 (25.44%)	Microsoft
2	7 (6.14%)	Tableau
3	5 (4.39%)	Google
4	1 (0.88%)	Adobe
4	1 (0.88%)	Algorithmics
4	1 (0.88%)	Alteryx
4	1 (0.88%)	Omniture
4	1 (0.88%)	Oracle
4	1 (0.88%)	SAP